Boy Scouts Personal Statement

My palms were sweating, my stomach ached and I felt light headed as I entered the library conference room. After a thirteen year commitment, I was about to finish the journey I started in kindergarten. I was walking into my Eagle Board of review and was about to join a very select group of boys that can call themselves Eagle Scouts and achieve the most prestigious achievement of my life to date.

As I looked around the room I was thinking about all that Boy Scouts had meant to me. I remembered learning how to shape a block of wood with a sander during my first attempt to make Pinewood Derby car. I remembered learning to cook, to pitch a tent, to hang a bear bag, to tie knots and so much more. I remembered taking on leadership roles and directing young scouts through the Canadian backwaters. I remember speaking in front of the troop and the charge I got from public speaking. Most importantly I remembered the values that Boy Scouts instilled in me: …show more content…
I have always felt it was important to give back to my community. I decided to help those less fortunate by building two permanent horse saddle stands for the Dupage County Forest Preserve to use as part of the therapeutic riding program for children and adults with special needs. From soliciting corporate donations, to designing two saddle horses, to planning and directing younger scouts my eagle project challenged me to go beyond my comfort zone. I had never done most of the things I was about to set out and do. After over a year of planning and execution, I delivered my horse saddle stands to the St. James Forest Preserve in Warrenville Illinois. I was gitty when I saw how excited they were and how impressed they were with the design and craftsmanship. Three weeks later I received an email from the Director of the Forest Preserve, he told me that they had used my horse saddle stands for the first time and how excited he and his group were to have