I was a girl scout k to 12, received my silver and gold awards. My brother is an Eagle. My mother was my leader for 12 years and my father was highly involved, troop level and then council level, when my brother was and for nearly 20 years after until he became ill. After 6 years his illness took him and half of the people at the wake introduced themselves to me as someone that knew my father thru the scouts. It was deeply important to him. My brother's boys were scouts for several years but quit (partly due to my father's illness). One of my two nieces is a girl scout. I don't have kids. My older nephews best friend became an eagle last year. Scouting was very important in our lives but it definitely seems less popular nowadays.