What happens to a Scout?  For every 100 boys who join Scouting, records indicate that:

RARELY will one be brought before the juvenile court system

2 will become Eagle Scouts

17 will become future Scout volunteers

12 will have their first contact with a church

1 will enter the clergy

5 will earn their church award

18 will develop a hobby that will last through their adult life

8 will enter a vocation that was learned through the merit badge system

1 will use his Scouting skills to save his own life

1 will use his Scouting skills to save the life of another person

Scouting’s alumni record is equally impressive.  A recent nation-wide survey of high schools revealed the following information:

85% of student council presidents were Scouts

89% of senior class presidents were Scouts

80% of junior class presidents were Scouts

75% of school publication editors were Scouts

71% of football captains were Scouts

Scouts also account for:

64% of Air Force Academy graduates

68% of West Point graduates

70% of Annapolis graduates

72% of Rhodes scholars

85% of F.B.I. agents

26 of the first 29 astronauts