txscoutmom

From all of the post about Venture crews, I don't think that is what we are after. We are a Scout led troop with adults there to offer guidance, the boys do all the planning and implementing. Our goal is to keep these young Eagles in our troop for 2 reasons: to show the younger boys what they can obtain if they stay with scouting (also to demostrate that you don't have to leave after becoming an Eagle)and to make use of their experience to help our younger guys. At the same time we want to meet the needs of these young Eagles so they do not lose interest.

Our Troop is facing the delightful situation that in a year we will have about 8-10 boys who have obtained their Eagle rank. Of these 6 boys will be 14-15 years old. We want to keep these boys active in the troop and are thinking of setting up an Eagle Patrol, our goal is to have these boys provide leadership, attend regular Troop functions/campouts but also have activities a little more challenging and adventurous for these boys. Does anyone have experience and/or ideas of how to keep these boys active in the troop?