My brother and our good friends growing up were all heavilly involved in the Scouting program and made eagle. I was wondering how many others on Navoo made Eagle and their involvement in scouting growing up and now. The ward we grew up in was heavilly into scouting but it seems like there are many parents and boys who are indifferent to the program now. Scouting is rarely ever considered cool but it seems like many now discount the value of the program. For us growing up, it was the main molding factor for us into adulthood. I would not be where I am today without the experiences I had back then in scouting. So what was your experience and how do you see it today? Is it something your sons participate in or that you plan on them participating in?
We have a wonderful scoutmaster. He was my counselor back in the olden days when I served as the Bishop.
Scouting also helped me in my life.
I have one son who has recieved his eagle award.
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I think it has a great deal of value as a program. I'm also seeing, from this side, how much that depends on good leaders and men willing to put a lot of personal time and effort into making it a great program for the boys.
My husband got his Eagle. He's an assistant scoutmaster right now...which takes a lot of time away from family. I'm just trying to view it as deposits made toward the future when I hope my sons get good leaders.
I'm an Eagle with a Bronze Palm, an Assistant Scoutmaster, and pretty much just a boy who never grew up, loved being in Scouts from the day I got my first Cub Scout uniform to last week when my 11 year old Scouts hosted the Webelos for a cookout at church in the bitter cold of February, so of course I'm completely biased favorably towards it...
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