According to Boy Scout Law, Scouts must act trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. Revere High School senior Henry Wathen lives by this law and many other mottoes and oaths.
Wathen is a member of Boy Scout Troop 380. He is one of 170 members of the troop to receive the honor of earning their Eagle Scout badge, the highest honor a Boy Scout can receive. Wathen has participated in Boy Scouts for seven years now. Wathen’s mother Tracey explains why being in Scouts has done for their family. “Scouting has been a lifestyle for his brothers and his father together and giving them all a common interest,” Tracey said.

One main step in earning the Eagle Scout badge is the Eagle Scout project. This is a project where the future Eagle Scout will choose a project that will benefit the community. Wathen explained his project.

“At Bath Baseball Parks I built four three wall material bins to hold extra infield sand and I repainted fourteen benches and five bleachers,” Wathen said.

The road to Eagle Scout status involves more in addition to the project. Jim Arbogast, Henry’s scoutmaster, further described the rest of the process involved with becoming an Eagle Scout.

“There is definately a paper process. There is a scout handbook you go from right at the very beginning. You come and get in the rank of Scout and then there are six rank advancements that you need to achieve before you can do your Eagle project. Tenderfoot, Second-class, First-class, and then Star and Life are the advancement, so the first was scouting in those five. A project requires something that has significant value to some beneficiary. It requires the scout to put a project plan together, go through some applications, design and execute the project itself, essentially acting as a project manager and project leader which will help him be a leader in the real world,” Arbogast said.

Boy Scouts are a group of young men that explore and learn about a variety of different things that will help them later in life. Wathen mentioned the reason he decided to join Boy Scouts.

“Boy scout is a lot of fun but the main reason I why joined Boy Scouts was because of the camping experiences I got to have. I definitely enjoy going to Philmont and backpacking. Seeing all the sites is also an enjoyable thing to do. I definitely recommend it to anyone growing up,” Wathen said.

Although Wathen has earned his Eagle Patch, he will receive his badge at a Court of Honor that will recognize the Eagles in his troop for their achievement.

Boy Scouts always follow the Scout Oath which states: On my honor, I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. He plans to follow this motto even after Boy Scouts, and hopes the experiences he has had during scouts will help him in the future.