Reaching the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America
requires years of dedication and hard work. In addition to 21
required merit badges, each Scout must complete a project
that—on average—requires 167 service hours. In 2008
alone, that translated to $16 million in service (based on the
national volunteer hour value of $19.51/hr).
An Eagle Scout Project was done at Meadowthorpe Park in 2002 by
an Eagle Scout from Troop 111 in the Elkhorn District of the Blue
Grass Council of Kentucky. Troop 111 is chartered by Meadowthorpe
Presbyterian Church. The Eagle Scout Project was improvements
inside the church, as well as landscaping & such at the
Meadowthorpe Community Center at the south end of Meadowthorpe
Park.
The cache location is somewhere in Meadowthorpe Park. The cache
is camoflauged and large enough to contain trade items and travel
bugs, besides the log. The cache is starting out with just the log,
as well as a few Scout patches as trade items and a few drawing
entry forms (see below).
Permission for this cache placement was sent to C. Michael
Downs, Parks & Rec Div. Awaiting approval code.
You can earn the special Cache to Eagle patch by finding all 12
Blue Grass Council Elkhorn-Palisades Districts"Cache to Eagle"
geocaches. They will be published periodically throughout 2010.
When you find & log all twelve caches, email the list of cache
GC numbers, your caching name and your actual name for verification
to geocaching@bgbsa.net, and you will receive a special Cache To
Eagle patch (shown below). Upon verification you will be able to
pick up this patch up at the Scout Shop located at the Blue Grass
Council Office at 3445 Richmond Road in Lexington, KY. Visit the
Blue Grass Council website (bgbsa.org) or Geocaching.com (caching name:
BGBSA) for more details and the list of the other Cache to Eagle
cache locations.
In addition, please fill out and return one of the enclosed
cards in the cache to enter your name in the monthly raffle to win
one of these unique and limited edition BSA 100th Anniversary
trackable geocoins. If you don’t win, your card will be left
in the raffle box and you will have another chance the next month.
We will be raffling off 30 of these limited edition, trackable
geocoins. Please take only one card from the cach--multiple entries
of the same name are not permitted. If there are no cards in the
cache, let us know, and we'll email one to you.