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Jack Cooper was one of the first non-male scouts to join Scouting BSA in 2019 and attained Eagle Scout in 22 months. Troop 158 celebrated Jack s accomplishment at a Court of Honor on July 27.
BLACKSBURG â Mothers like Kristie Cooper have for decades supported their sons in Boy Scouts of America, but until recently none of them could introduce their daughter as an Eagle Scout.
That began to change on Feb. 1, 2019, when the century-old youth organization allowed female youth to join its troops across the country and in Southwest Virginia. And on Tuesday, Kristie celebrated both a son and a daughter becoming Eagles and spoke at a ceremony honoring them both.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Fitz Cooper and his sibling, Jack, were honored as the newest
Eagle Scouts of Troop 158 in Blacksburg on Tuesday.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Jack Cooper is the first identifying female Eagle Scout in the
Blue Ridge Mountains Council of Boy Scouts of America. Female youth
were allowed to join the century-old organization in 2019.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Jack Cooper, left, and their older brother, Fitz Cooper fist
bump prior to being honored as the newest Eagle Scouts of Troop
158.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Scouts BSA Troop 158 held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor at St.