As I Boy Scout and former member of scouting’s national honor society I have dedicated the last ten years of my life to the cheerful service of others. Along this amazing journey I earned the high honor of eagle scout. To earn such an esteemed rank I had to demonstrate leadership and service towards others through a large community project. As a result I undertook the complete restoration of a garden at Saint Timothy’s Episcopal church called Founders Green which took three years to complete. Through those three years I I took on more responsibility at the age of twelve some teenagers have in their entire high school career. These responsibilities included laboring over a desk drafting a schematic for the entire project, followed months of
I remember seeing my pinewood derby car going down the track; it was silver, blue letters on it that said sonic and black wheels that sounded like a hot wheels car going down a track. I was only 6 years old when that happened. Now I stand in front of the board representing Boy Scouts of America, ¨Congratulations, you are officially an Eagle Scout.¨ It hits me all the sudden like a wave hitting a sea wall, an 11 year journey just ended and it’s time to see the outcome.
I am most proud of achieving my Eagle Scout rank at age 16. My journey to Eagle has been one of hard work and dedication. Besides serving the community with over 300 hours of building and refurbishing projects , I have assumed positions of leadership early on, often recommended by adult leaders, as I was described to be mature for my age and very responsible. Over the course of 6 years I was the assistant Den Chief leading younger Scouts, Assistant Patrol Leader and Patrol Leader leading my peers, Quartermaster responsible for the management of all troop equipment, Chaplain Aid, Instructor teaching the Aviation Merit Badge and ultimately I was recommended by my troop adult leaders and asked by my Scoutmaster to assume the position of Senior Patrol Leader leading the entire troop of over 100 boys during my Junior Year in High School.
As surprising as it may sound, I have been doing community service since the sixth grade and it is a new experience each time. It all began with a community clean up known as 'Keep McAllen Beautiful' as we got there everyone seemed excited to be there. It was beautiful to see such unity inside of my community, and I decided from then on that I would like continue helping out where it is needed. As I joined the National Honor Society my chances of providing my services increased, and I decided that I would assume a position of leadership when needed. I became the society's president, which allowed me to develop my time management skills, creativity, and efficiency. I organized an fundraiser for the hurricane Harvey disaster victims where all
I was a member of the Boy Scouts of America throughout my childhood all the way up through my high school years. During my junior year I organized and carried out my Eagle Scout service project: building a volleyball court for the church at which the troop held its meetings. This was one of the last things I had to complete before I obtained the highest honor in Scouting: the rank of Eagle Scout. It was what I had been working towards for many years. I spent countless hours planning, stockpiling, and recruiting for my project, and many more hours on the construction and final touches. I presented what I thought was the finished product, only to have one of the Scout leaders ask for more. In my eyes, I was done, but I was told that I couldn’t get my project signed off if I didn’t deal with another construction company and commit to extra hours of renovations.
I hope everyone had an amazing Troop “Boot-Camp” and Leadership weekend. I want to thank all the adults that were able to oversee and guide. Now moving away from this weekend, I am here to primarily talk about my Eagle Scout project.
I am glad to say that I will begin the installation of the brand new sign for the St. Margaret's Parish Center this weekend for my Eagle Scout Project. The new sign has just been finished, and I am in need of a few dedicated scouts to assist me in the installation. I am looking for between 8-12 scouts to help out this Saturday between 9:00 - 12:00 and 12:00 - 3:00. Bring shovels, wheelbarrows, post diggers, and of course work gloves and safety glasses. If all goes to plan, we should get through all of the work on Saturday, but we may need some people to help out on Monday aswell. Thanks to everybody for your support, and remember to sign up on the Troop Web Site so I know how much food to get! Thanks again, hope to see
After I attain the rank of Eagle Scout, I will continue to strive for more achievements and work towards completing other goals so I can become a model member of society.
