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STARK COUNTY
EAGLE SCOUT CLASS

Meet the Eagle Scout Class of 2021 from Stark County

 

Stark county serves more than 1,200 youth annually. In 2021, 61 of these youth achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

Below you will find all of the Eagle Scouts from Stark County, including a photo, project description and congratulatory video. Feel free to explore and learn about each Eagle Scout. 

*photos, project descriptions, and videos may not be available for all Eagle Scouts*

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Justin A.

North Canton |  Troop 1001

Project Beneficiary: North Canton YMCA Child Development Center

Justin built a lending library with series of bookshelves to hold children's books for the children at the Child Development Center and the children will be able to visit the library, read, borrow, keep and donate books.

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James B.

Louisville  |  Troop 1015

Project Beneficiary: St. Joseph Care Center

St. Joseph Care Center is a local nursing home in wants burning bushes planted along the top of retaining wall. The residents will enjoy the red leaves in the fall and it will serve as a barrier from falling over the retaining wall.

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Landon B.

Alliance​  |  Troop 2101

Project Beneficiary: Alliance Parks and Recreation

Landon built 4 benches along a new walking path at Earley Hill Park in Alliance. He was inspired to do this at Earley Hill because both Landon and his younger brother have played baseball at this park. He wanted to give back to a park where he have a lot of fun memories. He also wanted to make sure there were places for people to watch games and rest while out for a walk. These benches have been a benefit to anyone who wants to enjoy the park as much as he does!

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Jarett B.

Perry Township​  |  Troop 1265

Project Beneficiary: Perry Township Youth Soccer Club

Jarret built an information board at Meredith Park in Perry Township, Massillon. The board could include a map of the field and a schedule of the teams playing that day and fundraising opportunities.

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Jaden B.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1935

Project Beneficiary: 

For Jaden's Eagle Scout project, he built clothing racks for his church's community clothing closet. This is needed to help make it easier and more efficient to distribute clothing to people who come in and need it.

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Patrick B.

Alliance​  |  Troop 2050

Project Beneficiary: City of Alliance Parks Department

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Landon C.

Perry Township  |  Troop 1912

Project Beneficiary: Camp Carl Base Camp

Landon's project was restoring and improving three small cabins at Camp Carl Base Camp and the surrounding grounds. This included installing screens, hammock hooks and steps. Outside existing stones will be placed as an improved fire ring and wooded space will be cleared for an expanded activity space.

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Cole C.

North Lawrence​  | Troop 1933

Project Beneficiary: Tuscarawas Township Trustees

Cole's project had personal meaning to him. He is involved in civil war re-enacting. His 3rd great grandfather served in the civil war and is buried in Brookfield Cemetery in the old section. For his project, he had a flagpole placed on a beautiful hill in the old section of the cemetery complete with a granite civil war memorial marker and landscaping. He led scouts from his troop and adult volunteers to construct a bench. The bench was placed at an existing flagpole with veteran marker honoring all veterans in the new part of the cemetery.

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Nathaniel C.

Canton  |  Troop 1939

Project Beneficiary: St Joan of Arc Catholic Church

Nathaniel's project was an outdoor shrine that will include two benches for seating at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. This will be a place where people can come and pray or meditate at any time.

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Joshua C.

North Canton​  |  Troop 1001

Project Beneficiary: St Stephen Martyr Lutheran Church

The project was to refurbish the Holy Grounds Cafe at St Stephen Martyr Lutheran Church in Canton, OH. The walls were covered with carpet, heavily glued and difficult to remove. We removed the wall covering to be able to paint, we also removed the old floor carpet, and ordered new materials and table tops as well as several other smaller details.

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Ian C.

Hartville​  |  Troop 1135

Project Beneficiary: Adventure Place/Advent Lutheran Church

Ian built an outdoor stage and music wall for the Adventure Place Daycare playground at Advent Lutheran Church in Uniontown. The preschool children enjoy acting, singing, and pretending on the stage and making music on the music wall with the one octave xylophone made out of PVC pipe.

