Scout Project - Nick Allen

Once again the Boy Scouts are helping WBS to expand our display area on the walking path that we call “the line”.

Scout Nick Allen, Center, and his "construction crew"

When I was photographing the new Brown Pelicans last week I heard the whine of a Skilsaw and the pounding of hammers on just the other side of the Pelican enclosure. 

One of the purposes of an Eagle Scout Project is to teach the Scout organizational skills

Sure enough, when I went to investigate I found Scout Nick Allen, a member of Troop 335, along with four friends, his dad and another adult advisor, busily building another of the geodesic dome type enclosures that line the path beyond the Hospital.   Building this structure for us is Nick’s Eagle Scout project. 

Another objective is to teach problem solving

Boy Scout’s have been doing their Eagle Scout Projects in coordination with the World Bird Sanctuary for quite a number of years now.  When a young man does his Eagle Scout Project for us we bring an Eagle to his Eagle Scout Ceremony.  As you stroll our paths you may notice that almost all of our structures have plaques indicating that they were built by a Scout.  We don’t know what we’d do without them!

For more information about Scout Projects Click Here, or to arrange to do your Eagle Scout Project for the World Bird Sanctuary call Roger Holloway at 636-861-1392.

Submitted by Gay Schroer, World Bird Sanctuary volunteer