Jonathan Haycock, Cameron Stone, Alex White and Ben MacLean, members of the Boy Scout Troop 466, have earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank that the Boy Scouts offers. Each boy earned 21 merit badges required for the award, something only 3 to 4 percent of Boy Scouts ever achieve.
Haycock, 18, is the son of Scott and Lauri Haycock of Snoqualmie. He earned his Eagle rank on April 26, 2016, after raising funds to buy two score-keeping tables for the Jeanne Hansen Community Park in Snoqualmie.
Haycock planned the project, presented his idea and obtained approval from the Snoqualmie Parks and Recreation Committee to proceed. He and his team assembled, delivered and installed the tables for the benefit of all Valley sports teams to use instead of having to bring their own tables and chairs.
Stone, 18, is the son of Kevin and Felicia Stone of North Bend. He has been a scout for six years. He earned his Eagle rank Nov. 16, for building a new sign for The Red Oak Residence of North Bend. He raised money for the materials and received material donations from local businesses. Chuck Beatty, assistant administrator of Red Oak, was happy to promote community involvement and paid for the North Bend building permit.
White, 18, is the son of Debbie and Caesar White of Snoqualmie. He has been involved in Scouting in the Snoqualmie Valley since he was 7 years old.
White earned his Eagle rank Nov. 30, for his work on behalf of Meadowbrook Farm Preserve along the trail at the Dike Road Fields. He researched native and non-native plants of the Valley, then identified several along the trail and created wooden identification markers for them. The markers are topped with metal plates, engraved with information about the plant and its uses.
White consulted with Dave Battey throughout the project. He chose Meadowbrook Farm Preserve as his beneficiary because he liked the idea that so many kids visited this site and he wanted to help enhance their learning.
MacLean, 17, is the son of Tavish and Rebecca MacLean of Snoqualmie.
MacLean earned his Eagle rank on May 11, after completing a project for Snoqualmie Elementary School, which he attended. In consultation with the school’s leadership and fourth grade teacher Jennifer Gjurasic, he constructed two 12-foot square and 2-foot high stone planters filled with indigenous plants. The project was developed to help coordinate with the 4th grade Native American curriculum and to support the knowledge of Native American life through the planting of indigenous plants in the school courtyard. He also developed a guide for the planters to describe the nature and benefit of each of the plants.
A ceremony honoring these Scouts was held June 4 at the Meadowbrook Interpretive Center.
In addition to these projects, in 2015 these boys, along with a few friends, started a guild for Children’s hospital called the Mount Si Med Squad. They have raised over $5,000 for Children’s Hospital through annual garage sales and last summer organizing the Valley’s first youth lacrosse summer camp. All proceeds went to the teen and young adult cancer center at Children’s Hospital.
