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Eagle Projects
Boy Scout Troop 524 Scouts have completed as many Eagle Projects as we have Eagle Scouts that have benefited the surrounding community and beyond. Eagle Projects teach Scouts leadership of others, organization and networking skills unparalleled to any other youth program.
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To the right you can see GPS Geotagging of Eagle Projects performed by Boy Scout Troop 524 Eagle Scouts powered by Google Maps. Click on a blue Placemark to learn more about each project. To view a larger map click HERE.
Below are descriptions of past Troop 524 Eagle Projects along with project images.
Jon Mehl
Firewood Shelter - Faith Lutheran Church
October 16, 2022
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Eagle Scout Awarded: April 13, 2023
Jon designed and built a firewood shelter for Faith Lutheran church to complement the firepit that his brother constructed for the church and the benches constructed by the Venture Crew for the church. The church holds services outside in the summer and the firepit is used by the church and the surrounding community.
Michael Alexander-Sedey
Church playground - St. George Coptic Orthodox Church
October ??, 2021
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Eagle Scout Awarded: pending
Michael designed a bigger and better playground for his church to replace an existing one. He worked with the church and the city to figure out where to place it due to lot line restrictions. He obtained the help of parents, friends, members of multiple troops and the SBM Fire Department, and received donations for all materials.
John Bickford
Firewood Shelter - St. Patrick's Church of Ham Lake, MN
September 11 & 18, 2021
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 7, 2022
John's project was constructing a firewood shelter for the youth group outdoor gathering/bonfire space.
Evan Ressler
Animal Humane Society Donations
May 13 & 20, 2019
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Eagle Scout Awarded: August 20, 2019
He solicited donations to help fulfill their wish list of items needed.
Michael Mehl - Faith Lutheran Church
Fire Pit and Patio
May 31 - June 3, 2019
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Eagle Scout Awarded: July 24, 2019
Michael built a Fire pit and surrounded it by a 9' 9" circle of paving stones.
Matt Zastoupil
Cemetery Cleaning
November 19, 2016
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Eagle Scout Awarded: July 10, 2017
Matt trimmed grass from headstones at Epiphany Cemetery.
Eli Andrzejek
JROTC Equipment Closet
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Eagle Scout Awarded: May 26, 2015
Eli's project involved refurbishing the JROTC equipment closets at Cretin-Durham Hall.
Simon Wicks
Prayer Benches
August 15, 2015
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Eagle Scout Awarded: June 22, 2017
Simon led the repainted over graffiti on the starting disc golf tees to enhance cleanliness and family use at Lochness Park Disc Golf Course.
Dominic Lucia
Prayer Benches
October 12, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: May 26, 2015
Dominic installed new prayer benches in a garden space outside of the Church of the Epiphany
Elliott Porwoll
Hospital Blankets
May 9, 2015
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Eagle Scout Awarded: Date
Forty people turned-out to help tie fleece blankets to be donated to Gillette's Childrens Hospital. In all, Elliott made 65 blankets for use by children in the hospital.
Peter Caron
Brush Removal
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 25, 2015
Peter cleared brush at Hope 4 Youth a juvenile homeless shelter in Anoka, MN for a parking lot expansion at the site.
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Nick Widstrom
Senior Center Concert
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 14, 2015
Nick organized a concert performance at the Epiphany Pines Senior Living Center
Branson Palzer
Picnic Tables
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Eagle Scout Awarded: November 19, 2015
Branson designed and built picnic tables for use by children staying at the Alexandra House Women's Shelter in Blaine, MN.
John Schermann
Park Signs
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 14, 2015
John repainted park signs for the City of Blaine
Peter Romens
Flag Retiring Ceremony
August 2nd, 2014
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Eagle Scout Awarded: November 19, 2014
Peter held a flag retiring ceremony for flags that were worn beyond their useful purpose and needed ceremonial retirining.
Blake Walczynski
Trail Kiosk
October 25 & November 14, 2014
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Eagle Scout Awarded: January 14, 2015
Blake coordinated the building of a trail kiosk in Andover at the beginning of the hiking trail near 173rd Ave NW and 7th Ave NW.
Andrew Eischeid
Tree Planting
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Eagle Scout Awarded: July 30, 2014
Andrew planted trees at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Isanti, MN.
