Name: Hayden Leon Fulwider
From: Elk Grove, CA
Votes: 0
Hayden
Fulwider
Period
2
9/17/19
Impact
on Community
The
moment I finished the project, I knew that I have finally
accomplished something that I was proud of, something that I will
remember for the rest of my life. I am talking about a community
service project that I led in order to earn my Eagle Scout Rank in
Boy scouts. All through my life I have always been very active in
the community and have hundreds of hours of community service. I
went from helping out clean out a creek of trash and litter as a 2nd
grader, to eventually planning and leading a project of my own.
I enjoy community
service because although, it helps out the organization and
community, it also gave a good feeling after helping someone out
without gaining anything for myself. I also created unforgettable
memories with my friends that I can’t recreate.
As a volunteer at
Twilight Camp, our group’s job was to teach the younger Cub Scouts,
first aid. This was one of my favorite times that I helped out,
because when I was younger, I was going to these camps and I loved
it, so going again as a volunteer just brought back memories. We
taught the kids basic first aid and how to prevent it and then after
the lesson we gave them real life situations to give their first aid
skills to the test.
A major event that
my troop hosts every year is the CSD campout every year at Elk Grove
Park in the Summer. We would arrive on plan and start setting up.
The next morning we would finish setting up and when people arrived,
we went around and helped hundreds of campers bring all their stuff
to their campsite and then set up their tents if they needed us to.
Once everyone arrived, we would run games and crafts for the kids
that were there, and then serve food to all the guests and then host
a campfire with skits and songs. Although this was a lot of
hard-work and very tiring, I always had a good time because I was
having a good time and bonding with my troop.
In order to earn my
Eagle Scout, I had to plan out and lead a community service project
for a non-profit organization. For my project, I went to the Stone
Lakes National Wildlife Reserve to look for projects. I talked to a
volunteer for that organization named Amy Hopperstad who suggested
multiple projects. I didn’t want to choose a project that would be
easy and something that wouldn’t last, like painting a fence. For
my project, I wanted to choose something that would be a challenge
and would last so eventually I can come back and see my project in a
couple of years. My project was to create a path of stepping stones.
These stepping stones were created in my garage with concrete, dye,
and a mold that we bought, and we used different animal track
imprints on the top of them. Amy also mentioned that they had a
problem with people stealing from there so I had to find out a way
that we could prevent that. My dad suggested that I have a chain
connecting an anchor that would go a couple feet in the ground. We
went on with that plan and It worked perfectly. I would be lying if
I said that the whole projects went perfectly. The day that we made
the stepping stones, we had 3 total break because we took them out
the mold too early. Eventually we made 13 total for the path. On
the next day we made the path. We dug 13 holes for the anchor system
and put bark around the stepping stones, and the project was a big
success.
As a result of my
community service, I have gained not only a lot of hands-on
experience in construction, but also leadership skills and
communication skills. I hope to keep on helping out in the community
in the future, and eventually planning out and taking on another
community service project.
