Bay Ridge teen builds storage unit for Eagle Scout service project
Nicholas D’Onofrio is Proud to Help His Scout Troop and His Community
On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon, members of Bay Ridge Boy Scout Troop 13 from St. Anselm Catholic Academy gathered together to help one of their Scout members undertake his community project, which was to build and paint a large storage shed and install shelving. The Scouts, along with their families and friends, all gathered at Ben Vitale Field at Bay Eighth Street to begin work on the shed.
This particular service project was proposed by Eagle Scout Nicholas D’Onofrio. The boys in the troop range in age from sixth grade to 12th grade. They are fist eligible to enter when they finish fifth grade or turn 11.
“I joined scouting back when I was in the first grade as a Tiger Scout, Cub Scout,” D’Onofrio told the Brooklyn Eagle. “I moved through the ranks and crossed over to become a Boy Scout when I was 10 years old.”