Waunakee Neighborhood Connection

We never fail to be amazed at some of the ways our schools, and especially our students in Waunakee are stepping up to help out.    Thank you students for your passion to serve. You’re a true inspiration to us all!   Read more about our “connections” below.

Eagle Scout Project for WNC

Alex Foley recently completely his Eagle Scout project, new shelving for storage at WNC’s store, something truly needed!. Thank you Alex for your dedication and time not only to WNC for this project, but also your years in scouting. Read about the project below in Alex’s own words, and see pages 1 & 2 to find out how to help us fill our new shelves with diapers and laundry soap!

“I began my eagle project this past winter with an email to Waunakee Neighborhood Connection asking if anyone needed help. I researched some of the village organizations I wanted to help, and WNC’s contributions to the community appealed to me. I emailed Genna, and she told me about WNC’s lack of storage space and their need of additional shelving in which to store their supplies and donated goods. With this information, I wrote up a short plan which I had to present to the troop 46 committee to insure that my project was going to qualify for my eagle project. After the initial approval, I had to write up an extensive and thorough document about the benefits of building the shelves and exactly how the project was going to be completed. This write up included blue prints on the dimensions of the shelves and how the project was going to be funded. Once the write-up was complete, it had to go through several stages of approval before I could begin any work on the actual project. After the project was approved by the scouting district, I contacted several businesses abut donations. Genna was very helpful with providing possible groups and types of businesses to contact. I received material supplies from some groups and monetary donations from others.

After I had donations, I used the donated money to purchase the remaining supplies, and I then set a date for the construction. When the build date came, I had several scout volunteers come and help me construct the shelves. We set up different stations where one group would build part of the shelf, and then that part would move to the next station, where another group of scouts would build the rest of the shelf. About a week after the build date, my family and I borrowed a trailer and moved the shelving from our house to the WNC store. At the store we had lots of help from volunteers at WNC, and they helped us maneuver the shelves into their final spots.

After completing the actual construction, I had to write up an additional document with all of the changes that were made during the project. For example, the biggest change was the change in shelving design when WNC moved their storage space. Originally the shelves were to be 8ft tall, 8ft long and 2ft wide, but because of the switch the shelves were redesigned to be only 6ft tall. Overall the project took about 82 hours from start to finish, and gave WNC 224sq ft of space in which to store all of their donated goods. It was a great experience working on this project, and I found it personally rewarding to help out WNC and the community.”