My nephew Jamie, who is working on becoming an Eagle Scout, just returned from the Virginia area and the Boy Scout Jamboree, a 10-day scouting extravaganza. This year, the Boy Scouts of America is celebrating its centennial with an estimated 43,000 Scouts, leaders and staff from the U.S. and around the world in attendance.

My brother, Scott, is an Eagle Scout. I haven’t heard of anyone trying to achieve this milestone for years. But this special celebration and my nephew going to the Jamboree had me doing a little homework. We all buy Christmas wreaths or some fundraising item from Boy Scouts, but fewer than 5% of all Scouts make that mark. Each of these Scouts must conduct community service as part of their leadership training.

Well known Eagle Scouts include Neil Armstrong, William Bennett, Michael Bloomberg, Dr. William DeVries (first artificial heart transplant), Philip Farnsworth (inventor of the television), Gerald Ford, Steve Fossett, Robert Gates, John F. Kennedy, Donald Rumsfeld, Stephen Spielberg, H. Ross Perot, Gen. William Westmoreland and Sam Walton.

If you want to learn more about Boy Scouts of America and their 100 Year Jamboree, log on to www.BSAJamboree.org or www.Scouting.org/100years.

So what does Scouting have to do with real estate? Boy Scouts of America and Frank Howard Allen Realtors in Marin County, California share the celebration of growing and leading in the community for 100 years. So if you want to learn more about Frank Howard Allen and their history and community contributions, log on to www.fhallen.com.

Join me in celebrating both of these outstanding organizations.

Posted by:  Judy LeMarr