Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge (E)

Started May 14, 2012
Completed Sept 29, 2012

As an Eagle Merit Badge the requirements on this take a while.  One, you have to volunteer for one organization for eight hours.  I volunteered at a place called Community Hope which is a non-profit organization that helps low income with temporary food and rent aid. I moved donated clothes and items from the donation area to the sales floor and I helped people load their cars.

I also read a book on our town's history and created a chronological power point. This was shown at the town library for a day on their large screen. I had taken a lot of local pictures that I added to the power point.

You also get to watch a political movie with this badge.  I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, which I really liked.

Probably the most boring part was sitting in on a school board meeting. It was a long meeting and they were talking about anti-bullying curriculum.  I think that these meetings could get interesting  I just wasn't at one that was.

I will fight no more!

Refinery