Hosting Blood Drive not a good Eagle Project???

[Stosh]

Not all Councils are into certain types of projects and those that offer a little creativity might need a little assistance prompting from the unit leadership. I suggested a project for a boy and he picked it up and ran with it. His project was not a traditional one and the powers in the council rejected it. He and I went and visited with those who had made the rejection and asked why. They basically didn't have a good reason and eventually changed their mind, but gave a lot of explanation about how the work done may be such that even though initially approved may not be approved after the work was done.

 

Well, the boy's picture ended up in the local (front page, second section) as well as our state's capital's newspaper (front page, second section). Needless to say not everyone sees the world the same as those few who may be approving the projects.

 

4 years later I am still seeing the affects of this young man's project, the scope of which far exceeded the expectations of the sponsoring organization.

 

Stosh