Ben's Eagle Project

You would think that scheduling an Eagle Project during the Thanksgiving break would be a sure way to have nobody show up, but you’d be wrong! 

We were all dubious when Ben scheduled his project for the last weekend of Thanksgiving break.  Thanksgiving was all about home and family.  Wouldn’t everyone be visiting Grandma?  Happily that was not the case.  Apparently a good portion of the troop was back in town as everyone showed up for the project.  Friends and alumni showed up too.

The project was held at Olivet Elementary School and the troop was involved in two parts.  The first part was laying down mulch and planting drought tolerant plants on the street edge of the property.  These will eventually grow into a drought tolerant hedge separating the school from the road.  The second was upgrading the classrooms in the back of the school by installing an archway trellis and cleaning up the garden areas. 

The projects kept everyone busy till afternoon and really upgraded the look of the renovated areas. 

Good Job Ben!