Samuel Bond Of Kempton Attains Rank of Eagle Scout

Contact:
Boy Scout Troop 104
c/o Jonathan Bond, Assistant Scoutmaster
50 Kempton Road
Kempton, PA 19529
610-756-4490
bondart@ptd.net

Samuel Marquette Bond, 16, of Kempton, Pennsylvania was recently awarded Boy Scouting's highest award. Sam, as he is known to his friends, received his Eagle Scout badge at a court of honor ceremony held at New Bethel Union Church of Kempton.

For his Eagle Scout community service project, Bond erected a Pennsylvania granite monument at New Bethel to honor military veterans of Albany Township in northern Berks County. Bond also earned 27 merit badges and served as a patrol leader, historian, chaplain aide, den chief and bugler in Troop 104 of Krumsville. Bond also earned membership in the Order of the Arrow, the Lutheran God and Church award, and the Historic Trails Award. He participated in many scout camping trips included high adventure sojourns to Camp Cedarlands in the Adirondacks, New York and Florida Sea Base in Key West.

Bond was a scholar at the 2006 Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Agricultural Sciences in the summer of 2006 at Penn State University Park, State College.

Bond will be a senior at Kutztown Area High School where he participates in band, FFA, and percussion ensemble. He is also an active member of the Lutheran council at New Bethel Church and the Albany Township Historical Society. A son of Jon and Kelly Bond, and a brother of Noel, Sam will be attending PSU Conservation Leadership School and the Pennsylvania Wildlife Leadership Program this summer. He plans to attend Penn State University in 2008 to pursue a degree in forestry.



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Article from November 16, 2006
Northwestern Press
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