How many Eagle Scouts :)

[Nickle]

I am a Life scout working on Eagle. Robotics and Boy Scouts both give me skills that help me with the other.

i know there are a lot of scouts in First not only because of my team, but also the people who pointed out my philmont belt and said they had one just like it

I also went to Philmont. I went this last summer. Any other Philmont survivors?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by austin1743

i am an Eagle Scout as well. I found that FIRST and the Boy Scouts of America have a lot in common. From the responsibilities in leadership roles to helping each other for a greater purpose.

I'm just glad they don't have the same eligibility requirements.

[1789Robotics]

There's really no Eagle Scouts in the county that I live in. I think that I might know of maybe two or three that moved from my county, otherwise there's no Eagle Scouts here.

[wendymom]

Bacon is very proud to have 3 Eagle Scouts among our alumni and we have 3 more current students who will Eagle by next year.

[anthonyttu]

I have my Eagle but I didn't join FIRST till after.

[Jakester9999]

I am a Mentor for FIRST Robotics Team 2073. I am an Eagle Scout!!!!

[Astarties]

I am one. I don't know how much one helped with the other. They were both very seperate for me.

[Cow Bell Solo]

I am an Eagle Scout and will always be an Eagle scout like all the others on here.

On the path to Eagle and with FIRST like others have mentioned that there is a bit of overlap. Sure scouts may be more focused with outdoor activities to teach life skills, but those life skills are used outside of those outdoors. FIRST strengthened some of the ability's and skills that I was taught in scouts. I definitely had a lot of leadership experience with FIRST and working as a team which is really important to have that experience and the ability to try something no matter how crazy it could be, if you have success you were successful, if you have failure you were still successful, just found out a way that doesn't work.

Being in college now I have come across many Eagles and many situations where things I have learned in scouts and in FIRST have come in very handy.

If your on your path toward Eagle, keep at it, I know you've heard that it is a great thing to have and that it helps you in life, but it Truly does and you see that more and more every day your an Eagle.

If you aren't in scouts don't let that discourage you, don't be afraid to find a troop near you even though you haven't been involved from the beginning. Also don't let this thread discourage you from doing great things as everyone has the ability to, especially with you being in FIRST you are already doing great things and learning so much that you don't even know it til you need to use it

[Mike dennis]

I am an Eagle Scout as of 7/23/2007 which means that I wasn't in FIRST yet.

[Alex2614]

I recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout. For me, it wasn't just scouting that helped me in robotics, but also vice-versa. It was the leadership skills that I gained through the scouting program that I carried over when we started the FRC team #2614 four years ago. It was that summer that I did my Eagle Scout project, so I didn't have as much FIRST experience. But, I didn't obtain the Eagle rank until late summer 2010, at which time FIRST had consumed my life. We have actually developed partnerships with the scouting program through my involvement.

It truly is great to see two different programs that have the same mission come together. I had no clue there were so many BSA-FIRST kids (let alone Eagle Scouts!) out there. The two programs have essentially the same mission and the same standards for those involved. One will notice many similarities between the Boy Scout Law, Oath, and Slogan and FIRST's Gracious Professionalism. Also, look at BSA's Order of the Arrow (Scouting's National Honor Society). Its core is Cheerful Service to others. Isn't that what FIRST is about too?

Their missions are also the same in that they are growing today's youth into tomorrow's leaders. They are both fantastic programs to get involved in, and I consider myself extremely lucky to have both of them in my life.

I will always be an Eagle Scout and I will always be a FIRST kid as well.

Yours In Scouting,
Alex S.

[chemipanda]

Im an eagle scout as of 11/16/2010 ( board of review date)
We have 3 eagle scouts on ours and another one working on getting his project started.
Most of our team are boy scouts.

[yp673mp]

I'm an Eagle Scout and we have another member on our team who is close to getting his too. Too bad I turned 18 before the robotics merit badge came out

[bam-bam]

We had a member that was planning be in the 1529 team, but dropped out due to his decision to become an Eagle Scout. We will probably see him next year, and quite happily too.

[Mark Holschuh]

I am proud to say that 2194 has had five Eagle Scouts, and the sixth has his Board of Review in the very near future. Also, at least one of our mentors is also an Eagle Scout, and several others are current Troop Leaders.

[kws4000]

I too, am an Eagle Scout.

My local troop has thirteen off the top of my head. There is another troop in my area that also has some (# unknown to me).
There are also three other scouts on my team working towards their Eagle.