Eagle, Gold Scouts honored for projects
The Rotary Club recently recognized 21 boys and two girls for their Eagle and Gold scout projects.
This was the 20th annual luncheon. Over those years, 596 Scouts collectively have provided more than 90,073 hours of community service for their projects.
Here are the Scouts who returned questionnaires on their projects:
Daniel Jesse Rushton
School: Simms High School
Unit: 2010
Scout leader: John Briscoe
Total hours: 570
Project: Two dugouts for the Vaughn ball park.
Grant Daniel Stott
School: Choteau High School
Unit: 1051
Scout leader: Cody Berezay
Total hours: 85
Project: Finding 19 city property sites' latitude and longitude.
Hunter John Sowers
School: C.M. Russell
Unit: 1028
Scout leader: Bill Rutten
Total hours: 134.15 hours
Project: Built four wooden benches for the Great Falls Ice Foundation.
Jacob Matthew Smith
School: C.M. Russell
Unit: 1046
Scout leader: Aaron Weissman
Total hours: 142
Project: Built 25 fire swatters for the Black Eagle Volunteer Fire Department.
Gage Joseph Hilyard
School: C.M. Russell
Unit: 1028
Scout leader: Bill Rutten
Total hours: 80
Project: Building four large planters for a young man in the community.
Mark Helgeson
School: Great Falls
Unit: 26
Scout leader: Aaron Weissman/Mike Lukas
Total hours: 300
Project: Making trash can covers for the city pool.
Jack G. Dresel
School: Great Falls High
Unit: 1026
Scout leader: Aaron Weissman
Total hours: 129
Project: Stocking the East Middle School food pantry with food.
Ryan Michael Banks
School: C.M. Russell High
Unit: 1151
Scout leader: Scott Davis
Total hours: 118.
Project: Constructed a shed for River City Harvest garden.
Kyle W. Rutten
School: C.M. Russell High
Unit: 1028
Scout leader: Kevin Lake
Total hours: 157
Project: Created a reading room called the Eagles Nest in the library of Sunnyside Elementary.
Tanner Rubino
School: C.M. Russell
Unit: 1028
Scout leader: Bill Rutten
Total hours: 92
Project: Renovating the playground area at Peace Lutheran Church
Christine Elizabeth Patten
School: Helena College University of Montana
Unit: 3846
Scout leader: Tina Patten
Total hours: 300
Project: Building an Americans with Disabilities Act compliant trial and parking lot in Helena and instructed a grant writing workshop for local older Girl Scout troops.
Kyla Campbell
School: C.M. Russell High
Unit: N/A
Scout leader: Melanie Cambpell
Total hours: More than 100 hours
Project: Creating a Bags of Hope backpack program for children who are removed from their homes because of child abuse.