I was honored to have an article written about my Eagle Project by Andrew Nelson in the Georgia Bulletin. A link to the full piece is at the bottom of this excerpt.
Nate Greve, 16, another Eagle Scout recipient who attended the March 24 Mass, heard of a wish list for the CrossRoads Community Garden, a source of fresh produce for people in need, located on the back property of Chestnut Ridge Christian Church in Marietta.
Additional raised plant beds were needed to grow food. The church had been supportive of his troop as its host, and Greve said he wanted to repay its kindness by helping the ministry. He took on the task to organize, raise money and construct three wheelchair-accessible raised planting beds for the gardening community. At the end of July, he went to his local Home Depot store with building list in hand to ask for a price discount. To Greve’s surprise, store workers saw he’d done his homework for his project and gave him a 50 percent discount, he said.
A parishioner at St. Ann Church, Marietta, Greve is a member of the Life Teen ministry, in addition to helping with the parish audiovisual ministry and serving as a lector. The sophomore is a member of the marching band at Roswell High School. To earn the Eagle Scout award, a young man must earn a minimum of 21 merit badges. Greve has 24.
The garden project took 51 hours, drawing in adults and other Scouts to construct the beds. The work was delivered in early August. He recently stopped by the garden. The beds are being used as a plant nursery to nurture small seeds until the plants can be transplanted to other community gardens to replace weather-damaged plants.
Greve said he received a hero’s welcome from the gardeners when they realized how he helped them, receiving the “biggest hug ever.”
Surrounded by friends and family, Greve held his Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Sunday, Feb. 25.