John Portesan
Fishing Dock at Target Pond
July 26, 2014
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 25, 2015
John Portesan and a handful of scouts and adults installed a dock at the pond by the Target on Bunker Hills road. It required scouts to get in the pond to help set posts and the dock itself. The project took 2 days to complete
Tyler Thomas
Wildlife Science Center
September 28, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: April 22, 2014
Tyler led scouts to build a solid roof over the cage area on their raptor building. Snow buildup would rip the mesh creating an escape risk. In addition, Tyler one of the wolf groups had a den box that was starting to fall apart and Tyler volunteered to build the pups a new den box that could be disassembled and re-assembled inside the cage area. Lastly, they created black silhouettes of different raptors, bears and wolfs to add visual interst on the fences and buildings around the compound. The project cost $650 and took two days to complete.
Calvin Benson
Building Ball Pits for the YMCA
September 28, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 14, 2015
Calvin design and built 2 Ball Pits for the Emma B. Howe YMCA in Coon Rapids. The task hours and support staff will be updated at a later time.
Scotti Koskinen
Calvary Cemetery in St. Paul
October 19, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 5, 2014
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Scotti cleaned and reset the headstones around 80 graves. This project beautified the cemetery as well as helped the families find the graves of the friends and loved ones. This task took 30 hours with the help of 8 fellow scouts and 4 adults.
Jake Ronneng
Performed concert for Epiphany Pines Senior Living
November 27, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: January 29, 2014
​Jake orchestrated and performed a concert for the Epiphany Pines Senior Living. (There were many hours of planning and rehearsals involved, along with the actual concert time.) The performers included 10 people from Coon Rapids High School. Many of the people in attendance were reminiscing, recalling their days of playing instruments. Others were simply enjoying the music!
Matthew Choquette
Re-painted/Re-stained 7 Park signs for Blaine
September 14, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: January 14, 2014
​For his project, Matthew re-painted and re-stained seven park identification signs for the city of Blaine. the boards were presented at a city council meeting after completion to show the council the fantastic work that was completed.
Max Schermann
Retired American Flags
September 6, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: October 17, 2013
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Max obtained 44 flags and to perform a ceremonial burning of the retired flags for the VFW and American Legion posts near his home town. This task took 58 hours with the help of 16 fellow scouts and 7 adults.
Andrew Roles
Park Signs
September 7, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: Not Yet Received
​The project put in two park name signs at Bonde Park and Northern Boundaries Park in East Bethel. It also included some landscaping around each sign. The project involved two teams of volunteers, one team working at each park to install the signs and landscaping. There was much prep work including routering the wording on the sigs, prepping the posts with predrilled holes and pockets and staining the wood.
Michael Larson
DNR Field Desks
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Eagle Scout Awarded: July 14, 2013
Mike’s Eagle Project was to build field desks for the school forest program managed by the MN DNR. The MN School Forest Program works with teachers to educate students about forestry topics. This education usually happens outdoors, however, teachers’ usually lack outdoor infrastructure for learning. These portable field desks serve 3 functions: 1) they let students carry materials like paper, pencils and measuring tools, 2) the removable clipboard/lid gives students a surface to write on, and 3) the box itself is a portable stool to sit on. Mike organized building 45 desks which were delivered to Crossroads Elementary School n St. Paul, MN. The students travel to a local park by public transportation. To see more pictures of the project click HERE.
Jonathan Mullen
School Landscaping
July 14, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: Not Yet Recieved
Jonathan repaired/replaced the ineffective parts of an irrigation system in front of Epiphany school. This allowed them to plant new sod and creat new gardens. This task took 125 hours with the help of 12 fellow scouts and 7 adults.
Nathan Plante
Rolling Shelving Carts
June 7 & June 8, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: August 21, 2013
For his project, Nathan created 4 rolling carts for the Epiphany Environmental Committee for use around the church.
Bill Manion
Wildwood Park
May 18, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: March 28, 2014
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Bill organized the removal and replacement of the rotting edge boards around the playground and replaced them with new pressure treated landscape timbers. He was able to accomplish this task in 241 total hours with the help of 27 fellow scouts and 14 adults.
Troy Quesnell
Blaine High School Landscaping
May 11, 2013
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Eagle Scout Awarded: Not Yet Recieved
​Troy organized 60 individuals which included 30 students that put in over 170 hours in preparation and execution of this project. He solicited donations of equipment, supplies and money to help with the project. He landscaped the Blaine High School grounds through plantings and mulch.
John Obermiller
Park Benches
October 16, 2012
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Eagle Scout Awarded: April 16th 2013
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John led scouts to install park benches at a park in Coon Rapids.
