Impact
The National Eagle Scout Association researched the total volunteer hours of the Eagle service projects ever done and it came a total of more than 100 million hours of service. Each year, new Eagle Scouts add more than three million more hours. Eagle scouts completed about 9.5 million hours in 2011.
August 1, 2012 has been designated by the BSA as National Eagle Scout Day in recognition of Eldred's accomplishment in 1912.
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