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File #: 2025-18893   
Type: Proclamation and Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/16/2025 Meeting Body Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 5/6/2025 Final action:
Title: PROCLAMATION - Eagle Scout Court of Honor - Jonah Paul Emerson (Approval Only)
Attachments: 1. Eagle Scout Jonah P Emerson_BCC 05.06.25

 

SUBJECT:

Title

PROCLAMATION - Eagle Scout Court of Honor - Jonah Paul Emerson (Approval Only)

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INITIATOR:

DEPARTMENT:

Gennifer Medina, Executive Assistant

Commission office

 

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:

See attached. Fewer than 4% of boys who join the Boy Scouts of America achieve the status of Eagle Scout, about 2% over the lifetime of the organization.

 

Jonah Paul Emerson is the 87th Scout in his troop’s 83-year history to earn this prestigious rank.

 

For his Eagle Scout Leadership Project, Jonah constructed and installed twenty duck nesting boxes at various locations around Lake Weir to promote and preserve duck habitats in southeastern Marion County. His project benefits both the Save Lake Weir Association and the surrounding community.

 

BUDGET/IMPACT:

None

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Recommended action

Motion to approve.

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