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Young Eagle Scout.(The Goodness Of America)
Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has featured a merit badge program to help Scouts develop areas of personal interest and acquire knowledge in a broad array of fields. To qualify for Scouting's highest rank of Eagle, youngsters must earn at least 21 out of the 120 merit badges currently offered.
On July 30th, during a ceremony in Elk Ridge, Utah, 13-year-old Christopher Haskell received another 11 merit badges to go with the 109 he had already earned, making him possibly the youngest Scout ever to receive all 120 badges. The BSA does not keep track of such age-related information, but Renee Fairrer, associate director of marketing and communications for the BSA, told Salt Lake City's Deseret Morning News for July 29th that she has interviewed hundreds of Scouts for news stories in recent years "and this is only the second time I've run across a young man who's earned all 120 merit badges." The other youth was older than Christopher.
Christopher earned his first badge (for fishing) the day after he entered the Scouting program. Thereafter, according to the July 31st Provo Daily Herald, he worked almost daily on badges, "changing the oil in the family car for a mechanics badge, working eight hours a day for three months for a salesmanship badge."
Christopher's favorite was the science badge, followed closely by the sports badge. His least favorite badge was auto mechanics (which he found "boring"), while the most difficult was public speaking. "I didn't like to speak in front of big groups of people," he told the Daily' Herald. Christopher's mother credits Scouting with helping him overcome his shyness.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Young Eagle Scout.(The Goodness Of America)