The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) "Cache to Eagle" series is a National program to highlight past Eagle Scout projects. This is the ninth one for the Garden State Council (GSC)! In addition to all of the typical Scout skills you would expect a Scout to have, an Eagle Scout has to do quite a bit more to earn his rank. This includes:
- Earning 21 Merit Badges - 13 required ones and then another 8 from areas that interest the Scout. The required ones are: First Aid, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communication, Cooking, Personal Fitness, Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving, Environmental Science or Sustainability, Personal Management, Swimming or Hiking or Cycling, Camping and Family Life.
- Actively serve in a leadership position for 6 months.
- Perform a service project: "While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The project should benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project proposal must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your unit leader and unit committee, and the council or district before you start".
The posted coordinates will take you to a Gaga Pit in Buttonwood Park in Eastampton. The project included coordination with Eastampton Township to be granted permission to perform the work, requesting donations from local hardware stores to obtain materials and supplies, personal fundraising and then organizing and coordinating the construction of the project.
Quick story about obtaing the materials for this project. While at the hardware store, the Scout was informed that they couldn't cut the 16' boards in half because they're pressure treated. This created a problem since the Scout wasn't able to transport something that big. A complete stranger was walking by during this conversation and told the Scout that he owns a roofing company and has a rack system on his truck that could transport them. He went back to his shop to unload the ladders that were on it and came back about 20 minutes later. He helped load the stock, followed the Scout home and then helped unload as well. This goes to prove that there are still high quality people out there who are willing to help!
In order to obtain the coords to the final location, just enter the name of the Eagle Scout who peformed this project (first and last name). While you're walking to the GZ, think about the level of effort that went into doing this project and then consider that a 14 year old young man did it! Pretty impressive!
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