As soon as the evacuation order ended and residents were allowed to return to the area, local Scout leaders stepped up and stepped in for Butte County.
They call it Service Saturdays. On one Saturday morning each month, the members of the Bear den of Montana Pack 41 (and their parents) gather to give back.
Mikaeel Martinez Jaka, a Life Scout from Virginia, received the World Organization of the Scout Movement’s prestigious Messengers of Peace Heroes Award.
For his Eagle Scout service project, Koren Ernst completed a full external restoration of a historic Chevrolet truck owned by his city’s fire department.
This week’s batch of 15 projects includes a memorial to fallen firefighters, a stand to hold kayaks and an outdoor water station for high school athletes.
This week’s batch of 12 projects includes a handsome horseshoe pit in California, a majestic memorial in Florida and an antique apple orchard in Virginia.