>>12 Yr Old Virginia Girl Becomes Eagle Scout About 5 Yrs After the Boy Scouts Started Admitting Girls
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(Burke VA) - A Virginia girl becomes an Eagle Scout Friday at the age of 12. It's 5 yrs since the Boy Scouts started admitting girls. Boy Scouts have until 18 but Julia Haile made it at 12. The girl from Burke (near D-C) tells NBC-4 it feels great.....Preview: Julia says she joined Boy Scouts because "there's more camping stuff and it's more adventurous, in a way." Her Eagle Scout project involved fixing benches at a church. Boy Scouts says only 6% of Boy Scouts become Eagle Scouts.