For as long as I can remember, I have taken pride in helping others. As I entered kindergarten, I was introduced to scouting and never looked back. By the time I finished middle school, I had completed hundreds of community service hours with my Boy Scouts troop - scouting for food, flag retirement ceremonies, serving as honor guard in community events, preparing care packages for deployed members of the military, and providing labor to complete Eagle Scout’s community service projects. I fondly remember making Christmas cards, which we delivered to nursing home residents while giving our best rendition of Silent Night.
As a high school scout, I participate in increasingly more responsible service projects providing over 100 hours of community
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As an aquatics counselor, I taught other scouts water safety and lifeguarding skills. This past summer, I served as Senior Patrol Leader. I was the non-paid youth staff in charge of the week-long activities. Well before August came around, I had developed and delivered training for scouts who would serve as camp counselors.
The Eagle Scout rank is the highest rank in scouting, which requires planning, developing and serving as a leader to other scouts and volunteers in the completion of a community service project. I have provided numerous volunteer work hours to complete Eagle Scouts community service projects ranging from building cabinets for the local public library and food pantry to refurbishing an amphitheater at the municipal watershed.
My very own road to Eagle Rank has been filled with leadership, service and outdoor activities. It is my love of the outdoors and desire to serve others that have forged my desire for a community service project to benefit the park system. I am in discussions with regional park service management to determine their service needs, which I may be able to address through my Eagle community service