Photo: Some 5,500 Boy Scouts attend a United Methodist worship service during the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Photo by Gary Hartley

700,000
The approximate number of service hours that Eagle Scout service projects spent improving the nation’s streams lakes and oceans.

$47 million
The amount of money Eagle Scout service projects provided in service to U.S. communities across the nation in 2009.

67
The number of volunteers serving as scouting ministry specialists.

557,000
The number of Scouts meeting in United Methodist churches

6,700
The number of United Methodist churches that sponsor 11,400 Scout units.

$21,000
The amount of money raised for Nothing But Nets by Scouts attending the 2010 National BSA Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

1,800
The number of New Testaments United Methodist Men gave to Scouts attending the national jamboree and other high-adventure camps.