Nearly an Eagle
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
This group of volunteers poses for a photo next to a grove of cypress trees at Meadow Park Elementary School in Port Charlotte, where they created an outdoor classroom and butterfly garden. Group members include Boy Scouts from Troop 95, Cub Scouts from Pack 310, and their families. The project is part of Troop 95 member Erik Colleen's journey toward becoming an Eagle Scout.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
Boy Scout Troop 95 member Erik Colleen points out where plants should go to volunteers at Meadow Park Elementary School on Lakeview Street in Port Charlotte. They are creating a butterfly garden as part of Colleen's Eagle Scout project.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
A gang of laborers makes quick work of planting a butterfly garden Saturday morning at Meadow Park Elementary School in Port Charlotte, despite warm temperatures.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
Scouts Summer Godwin, from left, Murray Watson and Dylan Grueber tweet away from a bench built by their Troop 95 to establish an outdoor classroom at Meadow Park Elementary School Saturday.
PORT CHARLOTTE — With the help of several dozen volunteers bearing shovels, 17-year-old Erik Colleen of Boy Scout Troop 95 came a step closer to earning the rank of Eagle Scout Saturday by completing a community project.
He led the crew in building an outdoor classroom with a circle of sturdy desks under the shade of a cypress grove and a butterfly garden behind Meadow Park Elementary School.
