Posted on 09/04/2009 5:39:39 PM PDT by kathsua
As a Scoutmaster who will have 8 Scouts, including my own son, as “Eaglets” (Working on their Eagle Service Projects), I am pleased and proud of Lucas and his Troop, who are living the Scout Oath and Scout Law!
Great story! Thanks.
I earned my Eagle badge in 1992, and one of the proudest moments in my life was pinning my badge on my son in 2002. Congrats to Lucas. This is a wonderful story. Maybe some years from now, Lucas can pin his badge on his son.
As someone who never made it past First Class, all I can say is “Way to go LUCAS!” And good job to the rest of the scouts and leaders in the troop!
Mark
Lucas Wondra succeeded in obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout. This is a status the vast majority of Boy Scouts, myself included, never achieve. Despite remarkable achievements like this, people with Down Syndrome may well end up being the first class of human being the murderous eugenicists succeed in eliminating.
So if you received Eagle in 1992 at, say, age 18 you then pinned Eagle on your son in 2002?
Your son was 11 when he earned Eagle if he was born the year you received yours.
I hope I'm wrong but at first glance the math doesn't add up.
I earned Eagle Scout in 1973, the year before I enlisted in the Marines in 1974.
Major congratulations to you Lucas. You are now a part of the 2%. Your achievements humble me. As a scouter and proud father of two Eagles, I salute you.
Troop 90 Buckeye Council
First one in his year group to get there. ~30 or so Merit Badges, including Shotgun, Rifle, Archery, First Aid, Emergency Prep, Rock Climbing, Whitewater Rafting.
His Eagle Project: Leading a group of Scouts in making some physical therapy aids for the local Veteran's Home. Pretty easy to make (hand tools and basic hardware store parts); just reverse-engineer from the catalog...
There was quite a flurry of Eagle Courts of Honor for a number of older boys starting a few months after Bob's award (kind of an odd coincidence...).
Bob now has a small business as an independent contractor fabricating and assembling items for Comcast. And a great cook, too! Very helpful and capable - none of the usual trouble that teens get into. Getting there, just on his own schedule. Served as best man at his older brother's wedding.
Diagnosed at 2 yrs old, the Dr. quack suggested that we institutionalize him. Thank God we connected with Dr. Ray Romanzcyk at SUNY-Binghamton - what a great program to get started in at that point in time!
I am so very proud of my son, Bob.
If there were no more troublesome people than the mentally handicaped, it would be a nice, gentle world.
Sorry, typing challenged. Make that 1962.
Me too. Fat fingers and little keyboard with 6 right above 9.
Really dangerous for a contractor doing bids on a PDA phone.
Congrats to you and your Eagle Scout son.
Thanks so much for telling us about Bob. Congratulations to him and to your family.
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