Sonoran Sunset and Troop 526 in Glendale is proud of Alex Palomo

Alex was able to complete his Eagle project in Sept/Oct. adjusting to meet COVID restrictions, here is a write up from Alex Palomo regarding his Eagle project:

“The reason why I chose the Hand Washing Station project for my Eagle Project was because I saw on the news that the charity Red Feather was making hand washing stations for the Navajo and Hopi Nations. I started thinking it would be a great thing to do to help the ones in need. The Navajo and Hopi Nations by Flagstaff have barely enough running water on their reservations. Another reason was that the reservations were greatly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. By making these hand washing stations, it would help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and improve hygiene.

“I wanted to do an assembly line to build the hand washing stations. Due to Covid-19, I modified the plan where we only work in small groups and no parts were shared among the groups. We also completed three separate build days. The timeline was consistently extended, thankfully my goal was still met.

“We made 20 trashcan versions of the hand washing stations. Thanks to a generous donation from the Coca-Cola distributors, we were able to make twenty-one 35-gallon barrel stations and twelve 55-gallon barrel stations. All the other essential parts to make the stations donated by Home Depot and Lowes. With help from Troop leaders, we were able to adapt the trash can design to work with barrels.   In the end, there were a total of 53 hand washing stations.  We dropped them off in Flagstaff, and Red Feather delivered them to the Tuba City area, Kykotsmovi, Bacavi, Indian Wells.”

-Carl Gebhardt, Scoutmaster Troop 526