The Impact of Scouting

Boy Scout Alumni are:					71% of football captains
					65% of basketball captains
					85% of student council presidents
					88% of school newspaper editors
					77% of school newspaper editors
					75% of business managers of school publications
					80% of junior class presidents
					89% of senior class presidents
					65% of college graduates
					72% of Rhodes Scholars
					75% of Military Academy graduates
					65% of US Congress
					85% of airline pilots
					85% of FBI agents

26 of the first 29 astronauts.
11 of the 12 who walked on the moon.
108 of 172 astronauts were Boy Scouts.
Over half of the 108 attained Star, Life or Eagle rank.

For Every 100 youths involved in Scouts:
	12 will have their first contact with a church
	5 will earn their religious emblem
	1 will enter the clergy
	1 will use Scout skills to save a life
	1 will use Scout skills to save his own life
	2 will become Eagle Scouts
	8 will enter professions first learned through the Merit Badge system
	17 will become Scouting volunteers
	18 will develop hobbies that will give them lifelong interest
	Only rarely will one appear in juvenile court.

And yet, Scouting reaches only 25 percent of the youth in this country!