Ian Hamilton Eagle Court of Honor 6/16 @ 12:30pm

Troop 27 is greatly honored to hold an Eagle Court of Honor for Ian Hamilton at Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey, NJ on June 16, 2018 at 12:30pm-1:30pm in the Old Chapel in St. John's Hall with a luncheon to follow at Salvio Hall from 1:30-3pm. All Troop 27 Scouts are asked to attend in full class "A" uniform, as a sign of respect & support for Ian.

We are all proud of you Ian! Well Done.

I wanted to provide some statistics below on Eagle Scouts & Scouting. I think they speak for themselves about the value of the program in shaping the character of today's young men.

Photos from Ian's Eagle Project - Installation of Five Armed Services Flagpoles at the Major Thomas Kennedy Memorial Garden dedicated to fallen U.S. Armed Services DBP alumni serving in the cause of peace.

Ian Hamilton Eagle Scout Project Photos

Scout Statistics

For every 100 boys that enter scouts:

• 30 will drop out the first year.

• Only rarely will one appear before a juvenile court judge.

• 12 will be from families that belong to no church, 6 of these will be

• brought into contact with a church and continue.

• 3 will become pastors,

• 4 scouts will reach the rank of Eagle Scout.

• 45 will serve in the Military.

• 1 person will use scout skills to save somebody else’s live.

• 2 will report that they used scout skills to save their own lives.

• 17 will later serve as adult volunteers

• 8 will find their future life vocations from scouting

• 5 will receive church emblems.

….Only 4 out of 100 boys in the USA will become scouts but of the

leaders of this nation in business, religion and politics, 3 out of 4 were

scouts. Only 4 percent of our nation’s youth were scouts, yet 65% of

all college and university graduates were scouts.

26 of 29 of the first Astronauts in NASA’s program were Eagle scouts,

and 133 of the 233 Astronauts were scouts at one time.

A Nationwide survey showed that:

• Of Senior Class Presidents 89% were scouts.

• Of 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.

So on average, 4 out of 100,make Eagle Scout.

So what about the other 94 or 92 scouts who didn’t make it to Eagle.

Is it just wasted time? The scouts have “Aims and Methods”. Things

found in the Scout Oath and Law, the Patrol Method, Outdoors

training, Personal growth, Leadership and So on. Advancement is

certainly one of these, but only one. Just being part of the program

gives the opportunity to “better and belong”.

Sure we know some famous Eagle Scouts like Sam Walton, James

Lovell, Hank Aaron, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, Ross Perot and Steven

Speilberg.

But how about some “Not-Quite-Eagles” like John F. Kennedy, Jimmy

Stewart, Harrison Ford, Merlin Olson, Richard Gere, Nolan Ryan, Jim

Morrison, Joe Theisman, Bill Gates and not-quite British Scout’s

Queen’s Scout – Paul McCartney. The list goes on and on.

Scouting makes a difference !

Thank you for having your boys be part of Troop 27