New eagles soar

St. Martin’s Episcopal Boy Scout Troop 354 welcomed new Eagle Scouts Matthew Berman, Donnie Jones, Thomas Guilanshah, and Gus Pielop (pictured, from left). Each boy completed a unique Eagle project to benefit the community. Matthew, a senior at The Kinkaid School, built an apiary for veteran nonprofit Hives for Heroes. The project involved placing a tarp and edging, creating a crushed granite pathway, positioning the beehives on a dunnage rack, and planting Mexican bush sage for pollination. Thomas, a junior at Memorial High School, redeveloped a City of Houston pocket park, affectionately known as “Peacock Park,” located in the Bayou Woods subdivision. He created manicured park landscaping including a reconfigured crushed granite path and a new picnic table. Donnie, a sophomore at St. Paul’s Catholic School, restored the horse trails and signage used by Special Cheers, a horseback-riding therapy organization for injured and sick children. The scouts cleared brush and overgrowth, removed mud and debris, and mounted hand-painted signage. Gus, a junior at Kinkaid, worked with the Houston Tennis Association (HTA) to create a unified doubles tournament called “Ad All” in which able-bodied players teamed up with cognitively disabled players. The successful event attracted more than 40 volunteers, and Gus is organizing another Ad All event this fall.

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