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N.H. teen breaking barriers in a male-founded organization
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At age 14, Valerie Johnston joined Venturing, a program of Boy Scouts of America that allowed girls to participate. There, she was part of a shooting crew that would shoot .22 rifles, .22 pistols, 12-gauge and 20-gauge shotguns at the Pemi Fish and Game Club. Courtesy
Eagle Scout Valerie Johnston, center, with her mom, Navy Capt. Sandra Johnston, and her father, Dean Johnston. Courtesy
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Valerie Johnson of Thornton recently achieved the distinction of Eagle Scout, and is the first girl in New Hampshire to do so. Courtesy
Published: 3/5/2021 5:07:20 PM
Valerie Ann Johnston heard it all before. Sometimes it was from other young people in Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America), or it was from fellow students at Plymouth High School.
Thornton teen becomes NH s first female Eagle Scout
March 03, 2021THORNTON The Daniel Webster Council is proud to announce that Valerie Ann Johnston of Thornton has become the first female Scout from New Hampshire to earn the rank of Eagle. With this achievement, Johnston, a member of Troop 58 in Campton/Thornton, has become one of America s first female Eagle Scouts.
Eagle Scout Valerie Johnston of Troop 58 said, I am honored to have earned the rank of Eagle Scout, and I m humbled to be the first woman to do so in New Hampshire. Being a part of Scouting has been a rewarding, life changing experience for me, from earning merit badges, to staffing Scouting s National Youth Leadership Training the past five years, attending the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience at Summit Bechtel National Scout Reserve then staffing that course at Philmont Scout Ranch, all the way to my Eagle Scout project organizing and implementing a food and donation drive to benefit the New Hamps