2009.01.06 00:03:16

Paul Beets

On behalf of the scouts, parents, and volunteers of Boy Scout Troop 54, I would like to formally welcome you to our website.

In February of 2010, the Boy Scouts of America will turn 100 years old. One hundred years of influencing young men to be exceptional community citizens of character with moral values and physical fitness. There is not another single youth organization on the planet that is more positively influential than the scouting movement. Your son, by joining the Boy Scouts, is embarking on a nearly seven year journey that will change him and shape him into a responsible young man who will have more leadership experience than most of his non-scouting peers will have in their lifetime.

Scouting has survived as long as it has by holding firmly to the values and commitments that the program is built on. The program hasn’t changed much during those one hundred years. We do not give out ribbons to those who do not earn them and we do not guarantee that each young man who joins our program will eventually become an Eagle Scout. In fact, statistics are that only one in one hundred scouts who join will attain the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout. However, I can promise you that Troop 54 will do everything within our capability to encourage and support the trail to Eagle for each scout.

Yours in Scouting,

Paul J. Beets - Eagle Scout
Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 54
Novi, Michigan