A Great Day for my son

Eagle scout is no small accomplishment . Congrats

Congrats to you & your son!

There are many great Americans who were Eagle Scouts, it is no small achievement. Congratulations to him!

Famous Eagles:

• Bill Alexander, U.S. Representative from Arkansas
• Gary Anderson, U.S. Representative from New York
• Charles Bennett, U.S. Representative from Florida
• William Bennett, Former Secretary of Education
• Bill Bradley, Pro basketball star and U.S. Sneator from New Jersey
• Milton Caniff, Comic Strip Artist "Steve Canyon"
• Willaim Dannemeyer, U.S. Representative from California
• Arthur Eldred, (First Eagle Scout)
• Gerald Ford, 38th President of the U.S.
• Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Governor of Louisiana
• James Lovell - Astronaut
• Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator from Indiana
• Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia
• Ellison Onizuka, Challenger Astronaut
• J.J. Pickle, U.S. Representative from Texas
• Samuel Pierce, Former Secreatry of HUD
• Harrison Salisbury, Pulitzer Prize winning Author
• Willaim Sessions, Former FBI Director
• Steven Spielberg, Film Director/Producer
• Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning Author
• Percy Sutton, Chairman of CBS John Tesh, TV Celebrity
• James Stewart - Actor
• James Brady, Former Press Secretary to President Reagan
• William C. DeVries, M.D., Transplanted first artificial heart
• Walter Cronkite - Journalist, T.V. commentator
• J. Willard Marriott, Jr., President, Marriott Corporation    
• H. Ross Perot, Chairman, EDS Corp.
• Daniel J. Evans, Former US Senator and Governor of Washington state

Astronaut Eagles:

Adamson, Armstrong, Bagian, Bluford, Bowersox, Brady, Carr, Carter, Chaffee, Covey, Creighton, Duke, Eisele, Fullerton, W. Gregory, Griggs, Hoffman, Jones, Lee, Lind, Llewellyn (King's Scout, U.K.), Lovell, McCulley, O'Leary, Onizuka, Oswald, Parazynski, Reightler, Searfoss, See, Tanner, Truly, D. Walker

Cool beans, man! I was an Eagle scout too! Tel him I said "welcome to the club"!!

Hey stik, give your son a big high five for me!  Great job!  Great to see the youth of today doing such great things.  CONGRATS!

Eagle90

Outstanding!

Thank you one and all. I will pass on your kind words to him. After all these years involved with scouting and seeing how much each Scout who achieved this rank and honor has to put in to it, I have a ton of respect for that.

Rock on Stik!  It is good to hear when a youth takes responsibility for doing good.  All to often we see the by-product of people who don't just care....litter, graffiti, vandalism.....and when anyone actually takes the opportunity to do good it gives me hope for the future!

Brian

NH, I do agree so much. My kids are not perfect (whose are?) and I am not blind to their faults, but they have turned out very well so far. Daily I have so many negative contacts with youngsters due to my job, that I am quite happy with who they are, and most of their freinds and associates.

Tell him for me congratulations for a job well done! Life skills for the future!

Glenn

good on him and you too.

Let me join the rest in saying congratulations.

Eagle Scout is, as others have said, no small accomplishment indeed.

My hat is off to you both. That time was 100x more valuable to your son than a vacation would have been. Take it from a person who wishes he had his own son's childhood to do over. But it doesn't work that way.

Can't say it better than Wayne, "Good on you both".

Great accomplishment. I made it to Star scout with 5 badges, so can appreciate how much farther he's worked.

Funny thing, when I first saw the post I thought our old friend Mike V./ proudmarine dad/ greenthumb was back!

Thank you for your kind words one and all! I will pass them on to him. Yes it haas been a long path for him getting here to this point.

Greg, yes, the time spent on that project are far more satisfying than any spent visiting someplace. Especially watching all the members of our family pull together and pitch in to assist with everything.

GM, it's funny, becuase I thought of Mike when I was typing the original message up. I do recall reading one of his similar updates about his son recently.

And it even has a model related aspect. He builds models, mostly Gundam and other Anime/Sci fi related stuff and has had his eye on some new, pricey kit. I told him once he completed his Eagle project, he will have earned that kit and that I will buy it for him. Looks like it is time for dad to pay up ;-)

I first had to google "eagle scout" to actually know what you guys were exactly referring to (yeah, Austrian derp moment here... ), but it looks like that's one hell of an accomplishment! Congratulations to you both! I love his project as well!

Cheers, Clemens

Yep, time to pay up, Dad! He earned it, and that's the important part. You should buy yourself a kit too, Stik.  span="" id="mce_marker" data-mce-type="bookmark">

ps, wonder what's up with all the non-functioning emoticons? That was supposed to be "party".

He will get it... he earned it ;-)

Thank you on his behalf Borg & Clemens. The school principal and vice principal are both extemely happy with how the project turned out.

Congrats, Stik! Not only is this a tremendous accomplishment for your son, but it also reflects on your values that have been passed along. Way to go to your family.

Thank you Geezer. I do appreciate your kind words. He is a good kid/young man.

Awesome news Carlos! Congratulations to your son.

Thank you Mike.

Congratulations to you and your son stikpusher. Man it's great to be a dad aint it? Well.............most of the time! lol. Naw really its stuff like accomplishments like that , that let you know that he's on the right track. Good stuff and thanks for sharing, Joe

You hit the nail right on the head there Joe. There are hundreds of small accomplishments in their lives, some middle sized ones, and the occasional big ones. And of course they hav their "what ere you thinking?" moments... LOL! I like to think that he is on the right path to becoming a good man soon.

I am Impressed :

   Years ago this was my goal . I made it , but , it was as foriegn to me as bricklaying .My job was to , with three other scouts  ,  acquire the materials , cost it , then build a canoe that was inspected by a local canoe and boat builder . Then we got to use it on a trip to an area that was Canoe friendly .It worked and we got our advancement ! I am so proud of your son's accomplishment . Congratulations , Young man !    Tanker - Builder        P.S. Congratulations to you too ,  Dad , Looks like you raised a winner there .

I will pass on your congratulations to him. And thank you for the kind words.

Tonite my son passed his Eagle Board of Review for the Troop level. Now he just has to pass the District Council Eagle Board of Review and he will have completed the path to Eagle Scout. Reputedly, the board that he passed tonite at Trrop level is more difficult than the board at District Council level. I am very proud of him for his efforts and achievements here.

Very happy for you, Stik. Give your son a "Well Done" from me. My grandson just got his Bobcat in Cub Scouts.