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ANDOVER - An Eagle Scout from Andover, Massachusetts has joined an elite club. Jimmy Poirier has earned all 139 merit badges available to Boy Scouts. Less than one-percent of all Eagle Scouts go ...
Jimmy Poirier, 18, managed to earn 139 merit badges as a member of Scouting Troop 79, scouting officials confirmed. His last merit badge, for bugling, was earned in December, just days before the ...
SCRANTON, Pa. — Scouts have gotten a helping hand for more than two decades to obtain their merit badges. Starting at 8:30 a.m. and going until 5 p.m., the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of ...
He's earned all 138 merit badges. "It definitely was a lot of work. It's been a consistent thing I've been working on since I've been in Boy Scouts," Green said.
Three Fires Council, Scouting America is scheduled to host its annual Merit Badge University at York High School in Elmhurst on Saturday, Feb. 22.
NEWEST YOUNG MEN TO DO IT. I USED TO BE A BOY SCOUT. THESE BADGES AND THIS SASH DO NOT BELONG TO ME. THEY ACTUALLY BELONG TO GEORGE GREEN. THIS WHITEFIELD ACADEMY JUNIOR IS ONE OF FOUR KENTUCKIANS ...
Louisville Scout George "Georgie" Green, 15, will be honored Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, for earning all 138 Merit Badges available. (Photo provided by Scouting America) ...
When scouts earn a Bird Study merit badge, you will know they know what they’re talking about and feel comfortable with those scouts running a birding outing. You will feel confident putting matters ...
The History Museum on the Square will host an inaugural Merit Badge University, a day for Scouts to learn about the history of Springfield. The Jan. 18 event will allow Scouts to spend a day ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Shreev Goyal has been a Boy Scout for as long as he can remember – from Cub Scout all the way up to Eagle Scout. It's where he first got his exposure to merit badges. "You know ...
This seems interesting," Goyal said. To reach the rank of an Eagle Scout, one needs 21 merit badges, which Goyal was able to rack up with no problem. He and his mother, who encouraged him to get into ...