Church of Scientology Congratulates Troop 313's Newest Eagle Scout Jean-Marc Nasr

Online, October 26, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Boy Scout Troop 313, of SBA's West Central Florida Council and chartered by the Church of Scientology, is proud to announce that 16 year-old Jean-Marc Nasr has reached the rank of Eagle Scout.

Jean-Marc's journey to Eagle Scout began ten years ago, when one of his friends invited him to join the Cub Scouts.

After five years as a Cub Scout, he graduated to the Boy Scouts.

"I wanted to become an Eagle Scout because I looked up to all the Scouts who were getting to the rank of Eagle," said Jean-Marc, "and I what I thought they were doing was really cool."

In his path to Eagle, Jean-Marc earned 39 merit badges - more than the required amount of 21. He served as a leader within his troop and organized the funds and the manpower to photograph, catalogue and display Native American artifacts as well as create a multi-media exhibit about them at the Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History. (www.safetyharbormuseum.com).

"It was fun to go through the different Native American artifacts and photographing them," said Jean-Marc. "I had a bunch of my friends helping." With Jean-Marc's photographs of the artifacts available, visitors to the museum can now see these items when space gets too limited to display them.

The project took 216 man-hours to complete. Jean-marc also raised the $684 needed to fund the supplies for the project.

An avid photographer, Jean-Marc teaches 15 students photo editing every week at a local home schooling group.

Jean-Marc and his family are rightfully very proud of his accomplishment. Out of 100 boys who enter Scouting, only four will rise to the rank of Eagle - this is less than one percent of the male population.

As an Eagle Scout, Jean-Marc is joining the ranks of famous leaders in statesmanship, science, literature and exploration. These include former US President Gerald Ford, Oscar-winning Director Steven Spielberg, author and explorer Clive Cussler and humanitarian and Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard.

Said Hubbard of his own Scouting days, "Of all the various information which became important to me, such as photography, wood lore, signaling and many other subjects, the basis of it was laid in Scouting."