Tyler Palzer
Alexandra House Bike Rack
October 13th 2012
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Eagle Scout Awarded: December 5th 2012
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For his project, Tyler led the designing and building of a bike rack for the Alexandra House in Blaine.
Ian Durbin
Soccer Shed
September 8th 2012
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Eagle Scout Awarded: December 5th 2012
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For his project, Ian led the designing and building of a soccer shed in Shoreview.​
Brandon Plante
Trail Benches
Eagle Scout Awarded: October 25th 2012
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For his project, Brandon installed park benches for the City of Coon Rapids along their Coon Creek Regional Trail.​ View more pictures of the project HERE.
Zachary Porwoll
Bird Houses
August 25th 2012

Eagle Scout Awarded: October 24th 2012
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Zach's project involved making and installing bird houses. Scouts used wheelbarrows for mixing cement, shovels and post-hole diggers for digging holes to install the houses.
Isaiah Schick
Grave Stone Cleaning
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Eagle Scout Awarded: July 10th 2012
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For his project, Isaiah led the cleaning and identifying of the gravestones at Epiphany Cemetery which involved removing overgrown grass around the stones. View Epiphany's online Grave Search results HERE, which Isaiah helped to make complete.
Gabriel Andrzejek
Care Packages for US Troops
January 7th 2012

Eagle Scout Awarded: June 14th 2012
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Gabe collected money and items to send to our armed forces oversea's. His goal was to put together 50 care packages but ended up being able to send 73 oversea's to the troop's.
Michael Schermann
Music Recital

Eagle Scout Awarded: June 13th 2012
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Michael's project involved planning and performing a music recital at two different nursing homes, Epiphany Pines in Coon Rapids and White Pines in Blaine.
Joseph Murphy
Park Shelter Painting
September 9, 2011
Eagle Scout Awarded: June 13th 2012
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For his project, Joe led scouts in the repainting of picnic shelters at the Coon Rapids Lions Park.
David Trudeau
DNR Field Desks
July 24th 2010

Eagle Scout Awarded: October 18th 2010
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David's project consisted of making Field Desks for the MN DNR. The project will took place at Mr. DeRusha's house at 8:30 AM on July 24th. Adults used table saws, and routers and scouts glued and nailed the boxes together.
Matthew Krepsky
Memorial Fountain
Eagle Scout Awarded: October 4th 2010
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For his Eagle Scout project, he led the installation and landscaping of a memorial garden at fire station three in Blaine, memorializing three children who lost their lives in a van fire in Blaine in 2002. The memorial garden dedication ceremony was attended by scouts, police officers, firefighters, and family members of the children who are being memorialized. You can watch video from the dedication ceremony HERE.
Brandon Kimball
Baseball Benches
Eagle Scout Awarded: August 11th 2010
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For his project, Brandon replaced 4 baseball benches and cleaned up the grounds at L.O. Jacobs Elementary School, in Coon Rapids, MN.
Joseph Kollodge
Garden Benches
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Eagle Scout Awarded: January 11th 2010
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Joe led the installing of park benches for a garden at PACT Charter School in Ramsey, MN along with installing butterfly houses there.
Chris Caron
Street Landscaping
July 9th 2009
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Eagle Scout Awarded: December 7th 2009
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Landscaped at Families Moving Forward in Minneapolis, MN which helps with homelessness. He led the planting of multiple maple trees spaced 30' apart with lilac bushes in between. They surrounded the trees with several potentilla flowers and mulch. Learn more about the project HERE.
Andrew Jacobs
Park Landscaping
Eagle Scout Awarded: August 25th 2009
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Andrew's project involved numerous improvements and landscaping at Carrara East Park in Blaine, MN. He repainted park benches, planted trees and installed retaining wall blocks around the park sign along with landscaping. View more pictures from the project HERE.
Collin Plante
Playground Wood Replacement
Eagle Scout Awarded: July 14th 2009
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For his project, Collin led scouts in replacing old wood surrounding Nelson Park in Coon Rapids, MN with new wood. View more pictures of the project HERE.
Bruce Thibodeau
Wood Floor Repair
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Eagle Scout Awarded: May 5th 2009
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Bruce led the sanding and repair of wood floors inside the Westminster Camp Ajawah facilities.
Jeremy Wolf
Chimney Swift Tower
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Eagle Scout Awarded: April 28th 2009
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For his project, Jeremy worked with Audubon Minnesota a non-profit that specializes in bird habitat rehabilitation to build Chimney's for the Chimney Swift birds. The birds are a threatened species due to the lack of hollow trees for making nests, therefore requiring chimney's. He worked with Audubon to place a tower at the Aveda Headquarters in Blaine, MN. View more pictures HERE.
