Eagle's Nest

Eagle Scout is the highest rank in Scouting America, and it has been earned by only a small fraction of Scouts since the first award was presented in 1912. It's one of the rare youth achievements that follows a person for life: Eagle Scouts list it on college applications and résumés decades later, and the phrase "once an Eagle, always an Eagle" is something you hear from grown adults who earned it forty years ago. Girls became eligible in 2019, when Scouts opened to young women, and the first female Eagle Scouts were recognized nationally in February 2021. Troop 3G celebrated its own first Eagle Scout that June — putting our Scouts among the first generation of young women to earn Scouting's highest rank.

The path to Eagle isn't fast. It takes years of steady work through the ranks, along with numerous merit badges spanning subjects like citizenship, personal management, emergency preparedness, and physical fitness — some chosen from among a menu of options, some required of every Eagle. Along the way, every Eagle candidate has to hold positions of responsibility in the troop, leading her peers rather than simply participating alongside them.

The final step is the Eagle Scout Service Project. Each candidate identifies a need in her community, develops a plan, secures approvals and funding, recruits and directs volunteers, and sees the work through to completion — all before her 18th birthday. The project is deliberately demanding, because it's less about the finished product than about proving she can lead a team through something from start to finish. It's a real world, project-management experience, and the results benefit the community long after she's moved on.

Below are the young women of Troop 3G who have earned Scouting's highest honor.

Meet Our Eagles

Divyaveda V. (2021)

Lily D. (2022)

Stephanie S. (2023)

Rose B. (2024)
Worked with the Izaak Walton League of America Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chapter at a campsite in Poolesville to build a table, repair benches, replace signs, and stain wood.

Kylie D. (2024)
Worked with a local church to clean and repair the footings of their handrails. Scouts fixed approximately 89 handrail footings, filling them with anchoring cement.

Anaika M. (2026)
Worked with Westleigh Recreation Club to help create a space to host community group activities, swim team challenges and summer camp events. Scouts transformed an uneven, grassy, and weedy 180 square foot area into a level and stable platform made of wood (for the base) and trex (for the top).

Caitlin K. (2026)
Built three wooden shelves to replace folding tables used for food distribution at a local nonprofit Food Bank. The shelves will allow more items to be displayed while also reducing the number of times staff needs to restock from the back.

Sowmya S. (2026)
Worked with the City of Laurel Parks and Recreation to build a walking bridge over a swale connecting The Mansion at Laurel and the adjacent Recreation center. The bridge made it much more convenient and safe for people to cross between the two areas.

Jasmine R. (2026)
Built 4 rolling grade dips, one check dam, and a knick in Gambrill State Park on Catoctin Mountain. After the build was complete, the girls put in extra time cleaning up the trail for all to enjoy.