Eagle Scout News

by Jill VanDewoestine, August 2025: Taylor Degnan, an Eagle Scout candidate in Troop 43G (Pine City, NY), was featured in a story on WENY TV News on August 20, 2025. For her Eagle Scout project, Taylor created a monument to veterans on the grounds of Fresh Start Church in Pine City. The monument includes a concrete pad, an illuminated flagpole,...

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Editor's Note: Jeffrey Hannam is organizing the first-ever Great Falls Council Scouting America Alumni Event on August 23 at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, NY. Below is his Scouting Story.   Since joining Cambria Pack 8 as a Wolf Cub in 2009, Scouting has given me countless opportunities for learning, self-growth, and travel. I’ve earned the Rank of Eagle Scout, served in various...

July 2025: In this episode, Bob Confer interviews Troop 47 (Pendleton, NY) Eagle Scouts Drew Zimmerman and Dominic Campbell about the value of Scouting. Not only did they change the community with their service project, but the project also changed them. They reflect on their journey, the leadership lessons they have learned, and what Scouting means to them. Scouting Today...

By Megan Coppersmith Szerwo - June, 2025 For his Eagle Scout project, Dominick Marino of Troop 3097 (Big Flats, NY) took on an ambitious and compassionate mission: to improve the daily lives of over 150 cats at Animal Care Sanctuary (ACS), a no-kill animal shelter in Milan, PA. ACS is one of the region’s largest and most dedicated animal shelters,...

By Jill VanDewoestine, April 2025 Rogan Trunzo, an Eagle Scout in Troop 58 (Tonawanda, NY), decided to honor area veterans at White Chapel Memorial Park for his Eagle Scout project in spring 2024. Rogan was inspired by Gricela "Gigi" Dickis, who had been placing flags at veteran's graves each year to prepare for Memorial Day celebrations. Her step-son, Alan Dickis,...

By Megan Coppersmith Szerwo, March 2025 Owen Shotwell, an Eagle Scout in Troop 286 (Tonawanda, NY), chose a musical Eagle project: creating, managing, and hosting a musical instrument drive for the Music Is Art Foundation. Music runs in Owen’s blood. Both Owen’s Father and Uncle work in the live-event production industry. Owen currently plays in indie rock band Prairie Pavement...

By Megan Coppersmith Szerwo, February 2025 In June 2023, Lancaster High School student and Eagle Scout Matthew Killian led 40 volunteers in planting 28 white pines and building 100 feet of snow fencing behind the Hull Family Burial Plot on the grounds of the Hull Family Home in Lancaster, NY. Matthew made Eagle Scout as a member of Troop 601...