Patrick McDonald
Picnic Tables and Benches
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Eagle Scout Awarded: April 21st 2009
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Patrick led scouts in creating picnic tables and benches for his church Spirit of Christ Lutheran in Ham Lake, MN.
Kyle Brandes
Picnic Tables and Benches
Eagle Scout Awarded: March 17th 2009
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For his project Kyle led the building and installing of picnic tables and benches at Meadow Creek Church in Andover, MN.
Kyle Palzer
Flag Pole Installation
Eagle Scout Awarded: January 8th 2009
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Kyle's project involved moving a flag from the Epiphany Cemetery to the Epiphany Fatima Shrine and landscaping around it.
Aaron DeRusha
Lake Access Fence
August 10th 2008
Eagle Scout Awarded: September 25th 2008
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Aaron's project was building a split rail fence along a non-motorized public access to Coon Lake to define its boundaries and make it recognizable to the public. View more pictures from the project HERE.
Jonathan Klemm
Landscaping
Eagle Scout Awarded: September 25th 2008
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For his project, Jonathan planned and led landscaping at the Mary Ann Young Senior Center in Blaine, MN.
Brandon Kesler
Personal Care Packages
Eagle Scout Awarded: July 30th 2008
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Brandon's project involved gathering sample sized personal care stuff (soap, shampoo, etc), he then put them into personal care packages, and donated them to a homeless youth shelter called The Bridge in Minneapolis, MN. To see more images of the Eagle Project, click HERE.
Stephen Lietzke
Church Landscaping
Eagle Scout Awarded: July 30th 2008
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Stephen led a landscaping project at the Church of St. Paul in Ham Lake, MN.
John Trudeau
Picnic Tables
Eagle Scout Awarded: January 30th 2008
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For his project, John planned the pouring of a concrete slab and assembled picnic tables at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, part of the Mississippi National River & Recreation Area operated by the National Park Service. The project has since been removed due to a parking lot expansion in the park.
Ryan McDonald
Book Shelf
Eagle Scout Awarded: May 18th 2007
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For his project, Ryan collected books for his church Spirit of Christ Lutheran in Ham Lake and created a book shelf. He collected books from his church, local book stores, his parents’ work, and family friends totaling a couple hundred books. He then got wood donated and created a book shelf in a family friend’s shop. He had a group of about 6-8 scouts and 3 adults help with the actual building of the shelf. Once the shelf was constructed it was brought to the church and put it in. They then added all of the books. The shelf also included a place to put the TV and the VHS tapes. He finished the project in the fall of 2006.
Tom Kollodge
Tree Planting
Eagle Scout Awarded: November 21st 2006
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Tom led the planting of white pine tree saplings at the Anoka-Ramsey Sanitary Landfill in Ramsey, MN.
Andrew Jacobs
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Eagle Scout Awarded: June 22nd 2006
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Anthony Lucia
Cemetery Cleaning
Eagle Scout Awarded: April 26th 2006
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Anthony led the cleaning of the gravestones at the Epiphany Catholic Cemetery, which involved removing overgrown grass. View more pictures from the project HERE.
Steve Caron
Landscaping at St. Paul's in Ham Lake
Eagle Scout Awarded: January 4th 2006
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For his project, Steve led scouts in landscaping a retaining wall planter outside of the Church of Saint Paul in Ham Lake, MN.
Bradley Klemm
Self Defense Training
Eagle Scout Awarded: July 19th 2005
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Brad taught self defense to a women from the Alexandra House, the Alexandra House is a shelter for women effected by domestic violence.
David Rivers
Patriotic Concert
Eagle Scout Awarded: March 23rd 2005
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David gathered a band together to play patriotic music at the Minesota Veteran's Home located adjacent to Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis.
Drew Archibeque
Park Sign
Eagle Scout Awarded: November 17th 2004
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For his Eagle Project Drew led the installation of a sign at Fox Run Park in Ham Lake, MN as well as landscaping around the sign.
Travis Holle
Disk Golf
Eagle Scout Awarded: October 13th 2004
​Travis Holle led the installation of a 9 hole disk golf at Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Ham Lake, MN. Use the interactive map to the right to see the location of all 9 holes or view pictures of the holes HERE.
Andrew Manion
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Eagle Scout Awarded: October 12th 2004
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Chrsitopher Rivers
Wildlife Restoration
Eagle Scout Awarded: October 12th 2004
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Chris's project involved creating bat houses for the City of Andover for placement within the city in multiple parks. The intent was to help control the mosquito population, since bats eat mosquitos.
