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Eagle Scout projects bless lives

Published: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009 12:08 a.m. MST
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Boy Scout Michael Brock, 14, is just a few merit badges and one daunting service project removed from the Eagle Award. A teacher from Henderson, Nev., Michael and his parents and Scout leaders are brainstorming to identify an ideal Eagle project that will help him grow as a leader, do some good in his community and, yes, qualify him for the Eagle.

Indeed, developing, planning and executing a worthwhile Eagle Scout leadership service project is a task facing Michael and thousands of other LDS Scouts every year. It's often the final requirement that a young man completes before he can assume his place in the honored "Eagles Nest" reserved for those men and boys who earned Scouting's highest achievement award.

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