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Maximilian C.

Uniontown​  |  Troop 1035

Project Beneficiary: MAPS Air Museum

For his project, Maximilian built deck furniture from scratch for a patio that the MAPS Air Museum is installing for events and ceremonies. The furniture will consist of a least two large benches and two chairs. The benches will be roughly 3 1/2 ft long and the chairs will be half that size. The benches are placed around the hangers during the winter months when most of the aircraft are inside and outside on the patio dur the warmer months.

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Joseph C. III

North Canton​  |  Troop 1012

Project Beneficiary: Zion United Church of Christ

Joey built a shelving unit to fit in a closet at Zion United Church of Christ so it can be used as a pantry for the church's Blessing Box mission outreach project. The Blessing Box is a cabinet just outside the church entrance where food and other basic necessities are available for those in need. Items to replenish the box were previously sitting out on tables in the church cloister. Alongside that, he removed bushes and ivy from in front of the church to help improve the visibility of the sign. He put sod down where the bushes were.

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Logan D.

Jackson Township  |  Troop 1935

Project Beneficiary:

Logan built and installed heavy and light shelving inside a closet, which will hold office supplies and toiletry items.

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Connor D.

North Lawrence​  |  Troop 1933

Project Beneficiary: North Lawrence Fire Department

Connor's project was a flag retirement box that people in the community can drop off flags and have them properly retired by his troop. The box is shaped like a folded flag and painted like one. 

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Trevor D.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1921

Project Beneficiary: American Legion Post 221

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Tyler F.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1927

Project Beneficiary: Church of the Lakes

Tyler built two offering boxes for the Wednesday night youth church service at Church of the Lakes. Along with the offering boxes, Tyler also built a podium for the church. 

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Abram F.

Perry Township​  |  Troop 1912

Project Beneficiary: AIM Academy

For his project, Abram built 6 wooden benches that fold into 3 picnic tables for the AIM Academy. 

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Noah F.

Perry Township​  |  Troop 1939

Project Beneficiary: Canton Central Catholic High School

Noah Fox's Eagle Project was to rebuild the theater stage for Central Catholic High School's Drama department. The idea from the project came from the desire to give back to the school that had a positive impact on his life. The theater was in need of repairs after many years of use. After consulting with the school principal and Drama Department Head, the project consisted of tearing down and replacing the the walls and floor while adding to the structural integrity of the stage. Additional components were added to improve the theater's capabilities.

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Owen F.

North Canton​  |  Troop 1010

Project Beneficiary: Queen of Haven Parish

I am going to decorate a small prayer/reflection area on the northeast corner of the church property. The original area that is done by beneficiary will include a statue of St. Teresa and two small benches, I will be adding a small brick wall, gravel floor and path, flowers, shrubs and a small spotlight directed toward the statue.

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Bethany H.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1111

Project Beneficiary: Project KARE

Project KARE gets donations for their foster kids all year around, but their supplies room has become especially cluttered during the holiday season. Bethany sorted all of the donations into labeled totes and take inventory so they are able to distribute the donations with ease.

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Aaron H.

Uniontown​  |  Troop 1135

Project Beneficiary: Lake Local School District

Aaron's project is to build an organizational system and training materials for the football stadium press box at Lake High School. He untangled cables and created a cable-management system to use for video cameras, microphones, power and other things as a part of my project. He also bought and installed a shelf to store cameras and video transmitters.

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Nathaniel H.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1015

Project Beneficiary: City of Louisville

Nathaniel built benches for the Louisville War Memorial and Wildwood park.

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Samuel K.

Louisville  |  Troop 1035

Project Beneficiary: Little Flower Parish

Sam's project involved building three benches and a side table to be placed around a fire pit at Little Flower Parish near the youth house. Also, a fire wood rack was built and a load of fire wood stacked and placed in the rack near the fire pit. In addition, the yard around the youth house was cleaned up, including raking and bagging leaves.

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Brandon K.

