Today Troop 2119 of Bartlett met for the first time as an official girl troop of Scouts BSA. The troop was established on February 1, 2019 when the Boys Scouts of America formally accepted girls into its Scouts BSA program.
On May 12, Eugene received his Eagle Scout award.
Eugene completed his Eagle Board of Review on March 17. The next step is for him to receive the Eagle Scout Award at a Eagle Court of Honor. How does one plan for a Eagle Court of Honor? Stay tuned….
Having volunteered with Eugene and Maggi many times in the last couple of months, we learned that the West Suburban Center of the Northern Illinois Food Bank has updated its Hands of Hope wall plaque to include Eugene’s name under the Outstanding Youth / Youth Group subcategory of the Inspirational Service category.
Having achieved his Life rank on September 1, Eugene collaborated with the Northern Illinois Food Bank, his Boy Scout Troop 398 of Hanover Park and Frank Cerwin to build three shelving units.
On May 17, 2016, Eugene received the Rising Star Award from the Hanover Township Committee on Youth (COY) at the Celebration of Leadership reception.
At the reception, I delivered the following remarks…
A dozen years ago, Eugene was named after a pioneer, whose namesake lives on in a small town in Oregon. Like a pioneer, Eugene has had the opportunity to engage in rich learning experiences and to build lasting relationships with diverse people around him along the way.
With the support of his family, teachers and friends, Eugene wanted to make a difference in his community and promote volunteerism among young people. Through his experience at and recognition from the Northern Illinois Food Bank, his story has been shared near and far in almost every media – whether it be newspaper, brochure, newsletter, radio, e-mail, Web or social media.
The Rising Star award is appropriate for Eugene. It is a celebration of yet, of the potential he has yet to reach. My wish for Eugene can be summed up in the words of the late Casey Kassem, “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.”
The Rising Star Award is given to an elementary school student who lives in Hanover Township and is in grades K – 6th grade. It is one of five award categories (others are Junior Leader Award for the middle school student, High School Leader Award for the high school student, Community Adult Leader of Youth Award, and Principal of the Year) that recognizes community youth and adult leaders who work with youth for their leadership and for being a positive role model within Hanover Township.
Criteria for nomination include:
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
At the Boy Scouts of America’s Wood Badge leadership training in 2012, the C7-127-12 course director Dan Zedan introduced the following quote to me and other participants. I didn’t know much about it other than Forest Witcraft said it. Scouting Magazine recently published about it here.
At the 2014 HalloweeM, Chicago Area Mensa’s annual regional gathering, one of the talks mentioned the following quote…
Just started reading “How Google Works”, a book I received at the Google for Work event on October 1, 2014. It made me realize that the technology trends of openly available information on the Internet, ubiquity of mobile devices and networks, and practically limitless computing power and storage of cloud computing have enabled frequent and inexpensive experimentation. Internet first, mobile first and Internet of Things (including wearable technology) have profoundly changed the world.
One other trend that was casually mentioned in the book is the role of open source technologies. The technologies like those powering ECP and this blog have matured, enabling people to not just use but create usable and low-cost solutions to solve everyday problems.
Interesting ideas include…