03-05-2025
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.
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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.
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