North Canton​  |  Troop 1124

Project Beneficiary: MAPS Air Museum

Brandon built a fence around an A/C unit at MAPS. His project will help disguise the A/C unit and hide it from public view.

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Mason K.

Perry Township​  |  Troop 1939

Project Beneficiary: Stark Parks

Mason's Eagle project is the installation and construction of 10-15 squirrel and owl boxes for parks and nature preserved areas around Canton.

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Maximus K.

North Canton  |  Troop 1035

Project Beneficiary: St. Paul's Catholic Church

Maximus lead Scouts in his troop in the installation of new drop ceiling tiles, new shelving, hanging a crucifix on the wall, adding carpet to a metal pole, and repainting/patching the walls in the nursery of St. Paul's Catholic Church.

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Caleb L.

Uniontown​  |  Troop 1045

Project Beneficiary: Love Our Community

Love our Community is an outreach organization that just moved to a new location. For his project, Caleb helped them move by cleaning up dead brush and vines and making three sets of picnic tables and benches. Vines growing on the side of the barn at the new location are damaging the structure. As an addition, he made birdhouses and bird feeders to go in the area for the birds that live in some of the dead brush that will be cleared.

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Jack L.

Perry Township​  |  Troop 1912

Project Beneficiary: Canton City Schools

Jack's project is a landscaping project at the Woodland Ave. entrance to Schreiber Elementary. Both sides of the entrance will be cleared of debris, existing grass and weeds. Edging will be added, along with topsoil is needed for grading. Mulch and plants will be added.

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Jacob L.

Beach City​  |  Troop 1301

Project Beneficiary: Friendship Hall

Jacob completed landscaping around the Friendship Hall to tidy up the exterior as well as putting in fill dirt in places needed and planting new flowers. He also constructed an advertisement sign with changeable lettering for the Hall to use to advertise events.

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Dante M.

Greentown​  |  Troop 1124

Project Beneficiary: North Canton Community Garden

Dante mulched a section of the garden along with built a picnic table for the North Canton Community Garden.

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Duncan M.

Plain Township​  |  Troop 1042

Project Beneficiary: Plain Local Schools

Duncan reconstructed a patio at Oakwood Middle School that was overgrown and not safe for people to be on. It will give the school a place for the students to learn outside or a place for people just to sit and relax.

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Nicholas M.

Alliance​  |  Troop 2050

Project Beneficiary: 

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Edward M.

Hartville​  |  Troop 1045

Project Beneficiary: FISH Pantry

I will be building a pantry for non-profit organization (FISH) that helps get people food that can't afford it. I will be making shelves which allows for more inventory and gives more space in the pantry. The room was very small and needed a new door which would be more welcoming to the people that will come in.

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Alexander M.

Plain Township​  |  Troop 1034

Project Beneficiary: Peace Church

For my Eagle project I will be repairing the old youth room in my church. This will include cleaning out the room, repainting the walls, adding new ceiling tiles, removing sink and capping off the plumbing as well as cleaning the floor. This room will be used for food storage that the Weekend backpack program will be desperately needing to have enough space to store food which helps feed Canton South students.

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Grant M.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1921

Project Beneficiary: MAPS Air Museum

2 sets of wooden stairs shaped in a "L" on both sides of the OV-1A aircraft provide a way in and out of the aircraft for viewing.

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Evan M.

Uniontown​  |  Troop 1045

Project Beneficiary: Advent Lutheran Church

I will be building a 6 X 10 foot shed for the Adventure Place organizer at Advent Lutheran Church. The church is in need of more storage for outdoor equipment.

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Isaiah M.

Alliance​  |  Troop 2101

Project Beneficiary: Union Avenue United Methodist Church

Catacomb Rehabilitation is needed to clear the catacombs of debris and storage church records. This is needed because the documents are getting damaged and need proper storage.

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Gabriel P.

North Canton​  |  Troop 1265

Project Beneficiary: Alliance Domestic Violence Shelter

We will be building a garden/flower bed for the shelter that will give something for the Adults and children to do. We will also be doing a donation drive for the things that they are in need of. Things such as hand sanitizer, toiletries, paper products, gently used clothing and cleaning items.

