LOMBARDI-HILL FEEDS THE HOMELESS

Eight-year-old Daniel Lombardi-Hill of Pack 4 in Lockport undertook a project to feed the area's homeless. He made an entire dinner meal himself for the Lockport CARES Homeless Shelter. He cut the lettuce for the salad, sliced the watermelon, baked brownies and rolled 27 meatballs for the baked ziti. Lombardi-Hill's generosity fed a dozen men, women and children that are at the shelter.

TROOP 82 VOLUNTEERS AT VIETNAM WALL

In June of 2015 the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall came to Lockport for a weekend and Troop 82 took an active role in helping out. They camped at the wall all weekend doing various activities and helping the public...tens of thousands of people visited the memorial. A few older scouts even stayed up all night long to assist veterans who were visiting the 24-hour display at quieter, more solemn hours.

EBLACKER IMPROVES HOSPICE GARDEN

The garden at Hospice of Orleans is now more accessible for residents and their families after Eagle candidate Randy Eblacker assembled a team of volunteers who added a path. Now, wheelchair-bound and other terminally-ill patients can tour the grounds and enjoy the open space, flowers, trees, and songbirds.

DEMPSEY UPGRADES FOOD PANTRY

Sean Dempsey was recently awarded the highest rank in Boy Scouts and in doing so became Avon’s 100th Eagle Scout. Sean’s Eagle Scout project oversaw the transformation of the Avon Food Pantry. Sean, with the help of fellow Scouts, cleaned, painted and insulated the Pantry. They also installed new light fixtures and a steel-plated ramp at the entrance of the Food Pantry for the safety of the volunteers.