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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
5 Tampa Eagle Scouts from same troop receive highest honor
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Five Tampa men, from the same troop, received the highest honor attainable as an Eagle Scout this week. The Eagle Award is a prestigious honor, highlighting the success, dedication and discipline of the members and their projects. Single mom waitress gets life-changing tip The recipients are all part of Troop #329, based at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Tampa. Each member had their Eagle Award Projects, which gave back to the community. Landen Lee: Held a school supply drive for the Gulf Coast Pades de Crianza, a program supporting Tampa Bay Latino families, providing resources to keep children safe with their loved ones. The drive helped more than 60 local families ahead of the 2024-25 school year. Nicolas Bush: Built a prayer garden for Mother Theresa Catholic School in Lutz Christopher Keating: Built custom pallets and storage for a food bank ministry at Matthew 25, St. Lawrence Catholic Church Jacob Sakre: Built a 'book nook' and hosted a book drive for RCMA Wimauma Academy, a nonprofit school that focuses on helping low-income and migrant children further their education Eaven Montalvo: Built a prayer garden for St. Lawrence Catholic Church Four of the five Eagle Scouts are seniors at Jesuit High School and have been friends since first grade. The fifth recipient, Montalvo, recently graduated from Tampa Bay Technical High School and attends Hillsborough Community College. 'Having five Scouts from the same troop achieve this incredible milestone in one year is unique and impressive,' Teresa Peterson, Director of Diocesan Information and Communications at the Diocese of St. Petersburg, said in a news release. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Nominations being accepted for SD open government award
Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government. ( The South Dakota NewsMedia Association is accepting nominees for the 2025 SDNA Eagle Award. This award is given to an individual, group or organization that has demonstrated outstanding efforts to protect and promote openness and transparency in government. March 16-22, 2025, is Sunshine Week, a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government. The SDNA First Amendment Committee welcomes nominees for the 2025 Eagle Award to honor the efforts of those who have demonstrated their commitment to the ideals of open government and the public's right to know. Any individual, group or organization that has demonstrated commitment to the ideals of open government in South Dakota is eligible to be nominated. Past recipients of the Eagle Award have included legislators, a governor, Supreme Court justices and citizens who have fought at the local level for the public's right to know. SDNA originated the award in 2002. Nominations for the SDNA Eagle Award should be submitted via email to sdna@ or mailed to SDNA Eagle Award, South Dakota NewsMedia Association, 1125 32nd Ave., Brookings, SD 57006. The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 21.
