For every 100 boys who enter the Boy Scouts of America: - 30 will drop out the first year
- Only will 1 rarely appear before a juvenile court judge
- 12 will be from families that belong to no church
- 6 of these Scouts will be brought into contact with a church and continue
- 3 will become pastors
- 4 will reach Eagle Scout
- 45 will serve in the military
- 1 will use their Scouting skills to save somebody else's life
- 2 will report they used their Scouting skills to save their own life
- 17 will later serve as adult leaders
- 8 will find their life vocations from Scouting
- 5 will earn religious emblems
Only 4 out of 100 boys in the United States will become Scouts, but of the leaders of business, religion, and politics of this nation, 3 out of 4 were Boy Scouts. - 26 of 29 of the first NASA astronauts are Eagle Scouts
- 11 out of the 12 men who walked on the moon are Eagle Scouts
- 133 of the 233 NASA astronauts were Scouts
- 65% of all college and university graduates were Scouts
- Senior Class Presidents -- 89% were scouts.
- Junior Class Presidents -- 80% were scouts.
- Student Council Presidents -- 85% were scouts.
- School newspaper editors -- 88% were scouts.
- Football Captains -- 71% were scouts.
- Basketball captains -- 64% were scouts.
- 64% of Air Force Academy graduates were scouts
- 58% West Point Graduates were scouts.
- 70% of Annapolis graduates were scouts.
- 72% Rhodes Scholars were scouts.
- 85% of FBI Agents were scouts at one time.
Troop 555 | Top 10 Merit Badges earned in 2016: - First Aid
- Swimming
- Environmental Science
- Citizenship in the World
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Cooking
- Camping
- Communication
- Personal Fitness
- Citizenship in the Community
Top 10 elective Merit Badges earned in 2016: - Rifle Shooting
- Fingerprinting
- Archery
- Leatherwork
- Wilderness Survival
- Wood Carving
- Kayaking
- Canoeing
- Chess
- Fishing
Bottom 10 Merit Badges: - Bugling
- American Business
- Stamp Collecting
- American Labor
- Journalism
- Surveying
- Drafting
- Gardening
- Landscape Architecture
- Composite Materials
In the Denver Area Council: - 378 Troops exist with a total of 7,985
- 91% of all Scouts graduate from High School
- 532 Scouts earned the rank of Eagle Scout
- 217,100 service hours valued at $5.63 million were contributed by Scouts
- 15,385 Merit Badges were earned by Denver Area Boy Scouts
- 8,827 rank advancements were achieved in the last year
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