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Ryan P.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1044

Project Beneficiary: City of Louisville

I am making a roughly 12 X 12 roof structure in the Metzger Park playground area where the main bench area is located. Also, a path market systems will be put in place that measures the distances for each walking trail path around the park.

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Carson R.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1015

Project Beneficiary: St. Joseph Senior Living

My project will consist of renovating a run-down gazebo at St. Joseph's Senior Living Nursing Home. This gazebo is in need of replacement, renovation, and adjustment in all areas. The seating arrangements are in need of cleaning and minor repairs as they are dirty, unstable as well as not being fastened to the surrounding wood correctly.

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Nolan S.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1927

Project Beneficiary: Carrington Nature Preserve

One of the fundamental pillars of Scouting is respect for the environment and land conservation. This project is helpful to the Carrington Nature Preserve in two regards. Firstly, the bench will allow residents place to sit and enjoy the nature preserve. The bench will serve as a rest point for residents after a long walk to the pond. Secondly, the project will foster better care for the ecosystem of the Nature Preserve. Birds will gain new stable homes and residents will be able to view the birds as they fly around. Similarly, the bat houses will protect bats from predators so they can curtail the mosquito and bug population.

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Justin S.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1044

Project Beneficiary: City of Louisville

My project will be the organization and presentation of a PSA style online live Pandemic Resource Fair which will be hosted on Nov. 8th. It will likely be an hour or so long online event which will feature many speakers and resources to speak out to people about the current pandemic. We will provide way to remain physically, mentally, spiritually and socially healthy during all of this.

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Lilah S.

Canton​  |  Troop 1111

Project Beneficiary: Zion United Church of Christ

For my project, I plan to wash and paint the walls in Zion United Church of Christ's room that another youth group utilizes. I plan to reattach the paneling with construction adhesives as well as clean it up. In the corner of the room where the coathanger currently is, I plan to turn this into a knot ty8ing station with basic knots, along with creating a sign to display those knots.

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Payden S.

Minerva​  |  Troop 2150

Project Beneficiary: Mount Union Nature Center

Build a boardwalk at Mount Union Nature Center. Make the area beside the new chicken coup more accessible to the disabled.

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William S.

North Canton​  |  Troop 1001

Project Beneficiary: WDNP 102.3 FM Educational Broadcasting

Painting of newly constructed rooms, doors, trim, vestibule, hallway, and ceilings at WDNP 102.3 Educational Non-Profit Radio in Dover, Ohio during June and July of 2020.

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Brandon S.

Uniontown​  |  Troop 1010

Project Beneficiary: City of Greentown

Brandon's Eagle Project was the renovation of a storage building at the Greentown Community Park. The exterior walls needed attention as well as the gutters and downspouts. This park is important to the community youth baseball teams, community events, and the local neighbors. Doing this project for a small community was important to him because little community parks get overlooked in our area and do not get the help and support they need.

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Seth S.

North Canton​  |  Troop 1265

Project Beneficiary: North Canton Parks

My project is going to be a gaga ball pit at Price Park. This is an octagonal wood pit that is used to play a game called gaga ball where an inflatable ball is thrown like a dodgeball. By me making the pit, it will help take a load off the parks department and bring more people to the park to bring joy to anyone that plays it.

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Logan S.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1921

Project Beneficiary: Camp Aldersgate

Logan’s project benefitted Camp Aldersgate, a United Methodist Church Camp, located at Leesville Lake. He designed, built, and installed 10 signs and 9 benches along a trail designed to help campers reflect on their faith and relationship with God. Each sign features a passage from the Bible and meditation thought for hikers to review as they progress along the trail.

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Austin S.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1015

Project Beneficiary: Christ United Methodist Church

Residing a barn with metal pro rib, changing and putting in a new security door and covering window to make more secure.

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Dale S.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1015

Project Beneficiary: Christ United Methodist Church

Redoing Church bathroom. This will be helpful because they need more room and a more pleasing restroom.