Over the past two years (2014-2016) I have participated in the National Junior Honors Society. As a member, I commit to completing community service and to learning among my peers in order to develop into a superior leader. I have taken part in activities such as fundraisers, team building activities, and several forms of community services such as working in a soup kitchen, daycares and organizing social events. Recently, I volunteered for a week as a vendor at a temple in Tacoma, raising money for the establishment during the Cambodian New Year festival.
I am very proud of being an Eagle Scout. In order to achieve the rank of eagle, I had to put many hours into my scouting career and constantly look for ways to lead and help serve my troop and the community. I am also proud of my project, which betters the Naperville Park District. I couldn’t be happier with the final result of the project, as I was able to successfully complete it and it still looks fantastic nearly a year later. Two traits, hardworking and diligence, were extremely important in the success of my project, and are also very important in my everyday life. I’m a very hard worker, and I don’t give up until I complete my goals. The traits that helped me achieve Eagle Scout apply to all parts of my life including academics
As a student, I have demonstrated many works of service to my community and school. Service opportunities have shaped me into the person I am today and these projects have made me realize how fortunate I am for all that I have. While I've been doing these service projects through the years, it has been a pleasure seeing the joy on the faces of people that aren't as fortunate as I am. Service projects that I have completed include managing the fish booth at the St. Leo's Parish Festival, being an altar server at St. Leo's Parish, helping cook dinner for the Ridgway Fire Department during carnival day setup, participating in the St. Marys Light Up Night by dancing, and Christmas caroling to local residents. I also participated in a zombie/princess
I foresee a number of challenges that come with moving from a small town to a large city, especially during the college transition. One challenge I expect to be more troublesome will be that of having to manage my time effectively and efficiently with little to no interference from parental figures. This will no doubt be a daunting task as up until now parents do much of the planning with doctor’s appointments and making sure I balance fun and work. I believe that my experience planning for my Eagle Scout project will make the upheaval easier. I spent a decent portion of my summer planning to build a bridge from drawing designs, to purchasing supplies, to sending emails requesting help. Planning this project entirely on my own while still having
I think it went pretty well. The elementary schoolers really liked their Eagle Buddies and thought they did a great job. The middle schoolers learned a lot from the experience and definitely helped the elementary schoolers. I think doing practice meetings really helped some of the newer eagles, but next time I think I should pair up some of the older eagles with some of the newer ones. Basically, have them sit near each other so they can ask questions. Also, I need to be more prepared next time as I was supposed to have the Eagle Buddy teams ready.
I have made the town of Cresco a better community by showing my traits or characteristics of an Eagle Scout. Every day I look for an opportunity to help someone in any way I can. The boy scout slogan is to do a good turn daily. This is something I do or try to do every day. Weather it is opening a door for someone or helping an elderly person carrying something. To me doing things like this is what brings our community together as one and makes it strong. Being an Eagle Scout I have high expectations. These expectations are what I hold myself to every day along with the boy scout slogan. With that being said, for my Eagle Scout project I replaced the horse shoe pits at the parks in town with permanent bean bag boards. I, along with the assistant
Boy Scouts of America has been an important part of my life for the past few years. Scouting has been enjoyable, but it has also given me valuable life experiences and knowledge. Scouting teaches its participants various skills, values, and morals. Not only have I gained knowledge applicable to outdoor activities, but I have also learned to interact with others, take initiative, and serve others.
Being able to communicate with them, share laughs, answer the million questions they had for me, and helping them with their homework, it was all a privilege. They made me realize how much I enjoyed helping others. It wasn’t easy finding time to be able to do what I enjoyed, servicing my community. I worked during 3 summers in high school, at the San Antonio Zoo, Burger King, and the Presa Community Center. I take part in the Math Honor Society at my school as the President. I am also in the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Rho Kappa Social studies Honor Society, Girl Scouts, Random Acts of Kindness club, and U.I.L Academics team. I participated in these clubs while being ranked one in my class. It wasn’t easy finding time, but I managed to do so to do what I