mommybee Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Yay!! My oldest son made Eagle Scout last night. I am a proud mama right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommybee Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 And J made Star last night as well. So he's moving along the Eagle path as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wow, what an accomplishment! Did you ask Mike Rowe to send his Eagle Scout letter? :laugh: Here it is, you should request it for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen3kids Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K in MI Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Congratulations!!!! Not only to him, but to you as a Scout Mom. My "baby" needs to finish his paperwork, and then he'll get his. And thanks for the info about the Mike Rowe letter!! :drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 :hurray: Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommybee Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wow, what an accomplishment! Did you ask Mike Rowe to send his Eagle Scout letter? :laugh: Here it is, you should request it for him. I forgot about that, thanks for reminding me :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wow, what an accomplishment! Did you ask Mike Rowe to send his Eagle Scout letter? :laugh: Here it is, you should request it for him. That. is. Awesome! Op- Congrats to your ds!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tearose Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That's great--congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Congrats from another Eagle mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wow, what an accomplishment! Did you ask Mike Rowe to send his Eagle Scout letter? :laugh: Here it is, you should request it for him. Thanks! This is neat! Making my list now. Life to Eagle parent meeting next week. I will need a binder of my own to keep it all straight! Congrats, OP, to you and your son. It is a wonderful accomplishment and doesn't come easy, does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Congrats! I hope to join you by the end of the year. My 14 year old Life scout has 3 partial merit badges to finish and his project. He's SPL right now, so the Eagle advisor has been laying off of him for the time being, but his term is up at the end of February. My 12 year old is already First Class, so he's on a pretty quick pace, I'm guessing that he'll slow down (and that's not a bad thing IMO), but he seems to be Eagle-bound at this point as well. (Their dad is an Eagle, and while he is VERY careful not to pressure them, there is kind of a bar set.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Congratulations to your Eagle! I, too, hope to be able to make the announcement soon. The remainder of DS's project is on hold due to winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzymom Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congratulations!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Mine made it last week. Great feeling isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congratulations to your family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 :hurray: Congratulations! What a wonderful feeling and a great accomplishment! Now. . .onto the CoH!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsmomma Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 CONGRATS! That is AWESOME!!!! :hurray: Ok, what is a Life to Eagle Parent meeting? Is that through your troop? Ours doesn't offer that, boy I wish they did! My son goes for Life BOR in Feb. (will be 13 in 2 weeks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congrats :) now here's my question. Is there something equivalent for girls? Dd who is only 4 has heard about Eagle Scouts at school (her Headstart is in with the regular school, which is crazy being pk-12) any way she asked if she could be one and I told her I would ask:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congrats to him!!! He completed a long journey! Linders (mom to a 2nd class Scout and Cub Scout) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 CONGRATS! That is AWESOME!!!! :hurray: Ok, what is a Life to Eagle Parent meeting? Is that through your troop? Ours doesn't offer that, boy I wish they did! My son goes for Life BOR in Feb. (will be 13 in 2 weeks) Haha, I will find out next week! Congrats :) now here's my question. Is there something equivalent for girls? Dd who is only 4 has heard about Eagle Scouts at school (her Headstart is in with the regular school, which is crazy being pk-12) any way she asked if she could be one and I told her I would ask:) AHG (American Heritage Girls) members can earn the Stars & Stripes Award, which is said to be becoming viewed as an equivalent to the Eagle Scout rank. AHG recently became the only girl scouting organization officially affiliated with BSA, so that will hopefully give the program and S&S achievement greater recognition. Wondering, is there any rank or award in the Girl Scouts that is considered equivalent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommybee Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congrats! I hope to join you by the end of the year. My 14 year old Life scout has 3 partial merit badges to finish and his project. He's SPL right now, so the Eagle advisor has been laying off of him for the time being, but his term is up at the end of February. My 12 year old is already First Class, so he's on a pretty quick pace, I'm guessing that he'll slow down (and that's not a bad thing IMO), but he seems to be Eagle-bound at this point as well. (Their dad is an Eagle, and while he is VERY careful not to pressure them, there is kind of a bar set.) My son was SPL as well last year and he ended up having to be in charge for eight months because we were switching scoutmasters. During that time he really had no time to make progress with merit badges so that's probably why it took a while to finally get here. Your boys are ahead of the game and that's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommybee Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Mine made it last week. Great feeling isn't it. Congrats to you! It really is awesome. It was more funny when it actually hit him that he had made the highest rank possible. He said is was surreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommybee Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 CONGRATS! That is AWESOME!!!! :hurray: Ok, what is a Life to Eagle Parent meeting? Is that through your troop? Ours doesn't offer that, boy I wish they did! My son goes for Life BOR in Feb. (will be 13 in 2 weeks) Our Life to Eagle was offered by the council not the troop. It is very informative on what steps need to be taken but I didn't go with my son, his dad did, so I don't know how helpful it really was. On our council's website they included a Life to Eagle workbook and that had all the information we needed to move forward, Plus our troop has been killing it with Eagle's so my son just asked the boys that were ahead of him what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congratulations! What a huge accomplishment! You must be super proud. Indy gets his AoL next month and then bridges over to BS in April. He is determined to be an Eagle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanine in TX Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The Gold Award is the Girl Scouts' equivalent to Eagle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congrats :) now here's my question. Is there something equivalent for girls? Dd who is only 4 has heard about Eagle Scouts at school (her Headstart is in with the regular school, which is crazy being pk-12) any way she asked if she could be one and I told her I would ask:) Girl Scouts have the Gold Award. Not as widely known, but my daughter's Silver project is more involved than any of my son's Eagle ideas, and my Gold Project was a lot more involved than dh's Eagle Project. The amout of badge work, etc. was probably a little more for dh than for me, and now the girls do less (but what they have to do is more limited and kind of a pain) than 25 years ago. I know that there are some scholarships that are offered to Gold Award recipients as well as Eagle Scouts. I don't know if Campfire has an equivalent, but they might, and I don't think that American Heritage Girls have one yet, but they're still a relatively young institution, so by the time your dd is ready, they might have an equivalent recognition as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Congrats :) now here's my question. Is there something equivalent for girls? Dd who is only 4 has heard about Eagle Scouts at school (her Headstart is in with the regular school, which is crazy being pk-12) any way she asked if she could be one and I told her I would ask:) Yes, there is. The BSA has a co-ed group, Venturing, designed for boys and girls ages 14-21. Girls can become Venturers and earn the awards through the Venturing program. Here's a link: http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Home/Venturing.aspx I have met many wonderfully talented female Venturers, including a few up at Okpik this past Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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