He chose to do a community clean up. Last week he prepared a flyer to hand out at church, then the scouts helped to distribute flyers to every home in our ward boundary on our Young Men's night. He arranged for several big dumpster bins to be stationed in a couple of locations. Saturday morning at 8am, he and many of the other scout age boys and leaders, as well as numerous other members of the community, including the missionaries serving here, showed up to help. Members of the community could bring their trash to the dumpsters and there were boys to help unload it for them. Jacob also arranged for trucks and trailers that could come directly to people's homes if they needed help getting their junk to the bins. A member of the ward donated the use of the bins (part of his personal business) and took them to the dump to empty them as they filled. Donations were collected to help offset the dump fees.
As it got closer to lunchtime the little ones and I showed up with boxes and boxes of pizza and drinks for refresh all the hard workers.It was a great success. 4 great big bins were filled with trash and junk. Another slightly smaller bin was filled with recyclable metal. Another large trailer was also filled and taken to the dump. We estimated about 120 man hours of service were given throughout the morning and for the prior flyer delivery.
An Eagle Scout project is supposed to be a leadership project that is service based. The idea is for the boy to come up with a project that will benefit the community and then organize the bodies needed to help bring it to fruition. This was a great project for that. So many people helped. Several people mentioned when they came to dump their junk that this was a great idea for a project and thanked us. I am so grateful for all the scouts and leaders and members of the community who supported Jacob in accomplishing this great project. It was a great day!!
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