World Class Leadership
The Highest Order
Reduce the number of Avondale teens associated with gang membership and introduction to the criminal justice system as first-time offenders.
Increase High School academic performance rate among Black Males grades 7-12 with achievement-based recognitions and honor system.
Build social and interpersonal life skills by introducing youth to activities and experiences that explore communities, cities and places outside their local neighborhood.
Build self-esteem and confidence by leading peers and others through collaborative adventures and projects that build character and reward success behaviors.
Dan Beard Council
Eagle is the highest ranking a scout can achieve.
“It’s an accomplishment, comparable to producing an honor student,” said Mike Horsey, scoutmaster. “Very seldom it happens, but when it does, people take notice.”
And even rarer is the rate that Black males achieve this rank, according to Lonce Scott, a local scout official. He said of the million plus boy scouts across the nation, only four percent of all nationalities make Eagle Scout.
Especially dealing with inner city youth, it’s hard to get those kind of accomplishments because of peer pressure and the lack of volunteers,” he said. “To support scouting, it takes a village.”