Michael Boston
Operation Christmas Child
Eagle Scout Awarded: November 4th 2003
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Michael completed his project before he joined our troop with Troop 135, Bay-Lakes Council in Wisconsin. He coordinated the collection of shoe boxes filled with items such as school and art supplies, hygiene items, small toys, hard candy for Operation Christmas Child (part of Samaritan’s Purse) at several of the local Catholic schools in Neenah and Menasha Wisconsin. He collected about 200 boxes. Learn more about the program HERE.
Kyle Conelly
Picnic Tables at Epiphany Assisted Living
Eagle Scout Awarded: September 24th 2003
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For his Eagle Project, Kyle led the installation of picnic tables at the Epiphany Assisted Living for use by the residents and visitors.
Nicholas DeLapp
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Eagle Scout Awarded: September 10th 2003
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Marc Richmond
Vitamin Drive
Eagle Scout Awarded: November 13th 2002
Marc organized a vitamin drive for the Mission of Mercy in Haiti, a catholic charities organization out of Minneapolis, MN run by a Brother DePaul. Their most needed item were vitamins, so he collected vitamins and donations on four consecutive Sundays in the Epiphany Meeting Rooms. They collected several hundred bottles that equated to several thousand doses of daily vitamins, most of which were the general nutrition (one-a-day) or children's Vitamins. Since food donations were inconsistant, vitamins are essential to helping the people of Haiti obtain the nutrition they need but dont get from the food they have available to them.
Matthew Lietzeke
Tree Planting
Eagle Scout Awarded: November 13th 2002
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James Lucia
Head Injury and Bicycle Safety Presentation
Eagle Scout Awarded: October 23rd 2002
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James’ project was to put together a presentation about Head Injury and Bicycle Safety for the School children of Epiphany, with a speaker from the Brain Injury Association, film and demonstrations as well as speaking himself.
Will Lind
Sporting Good Drive
Eagle Scout Awarded: June 18th 2001
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For his project Will collected sport equipment for a Catholic youth orphanage in Ukraine.
Bryant Untz
Cemetery Cleaning at Epiphany
Eagle Scout Awarded: June 14th 2001
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Bryant organized and led the cleaning of the grave stones at Epiphany Cemetery.
Tom Dooher
Floating Habitats
Eagle Scout Awarded: May 9th 2001
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Tom's project invlolved making floating dock wildlife duck/bird habitats for the Carlos Avery wildlife center
Mike Tran
Trail at L.O. Jacobs Elementary
Eagle Scout Awarded: April 25th 2001
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Mike created a trail behind L.O. Jacobs Elementary School. The trail goes through a small woods behind the school and near their playground.
Kevin Conelly
Courtyard Landscaping
Eagle Scout Awarded: July 8th 1998
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Kevin led the landscaping of the courtyard between the Epiphany Youth Room and Epiphany School.
Brian Ness
Fire Truck Wagons
Eagle Scout Awarded: December 17th 1997
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Brian's project involved making fire truck wagons for use by kids at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN. Image courtesy of Allina Health and Mercy Hospital. To see additional images click HERE.
Alan Lind
Epiphany Landscaping
Eagle Scout Awarded: June 6, 1997
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Alan's project involved installing concrete wall blocks on the East side of the church foyer, between the church and the cemetery. Along with adding plants and mulch and installing a sprinkler system.
John Christen
Cemetery Tree Planting
March 1997
Eagle Scout Awarded: April 13th 1997
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John led the planting of trees for the 1997 Epiphany Cemetery Expansion, expecially the area near the baby burial portion of the cemetery.
Brian Manion
Wood Steps at Bunker Campground
Eagle Scout Awarded: March 26th 1996
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Brian's project involved replacing stairs at the Bunker Hills Regional Park Campground in Coon Rapids, MN.
Scott Voelker
Playground Remodel
Eagle Scout Awarded: March 26th 1996
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Scott's project involved redoing the playground at the Anoka County Achieve Center at Trinity Church in Anoka, MN.
Sheldon Rosburg
Athletic Field Improvements
Eagle Scout Awarded: November 19, 1980
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Sheldon's project involved making athletic field improvements at the infant Meadow Creek Christian School in Andover, MN.
Bruce Stromgren
Epiphany School Cleanup
Eagle Scout Awarded: September 6, 1967
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Bruce's project involved cleaning up some of the construction mess from the creation of Epiphany School.