Eagle Has Landed

What do Neil Armstrong, Gerald Ford, Wynton Marsalis, Steven Spielberg, Bill Gates, Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) and Danial Smith all have in common?

They are all Eagle Scouts. Big Dan met with the Eagle Review Board just hours before his 18th birthday and passed the last interview.

I can’t begin to tell him how proud I am of his accomplishment as I admire him and anyone else that deticates himself to getting this honor. You see, as a male gets to be a teenager, many different distractions stop most of us from attaining this feat. Only about 4% of all scouts become Eagles and that translates to only .5% of the US male population.

Dan came down to the last few months and was proded, scolded and eventually grounded to ensure the completion of this feat. He may not seem to understand why this is a big deal, but he will when he gets older. This honor is something that no one can take away from you. It’s a great line to put on a resume, it’s a way to break the ice during an interview and your Eagle Scout project helped many people of your community.