{"id":19763,"date":"2013-12-06T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19763"},"modified":"2013-12-05T15:54:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T20:54:41","slug":"two-troop-31-members-becom-eagle-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19763","title":{"rendered":"Two Troop 31 members become Eagle Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twin brothers earn rank together after public service work at Chadds Ford Elementary<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mitch (left) and Matt (right) Candy share a moment, Monday night, with Troop 31 Troop Master Ray Coe during their Court of Honor ceremonies.<\/p><\/div>\n

PENNSBURY \u2014 Unionville High School juniors Matt and Mitch Candy received Boy Scouting\u2019s highest recognition Monday night during an Eagle Court of Honor, held at Hillendale Elementary School.<\/p>\n

In order to earn their rank advancement to Eagle Scout, the young men were required to hold leadership positions in the troop, complete a series of merit badge requirements, demonstrate scout spirit, and complete a project in service to their community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The young men, brothers and fraternal twins, led a combined 700 hours of work to complete their service projects at Chadds Ford Elementary School, where Principal Mark Ransford is described by troop leaders as “a consummate supporter of the boy scouts and sponsor of many projects for Troop 31.”<\/p>\n

Matt refurbished an outdoor nature center on the grounds of the school. Interestingly enough the original nature center was a Troop 31 Eagle Scout project constructed back in 1989.<\/p>\n

In addition to his leadership role in Troop 31, Matt is also active in Scouting\u2019s Order of the Arrow, and has participated in and staffed national leadership programs.\u00a0 The highlight of his scouting career was this summer\u2019s 102-mile trek through New Mexico\u2019s Philmont Scout Ranch, particularly as he was able to share the experience with his dad.\u00a0 Matt is considering a career in business and would also like to incorporate public relations and spanish into his studies.<\/p>\n

Mitch completed a two-part project, also at Chadds Ford Elementary School.\u00a0 He refurbished the school\u2019s award winning Blue Ribbon Garden, a nationally recognized achievement for the school, and also constructed an Interaction Station, which is a series of benches in an octagon configuration that allows for both social and educational interactions amongst students and teachers.<\/p>\n

Mitch is also active in the Order of the Arrow, and has participated in National Youth Leadership Training.\u00a0 He will be participating as a staff member for an upcoming leadership program in the spring.\u00a0 Mitch was the Crew Chief for his troop\u2019s hike at the Philmont Scout Ranch this summer, and counts that as his most memorable scouting experience.\u00a0 Mitch plans to pursue a career in education after high school and hopes to teach history at the high school level.<\/p>\n

Scoutmaster Ray Coe remarked that “leadership is the first thing that comes to mind when describing both young men.”\u00a0 Coe certainly has demonstrated how to develop future leaders, as the brothers were the 122nd<\/sup> and 123rd<\/sup> scouts to earn the rank of Eagle in Troop 31\u2019s 50-year history.<\/p>\n

Both young men\u00a0 say they hope to continue their contributions to the troop as assistant scoutmasters once they turn eighteen later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twin brothers earn rank together after public service work at Chadds Ford Elementary PENNSBURY \u2014 Unionville High School juniors Matt and Mitch Candy received Boy Scouting\u2019s highest recognition Monday night during an Eagle Court of Honor, held at Hillendale Elementary School. In order to earn their rank advancement to Eagle Scout, the young men were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[87,4596,193,976],"class_list":["post-19763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-featured","tag-boy-scouts","tag-chadds-ford-elementary-school","tag-eagle-scout","tag-troop-31"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}