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Sturgeon Bay Eagle Scout's Project Brightens Sunshine House
By Michael Mancini, District Executive, Boy Scouts of America - Sponsored by Lakeshore Motorsports LLC
Oct 12, 2011 - 9:00:00 AM
Eagle Scout Christopher Sullivan-Robinson with Troop 1021 leaders.
Boy Scout Troop 1021 members.
The Sunshine House is an organization dedicated to serving citizens of Wisconsin with special needs. Over the past forty years, the Sunshine House has expanded its services, and now provides special needs and disabled citizens with personal care, transportation, work services, supported employment and activities. The Sunshine House serves sixty-five members of the Door County community.
Thanks to the hard work of Eagle Scout Christopher Sullivan-Robinson, member of Troop 1021, the Sunshine House now has three raised garden beds that are wheelchair accessible. The members of Sunshine House are planting flowers and vegetables, which helps improve sustainability, and improves the quality of life for the people Sunshine House helps.
The new garden beds not only open up the opportunities for people to engage in gardening hobbies that would otherwise be denied to them, but, according to Peter Bosman, Director of Operations for the Sunshine House, the planting tables allow for more “socializing and gaining a greater sense of self-worth and independence” for the
The finished product!
Constructing one of the three raised garden beds.
individuals there.
Peter Bosman also says, “to see a young person like Christopher take on and complete a project like this is very encouraging. He has shown skills in leadership, care, planning and attention to detail. Thanks, to Chris and his crew from the people at Sunshine House for making our lives better.”
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