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Eagle Scout From Massachusetts Earns All 139 Merit Badges, Joining Very Small Group
"All those things I wasn't really interested in doing but it was a good opportunity to explore,"James Poirier told WBZ-TV
February 7, 2025
ANDOVER - An Eagle Scout from Andover, Massachusetts has joined an elite club. Jimmy Poirier has earned all 139 merit badges available to Boy Scouts.
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Less than one-percent of all Eagle Scouts go on to finish all of the badges. The 18-year-old senior at the Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School in Danvers is now part of that small group.
"It took a lot of work, determination and dedication," said Poirier, whose last badge was bugling. "It means a lot to me and it means a lot to scouting."
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James Poirier displays just a fraction of the 139 merit badges he earned as an Eagle Scout/CBS Boston
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