LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Troop 219's recent Eagle Scout Court of Honor


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Troop 219 of Lafayette held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on March 10 to recognize and celebrate eight outstanding young men who achieved BSA's highest rank, Eagle Scout: John Douglas Orear, James Davis, Toby Brock-Utne, Pierce Gallegos, Henry Joseph Hagel, Jackson Jones, Caleb Sherman, and Simon Vincent Werner.

In addition to earning at least 21 merit badges, Scouts also completed the following community service projects. Orear refurbished a planter box at Glorietta Elementary school, Hagel built a sports cart for Burton Valley Elementary School, Sherman expanded and refurbished a fence around the Acalanes High School garden, and Werner restored infrastructure of the garden at Springhill Elementary School. Davis, Brock-Utne, Gallegos, and Jones all built separate 100 feet sections of a fence in Joaquin Miller Park.

These eight new Eagle Scouts received recognition and proclamations from the City of Lafayette, Mayor Gina Dawson, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, California State Senator Dianne Feinstein, The White House, and Contra Costa County.