Brucknell Park
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Natural Bushland Camp
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The Value of Outdoor Education Perhaps the best way to demonstrate the true value of outdoor education is to look at the following information from the largest youth movement in the world, dealing primarily with outdoor education and providing stimulating activities for youth. Scouting was started (and continues) to complement academic education, while building a person's character by emphasising teamwork as strongly as individual achievement. So, what really happens to a Scout, when they have left the Scouting movement? Records show that for every 100 people who join Scouting: Rarely will one be brought before the juvenile court system. 4 will become Queen's Scouts. At least one of these will say they value their Queen's Scout Award above their College degree. 17 will become future Scout volunteers. 12 will have their first contact with a Church. 1 will enter the clergy. 18 will develop a hobby which will last throughout their adult life. 8 will enter a vocation learned through the Progressive Training Award Scheme. 1 will use his/her Scouting skills to save his/her own life. 1 will use his/her Scouting skills to save the life of another person. Additionally, Scout's account for: 64% of RAF graduates. 85% of FBI agents. 26 of the first 29 astronauts. Taken from Everest Venture Scout Unit website Some famous Scouts include: Dick Smith - Businessman Richard Branson - Virgin Airlines Lord Aldington KCMG CBE - Former Chairman, Sun Alliance & London Assurance Co. Ltd. Sir David Attenborough - Naturalist, TV Personality Sir Richard Attenborough - Actor, Film Director/Producer David Bellamy - TV Personality Richard Baker OBE - TV Personality David A. Baldwin - Managing Director, Hewlett Packard (UK) Ltd. Michael Barrymore - TV Personality Tony Benn - Politician Sir Adrian Cadbury - Former Chairman, Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd. Brian Clough - Football Manager Nigel Clough - Footballer Ronnie Corbett - Actor John Craven - TV Personality Jim Davidson - Entertainer Ken Dodd - Entertainer Derek Jacobi - Actor Rt. Hon. Neil Kinnock Danny la Rue - Entertainer Sammy Lee - Footballer Malcolm MacDonald - Former Manager, Fulham FC John Major - Prime Minister Gerry Marsden - Entertainer Simon Mayo - Disc Jockey/TV Presenter Paul McCartney MBE - Songwriter, Entertainer Richard Meade OBE - Showjumper George Michael - Singer/Songwriter Adrian Moorhouse - Swimmer Derek Mountfield - Footballer Denis Norden - TV Personality Michael Parkinson - Radio Presenter, TV Personality Cliff Richard - Entertainer Bobby Robson - Former England Football Manager Willie Rushton - Actor Doug Scott - Mountaineer Paul Shane - Actor Kirk Stephens - Snooker Player Chris Tarrant - Disc Jockey/TV Personality Lesley Thomas - Author Ian Wallace - Singer David Wickham - TV Producer (Panorama) Norman Wisdom - Actor United States Henry "Hank" Aaron, Baseball Superstar (Boy Scout) Bill Alexander, U.S. Represnetative from Arkansas (Eagle Scout) Gary Anderson, U.S. Representative from New York (Eagle Scout) Neil Armstrong - Astronaut & First Man On The Moon (Eagle Scout) Charles Bennett, U.S. Representative from Florida (Eagle Scout) William Bennett, Former Secretary of Education (Eagle Scout) Bill Bradley, Pro basketball star and U.S. Senator from New Jersey (Eagle Scout) James Brady, Former Press Secretary to President Reagan (Eagle Scout) Milton Caniff, Comic Strip Artist "Steve Canyon" (Eagle Scout) Bill Clinton, U.S. President (Cub Scout) Walter Cronkite - Journalist, T.V. commentator Willaim Dannemeyer, U.S. Representative from California (Eagle Scout) William C. DeVries, M.D., Transplanted first artificial heart (Eagle Scout) Arthur Eldred, (First Eagle Scout) Daniel J. Evans, Former US Senator and Governor from the state of Washington (Eagle Scout) Gerald Ford, 36th President of the U.S. (1st Eagle Scout to become President) Harrison Ford, Actor (Life Scout) Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Governor of Louisiana (Eagle Scout) Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft (Life Scout) Richard Gere - Actor David Hartman, Actor (Life Scout) Bruce Jenner - Olympic Gold Medal Decathlon (Cub Scout) John F. Kennedy, U.S. President James Lovell - Astronaut (Eagle Scout) Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator from Indiana (Eagle Scout) J. Willard Marriott, Jr., President, Marriott Corporation (Eagle Scout) Branford Marsalis, Jazz musician (Life Scout) Jim Morrison - Rock Legend (Boy Scout) Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia (Eagle Scout) Merlin Olsen, Actor, Pro Football Player and Sportscaster (Boy Scout) Ellison Onizuka, Challenger Astronaut (Eagle Scout) H. Ross Perot, Self Made Billionaire and Presidential Candidate (Eagle Scout) J.J. Pickle, U.S. Representative from Texas (Eagle Scout) Samuel Pierce, Former Secreatry of Housing & Urban Development (Eagle Scout) Eddie Rabbitt, Country/Western singer (Boy Scout) John Ritter, Actor Richard Roundtree, Actor (Boy Scout) Nolan Ryan, Pro Baseball Player Alberto Salazar, 3-time winner, NYC Marathon (Life Scout) Harrison Salisbury, Pulizer Prize winning Author (Eagle Scout) John Schneider, Actor/Singer (Cub Scout) Willaim Sessions, Former FBI Director (Eagle Scout) Howard K. Smith, Former ABC-TV commentator (Boy Scout) Steven Spielberg, Film Director/Producer (Eagle Scout) Mark Spitz - Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer (Cub Scout) James Stewart - Actor (Boy Scout) Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning Author (Eagle Scout) James Stewart, Actor George Strait - Country/Western Singer (Cub Scout) Percy Sutton, Chairman of CBS (Eagle Scout) John Tesh, TV Celebrity (Eagle Scout) Joe Theisman, Sportscaster, former NFL player (Life Scout) Peter Ueberroth, Former Commissioner of Baseball (Cub Scout) Paul Winfield, Actor (Cub Scout) Astronauts Of the 214 former and present astronauts, 142 have taken part in Scouting. EAGLE: Adamson, Armstrong, Bagian, Bluford, Bowersox, Brady, Carr, Carter, Chaffee, Covey, Creighton, Duke, Eisele, Fullerton, W. Gregory, Griggs, Hoffman, Jones, Lee, Lind, Llewellyn (King's Scout, U.K.), Lovell, McCulley, O'Leary, Onizuka, Oswald, Parazynski, Reightler, Searfoss, See, Tanner, Truly, D. Walker LIFE: Anders, Basset, Brand, Bridges, Casper, Cooper, Evans, Fabian, G. Gardner, Givens, Gregory, Kregel, Low, Mattingly, McArthur, Mitchell, D. Scott, Spring, Springer, Van Hoften, C. Williams STAR: Barry, Cameron, England, W. Fisher, Garriott, R. Gibson, Gordon, Grissom, Haise, Lounge, McNair, Stafford 1ST CLASS: J. Allen, Bean, Clifford, Coats, Engle, Freeman, D. Gardner, E. Gibson, Hammond, Henize, Linnehan, Nelson, Overmyer, Schirra, Schweickart, W. Scott, Shepard, Veach, Worden 2ND CLASS: Bolden, Buchli, Carpenter, Cernan, Culbertson, Mullane, Parker, Pogue, Shriver, Swigert, W. Thornton, White, Young TENDERFOOT: Aldrin, Bursch, Hawley, Lousma, McDivitt, Michel, Schmitt, S. Smith EXPLORER: O'Connor, D. Williams GIRL SCOUT: E. Collins, Davis, A. Fisher, Helms, Jernigan, Lawrence, Seddon, Sherlock, Sullivan, K. Thornton, Janice Voss, Weber CUB SCOUT: A. Allen, C. Brown, Conrad, Foale (Wolf, Germany), Gernhardt, Henricks, Leestma, Lopez-Alegria, McBride, Meade, Readdy, Rominger, Shepherd, Thomas, Thuot, Wolf RANK UNKNOWN: C. Brown, Bull, Clervoy, Garneau, Harris, James Voss Taken from Scout History & Traditions website Others of Note: And others we have: Neil Armstrong - Astronaut - Apollo 11, among others (USA) Jacques Chirac - Politician (France) Walter Cronkite - Journalist (USA) Ex-King Constantine of Greece Prince Emmanuel of Lichtenstein - Richard Gere - Actor (USA) Valery Giscard d'Estang - Politician (France) Jason Donovan - Actor/Entertainer (Australia) Rolf Harris - Entertainer (Australia) Bruce Jenner - Athlete (USA) James Lovell - Astronaut - Apollo 13 and others (USA) Hon. Daniel Moi - President of Kenya Amandou M'Bou - Director General, UNESCO Dr Julius Nyere - President of Tanzania Sir Sonny Ramphal CMG, QC - Former Commonwealth Secretary General Mark Spitz - Athlete (USA) James Stewart - Actor (USA) |