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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Generation ROC: Victor teen becomes first local girl to earn every scouts merit badge
VICTOR, N.Y. (WROC) — Anything you can do, I can do too. That's what Eagle Scout Sabrina Bhalla says crossed her mind back when she was a little kid admiring her brother's merit badges. 'I just got to see him go to all these meetings and it always looked really exciting, but girls couldn't join at that point,' Sabrina describes of watching her brother go through Cub Scouts. Then when Scouting America first opened its ranks to girls in 2018, Sabrina became a founding member of the troop that her mom started to encourage girls in the Victor region to give it a try. But the ever ambitious Sabrina wanted to take it a step further. 'I told my mom I'm getting all the merit badges. She said, what?' Sabrina recalls. 'From then, it's just kind of been on and off again. Definitely lost motivation at times, but there's been some really interesting merit badges that I've earned. Like sailing—I didn't even know I liked to sail before I got that merit badge, but it's one of my favorite things. Or scuba diving—I'm actually scuba certified because I got that merit badge.' The Scouting America Seneca Waterways Council just recognized Sabrina as the first female Eagle Scout in this region to earn every badge. She says she's honored to live up to the scout law—prioritizing being a good person and member of the community—and to show other young ladies what a confident leader can look like. 'I definitely encountered some people who weren't as excited about girls joining the program as I was. I just feel like it's been a journey, but now I'm able to stand here and prove like yeah, girls can do it just as well as guys can,' she says. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Victor teen becomes first female Eagle Scout to earn all merit badges in Seneca Waterways Council
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A founding member of Troop 6060 has made local history for being the first female Eagle Scout to earn all merit badges in the Seneca Waterways Council! After winning the new Multisport badge last month, Sabrina Bhalla earned all 139 merit badges! This is a rare accomplishment — only .1% of scouts nationwide have earned all these badges. Sabrina began as a scout in March 2019 and advanced to the Tenderfoot rank in just three months. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic didn't slow Sabrina down as she grabbed her hiking and cycling merit badges. By that fall, the then 13-year-old Sabrina set out on her journey to earn every single badge, which she finally accomplished! Some other achievements Sabrina earned included installing Little Free Libraries in Victor parks upon becoming an Eagle Scout, rappelling down the Kodak Building during 21 Stories for Scouts, winning the National Outdoor Achievement Awards in Camping, Conservation, Hiking, and Riding, and many more! News 8 congratulates Sabrina on her achievements! Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
