Nicholas Martucci

I am part of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). They are a community service type club, I am part of troop 222. The Boy Scouts are a very good organization to get involved in many different activities that helps change my community. I am proud to be a part of the scouts and my ultimate goal is to become an Eagle Scout. A Gold Psalm Eagle Scout is the highest rank in the BSA. Getting to eagle isn't easy, you have to advance from rank to rank while earning merit badges, participating in large amounts of community service hours, going to summer camps, projects, large amounts of organization, and having fun on the way. The ranks go from scout, tenderfoot, 2nd class, 1st class, star, life, eagle (bronze, silver, gold) psalm. To advance from each rank, one has to obtain merit badges, do community service hours, and other miscellaneous activities such as: organizing camping trips, groceries for the trips, day hikes, service projects, etc.... There are 12 eagle required merit badges and 9 miscellaneous merit badges (21 total) that need to be earned in order to earn eagle rank, but in order to gain the palms you have to earn even more miscellaneous merit badges, for bronze you need 5, silver is 10, gold is 15. That is a total of 51 badges.