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Richard T. V

Canton​  |  Troop 1921

Project Beneficiary: Pegasus Farm Equestrian Center

For Ricky's Eagle Scout project, he decided to do a project for Pegasus Farms because he toured it while doing my first merit badge, Disabilities Awareness. A few years later, Ricky contacted them when it came time to do my Eagle Project, and they asked me to make Halter Boxes for their fields. He, along with many scouts and parents his troop, built 11 Halter Boxes. Also, he was able to raise enough money to donate $500 to Pegasus.

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Nicholas T.

Uniontown​  |  Troop 1135

Project Beneficiary: Camp Carl Backwoods Archery Range

My project is to renovate a archery range at Camp Carl. It will consist of replacing rotten wood, painting, and installing new shingles on an existing structure. I will add a shelf in the storage room for additional organization. I will repair the shooting stand and make it wider. I will create and install a stand to hold bows and arrows.

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Tanner T.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1915

Project Beneficiary: Jackson Local Schools, Sauder Elementary

I will be building 4 garden benches to be used during outdoor instruction at the Sauder Garden Educational Center. In addition, I will be putting up a sign for the SGEC that is made from a 4x4 post and a 2x4 piece of plywood. They are having a design competition so I will only be supplying a blank sign.

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Cole T.

Beach City​  |  Troop 1301

Project Beneficiary: Village of Brewster

My project is the building and assembling of 3 bat houses for the village of Brewster. My plans came from the Brewster Administrator for the sizes and materials he wanted used. The bat houses will help the village of Brewster by acting as a natural insect killer, Brewster is a very swampy wet area so there is a very high bug population.

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Benjamin W.

Jackson Township​  |  Troop 1927

Project Beneficiary: Stark Parks

I am making a portable hide and seek adventure utilizing the Stark Parks Kids Club Mascot Feleap. My plan is to make 13 Feleap's that will be placed at various locations within Stark Parks. The signs are designed to be easily recognized by younger park visitors and to be a "photo opportunity" for the parks.

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Joseph W.

Plain Township​  |  Troop 1034

Project Beneficiary: Camp Tuscazoar Foundation, Inc.

Joseph's Eagle Project, which was to build 3- 8' Picnic tables, benefits campers and hikers that go to Camp Tuscazoar. The inspiration came from his father who was not only a member of Camp Staff at Tuscazoar, but also a carpenter. The impact was well worth it and to coincide with the dedication involved at Johnny Appleseed Pavilion, there are plaques on the tables dedicated to family, those whom Johnny Appleseed is dedicated to and another Eagle Scout of my unit

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Thomas W.

North Canton​  |  Troop 1035

Project Beneficiary: North Canton Schools, Hoover High School

I am making clothing racks for costumes and purchasing stairs for access to higher racks for the Hoover Hall costume room. What I am doing is putting brackets on the wall and then putting rods on the brackets and then I will move all the clothing onto the new racks. There will be a total of 6 rows of racks.

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Connor W.

Uniontown​  |  Troop 1045

Project Beneficiary: Lake Local Schools, Lake High School

For Connor’s Eagle Project he designed and constructed acrylic music stands for the Lake Jazz Band. They were using old ones made out of plastic and they weren’t that durable and didn’t look professional. The new ones weren’t deeply appreciated by the Lake Music program and will be in use for years to come.

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Robert W.

Louisville​  |  Troop 1044

Project Beneficiary: Altercare of Hartville

I will build 2 benches with 2 X 4's and 1 X 6's, the benches will be painted with Ohio State colors. There will be a plaque mounted to a 4 X 4 treated post dedicating it to the memory of Rudy Haas. It will serve as a lasting memory for Altercare's workers and residents and Rusty's family.

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Ian Z.

Canton  |  Troop 1927

Project Beneficiary: MAPS Air Museum

Ian constructed a portable building for MAPS Air Museum. This building will be used to direct traffic and keep volunteers and employees out of the rain. 

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