For more than 110 years, Scouts have been a positive change in their communities, building a legacy of servant leadership and making a difference in the world.
Every year, thousands of these Scouts earn the Eagle Scout Award, the pinnacle rank in the Scouts BSA program. This year, young women joined the prestigious ranks of the more than 2.5 million Eagle Scouts who have earned the award since the first in 1912.
It’s a difficult road to reach the Eagle Scout rank, with about 4% to 8% of all Scouts earning it during any given year. This year’s class of Eagle Scouts, including hundreds of young women, was a particularly driven and resourceful group, forced to lead their peers, earn merit badges, and plan and carry out service projects in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
You can read about some of their journeys along with helpful information for Scouts on their trail to Eagle in a special edition of Scout Life. Click here to check it out.
Visit the Boy Scouts of America’s Facebook or YouTube page on Feb. 21 for a special live broadcast celebrating these young women’s achievements.
The hour-long event, starting at 8 p.m. EST, will feature profiles from female Eagle Scouts along with special congratulatory messages from:
- Norah O’Donnell, CBS Evening News anchor
- Tanya Acker, judge on TV show Hot Bench and a BSA National Executive Board member
- Gaelin Rosenwaks, marine scientist and explorer
- Amy Bauernschmidt, first female commander of a naval aircraft carrier
- Missy Cummings, one of the U.S. Navy’s first female fighter pilots
The event will also preview Summer of Service, a national call to action for Scouts to serve their communities. And there will be an opportunity for the audience to rededicate themselves to the ideals found in the Scout Oath and Law and be a change for good.
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