Achieving Eagle Scout

As with my last blog, I haven't really been making much progress. I have one week left until I finish my Personal Management merit badge. I have been tracking all of my purchases like my computer back in January, meals out, gas money for my carpool ride, trips to Wawa, etc. I don't know when my spring Court of Honor is yet, but I will definitely be receiving Personal Management and hopefully receiving Communications and Emergency Preparedness. I have also emailed my troop's Eagle Coordinator and he said that the most likely time for me to host it is in the fall of 2018. I am likely going to be helping out a church like St. Katharine's, but my grandmother said that Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge needs a lot of help doing renovations, painting, repairs, etc. Some of her local Boy Scout troops have also done Eagle projects there so she thinks it will be a good opportunity. .

Recently, I haven't been making much progress. I know that is my fault, but I can't really do anything about it except keep working bit by bit. I don't have any out of school activities to do as requirements except for Personal Management, and all I can do for that is track my spending progress for the next ten weeks. However, I do have some planning for my Eagle Project. I need to figure out what I am going to work on, then draw up plans, present them to the Eagle Board, commence work, and then finish up my requirements. After planning and approval, I could use my class time to make signs to put around the school and show them to my troop in order to get volunteer helpers to make my life easier. I've realized through helping other now-Eagles on their projects that my role is to do only a small part of the work. My actual role is to manage and coordinate others to complete the project. Well, that's all for now. See you next week! Andrew

Hey everyone! I'm back after over a month of inactivity. In the last blog, I had just received my merit badges and rank advancements that I had achieved over the summer at Camp Resica Falls in East Stroudsburg, PA. This time, I have pretty much completed my December deliverables for Dr. Swinehart. My deliverable was completing the merit badge workbook for Personal Management. The only reason I did not finish was because of two requirements. The first is Requirement 1c2: "Comparison shop for the item. Find out where you can buy the item for the best price." The second is Requirement 2a and 2b: "Prepare a budget reflecting your expected income (allowance, gifts, wages), expenses, and savings. Track and record your actual income, expenses, and savings for 13 consecutive weeks. (You may use the forms provided in this pamphlet, devise your own, or use a computer-generated version.) When complete, present the records showing the results to your merit badge counselor."