Fly Like An Eagle.............

Peter has been a busy boy!! Just last night he had his Eagle Scout Board of Review. This means that Peter is now officially an Eagle Scout!!

We are so proud of Peter. Statistics say that only 2% of boys that get involved in Scouting ever make it to the rank of Eagle!

For his Eagle Project, Peter ran an Emergency Preparedness Fair for the community. He had the Red Cross come, as well as CERT (community emergency response team), the Fire Department, and the Blood Drive people. He had booths set up to talk about water purification, 72-hour kits, long term food storage and first aid. The Blood drive people collected 31 pints of blood! It was a big project, involving lots of people, but Peter organized it all and did a GREAT JOB!!

He was pretty nervous last night at his Board of Review. As was I in the waiting room! He was in with the Board for about 30 minutes with the three reviewers grilling him. Then they sent him out while they conferred for about 15 minutes. We were called back in and they told him what a good job he'd done, how they were impressed by his answers and would be proud to have him represent the BSA (Boy Scouts of America) as an Eagle Scout. They read us a poem about the Eagle leaving the nest (I almost cried!) then shook hands all around and sent us on our way.

Peter, we are proud of you and the man you are becoming. Keep up the good work. I can't wait to see what you accomplish next!!

<----Peter in the middle, his Scoutmaster, Reuben Aiton on the far right. The other three are the ones who conducted his Board of Review. (this is the first time we saw them smiling! They were a pretty tough group!)