MANCHESTER – A township Eagle Scout was recently recognized during a Township Board of Education meeting.
Sean Becker, a senior at Manchester Township High School, spoke to members of the Board during the January 19, BOE meeting about how he earned his Eagle Scout rank for organizing and coordinating an important project at the Lakehurst Historical Society Museum.
Becker, a member of Boy Scout Troop 441, said that his project involved replacing a handicapped ramp at the Old St. John’s Church Museum in Lakehurst and cleaning up the cemetery surrounding the church.
The Scout said that part of the reason he chose the museum is because his grandmother used to volunteer there. During the morning of the ramp’s dedication at the museum, Becker also helped organize a flag retirement ceremony.
During the ramp’s ribbon cutting ceremony, Becker was honored by Lakehurst Mayor Harry Robbins and the President of the Lakehurst Historical Society George Oglesby who presented him with a pin from the LHS as a thank you for a job well done.
Superintendent David Trethaway congratulated Becker, remarking on the amount of work involved in planning and executing the project.
“Building that ramp to be handicapped accessible and being able to satisfy those requirements is quite an accomplishment,” Trethaway said.
