Note: This is the 10th in a series where I share Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos. See the complete collection here.
To fully understand the impact Eagle Scout projects have on communities, you need to see to believe. That’s why I asked to see Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos — the same photos prospective Eagles are asked to include with their post-project report.
This week’s batch of 19 projects includes a climbing structure for goats, raptor cages, a turtle habitat, a brick patio with a koi pond and more.
What’s great is that you can multiply each individual act of stupendous service by 50,000. That’s how many Eagle Scout projects get completed every single year.
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John from Wisconsin
Who: John, Troop 117, Wauwatosa, Wis.
What: John and his team designed and built modular climbing structures for goats at the Milwaukee County Zoo, replacing a wooden spool and a couple of stumps.
Duncan from North Carolina
Who: Duncan, Troop 320, Fuquay-Varina, N.C.
What: Duncan and his team cleared a trail, spread mulch and constructed a sturdy bridge to access a new piece of property for Fuquay Varina Baptist Church.
Jack from Virginia
Who: Jack, Troop 17, Centreville, Va.
What: Jack and his team improved a group campsite fire pit area at Bull Run Regional Park — building a 20-by-16-foot frame of timbers, filling the frame with gravel and stone dust and building a rock wall around the fire ring.
Bryan from New York
Who: Bryan, Troop 56, Strykersville, N.Y.
What: Bryan and his team installed a 135-foot paver sidewalk connecting the church entrance at St. John Neumann’s Sheldon site parish to Father Weber’s Event Hall.
Trent from North Carolina
Who: Trent, Troop 109, Boone, N.C.
What: Trent and his team replaced the broken sidewalk at the local food bank to provide safety to the clients and visitors.
John from Connecticut
Who: John, Troop 16, Ledyard, Conn.
What: John and his team made six new A-frame, two-sided signs for the Nathan Lester Colonel House in Ledyard to advertise its Fourth of July Celebration and Yule Tide Celebration.
Thomas from New York
Who: Thomas, Troop 3025, Hudson Valley, N.Y.
What: Thomas and his team built a brick walkway and patio — and a koi pond complete with waterfall and fish — at a retirement home in Fishkill, N.Y., for residents and guests.
Jeremy from Maryland
Who: Jeremy, Troop 759, Olney, Md.
What: Jeremy and his team planted more than 100 trees to reforest land owned by the organization Our House, a nonprofit, residential program in Montgomery County, Md., for male youth who have been abandoned, homeless, abused, orphaned or shuffled through the juvenile and social service.
Pat from Florida
Who: Patrizio, Troop 111, Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
What: Pat and his team excavated and rebuilt two turtle habitats at a wildlife sanctuary in Royal Palm Beach.
Jacob from Texas
Who: Jacob, Troop 86, Bedford, Texas
What: Jacob and his team renovated a compost area of the local community garden to allow more access to all users and use of a tractor, if needed.
Eric from Ohio
Who: Eric, Troop 605, Cleveland
What: Eric and his team removed a dangerous brick walkway at a homeless shelter and rebuilt it, while also cleaning up the garden.
Dylan from Maryland
Who: Dylan, Troop 732, Fallston, Md.
What: Dylan and his team assembled a donated pergola, anchored it with concrete footers to code and leveled it with a laser site. They relocated concrete benches from the other side of the parking lot and planted a prayer garden in the center. This was all done at his grandparents’ church.
Connor from Alabama
Who: Connor, Troop 8, Montgomery, Ala.
What: Connor and his team installed a safe playground landscape for the St. James Church children’s playground, including a Little-Tykes safety border and playground-approved safety mulch.
Erik from California
Who: Erik, Troop 915, Lennox, Calif.
What: Erik and his team designed, constructed and installed a central wooden shelving unit and set up peripheral metal wall shelves for a local food pantry that had been using folding tables and carts for its donated food items.
Jared from Nebraska
Who: Jared, Troop 672, Lincoln, Neb.
What: Jared and his team replaced the barrier for the raptor cages at Pioneer Park Nature Center.
Matthew from Pennsylvania
Who: Matthew, Troop 66, Pleasant Gap, Pa.
What: Matthew and his team built a pavilion addition for the Pleasant Gap Little League concession stand and maintenance shed. It includes a second story for gear storage.
Michael from Delaware
Who: Michael, Troop 70, Wilmington, Del.
What: Michael and his team installed a set of steps to traverse a slippery, steep slope to the storage shed of Michael’s church.
Bruin from West Virginia
Who: Bruin, Troop 7, Fairmont, W.Va.
What: Bruin and his team created a peaceful sitting area with sidewalk and bench at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Pruntytown.
Cameron from Virginia
Who: Cameron, Troop 710, Goochland, Va.
What: Cameron and his team moved and replaced his church’s playground from 12 feet from the main road to the rear of the church.
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