LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Seven Boy Scouts from Lafayette Troop 200 achieve Eagle rank


New Eagle Scouts from Lafayette Troop 200 include, from left, Joshua Summerlin, Ian Ho, James Crosby, Declan Tsuyuki, Nicholas Crosby, Cole Regan and Matthew Crosby. Photo C.J. Poloka

Boy Scout Troop 200, chartered by Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Lafayette, announced its latest group of Eagle Scouts - Joshua Summerlin, Ian Ho, James Crosby, Declan Tsuyuki, Nicholas Crosby, Cole Regan and Matthew Crosby. The new Eagle Scouts will be honored at an outdoor National Eagle Court of Honor on Aug. 22. To become an Eagle Scout, a candidate must earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, including 13 Eagle-required badges, demonstrate leadership and Scout spirit, and successfully complete a community service project.

Summerlin graduated in May from Idyllwild Arts Academy. For his Eagle Scout project, he provided a complete music program for Children of Faith Orphanage in Visakhapatnam, India including ukuleles, music stands, music books and CDs.

Ho, a senior at Acalanes High School, completed a naturalistic landscape project at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lafayette for his Eagle Scout project.

James Crosby, a senior at De La Salle High School, fulfilled his Eagle Scout project requirement by designing and building a new redwood deck for the youth program at St. Mary's Church in Walnut Creek.

Acalanes senior Tsuyuki for his Eagle Project created 12 STEM Education Box Kits to enrich Science curriculum in a Title 1 school, Brentwood's Marsh Creek Elementary School.

Nicholas Crosby, who is a senior at De La Salle High School, designed and built benches under the trees at St. Mary School in Walnut Creek for his Eagle Scout project.

Acalanes junior Regan interviewed eight veterans for the Veterans History Project, which stores and publishes content related to war veterans' service in the Library of Congress for his Eagle Scout project.

De La Salle senior Matthew Crosby built new redwood benches for the St. Vincent De Paul food distribution program at St. Mary's Church in Walnut Creek for his Eagle Scout project.