Boy Scouts Accomplishments

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Boy Scouts help shape a boy into a young man, with challenging personal skill development, multiple acts of community service and leadership requirements in the troop and community. Scouting has nourished my desire to master tasks and finish totally, with a spirit of teamwork. The experience of attaining merit badges, achieving ranks, serving in leadership roles and working with adult mentors has been a major contribution in my life. I have learned the skill of leading others, with an aspiration to not only do well but to complete well. To this end, I earned my Boy Scout Eagle rank, an achievement that recognizes service, leadership and teamwork.
As I advanced through the scout ranks, I met the requirements of training scouts coming up behind me in safety, first aid, use of tools, fire-starting and many other useful tasks. The scouts I lead
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Working with the Yuma High principal, we found a venue for the event and planned the date and time. I created flyers and visited the other high school principals in our district to share about the event and enlist them to post the flyers. I contacted the GM engineers mentoring for the Gila Monsters FRC about asking the team to work with me on the project. I coached the team on the event and gave them the task of setting up and completing a safe and fun demonstration of the robot. I spoke to our local radio station and got a spot on a local talk show to promote the event. I lead my Scout troop to serve at the event, setting up chairs and tabletop exhibits, including handouts. I instructed them to the assist with parking and directing guests to the venue. I recruited a host for the event, who rode in on a Segway, created by FIRST founder Dean Kamen. I wrote the presentation and crafted the power-point presentation, which I delivered. The members of the robotics team and the scout troop preformed their assigned duties safely and