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Celebrating Achievements: Broderick Edwards Earns Eagle Scout Badge and Graduates High School
BY DONNA RHODES
BRISTOL – The month of
June was filled with celebrations
for 18-year-old Broderick Edwards
of Hebron. He not only graduated
from Newfound Regional High
School and the two-year Graphic
Arts program at the Huot Tech-
nical Center in Laconia but was
also recognized by a Court of
Honor on June 15th for receiving
his Eagle Scout Badge after eleven
years with Cub Scouts and Boy
Broderick Edwards is shown here Scout Troop 59.
making some improvements Edwards said his journey to
to the lean-to at Slim Baker
Eagle Scout, the highest honor
Foundation and Outdoor Education Center as part of his
in scouting, was a “wild one” that
Eagle Scout project for Boy Scout began during the COVID-19 cri-
Troop 59.
sis. “COVID put a stop to so much
vered and came out an Eagle.” When it was time to decide stuff, scouting-wise,” he said. “But,
what he would do for his Eagle I went through COVID, perse-
Scout Badge, Broderick contem- plated what would make a differ- ence to the community. Thinking back on all the time he and his fellow scouts spent at Slim Baker Lodge in Bristol, he recognized the need he wanted to fulfill. A lean-to built just below Inspiration Point was built by a former scout and he recognized the need for some repairs and improvements; the area around it also needed to be trimmed back, along with a num- ber of other small projects he felt would be beneficial to the area. “This (Slim Baker) is home here for Troop 59 and Tapply-Thomp- son Community Center’s summer programs so I wanted to do some- thing to help. The Scouts use the lean-to every year and it needed some work,” Broderick said.
First he had to organize his
proximity to the wooden lean-to plans, then take them before both
and a hazard with the structure the Scouting Board and the Board
itself. Looking for materials for the of Directors for the Slim Baker
repairs, he approached LaValley Foundation for Outdoor Educa-
Building Supply in Bristol, and tion to seek their approval. They
they generously offered to donate heartily approved.
whatever he needed for his project. One of his project plans was
First was the wood for a rail- to make the area safer and more
ing he placed on the front of the bear-friendly. Broderick said that
lean-to so no one would fall off and each time they camped out at the
potentially into the nearby fire pit. lean-to, they had to put their food
He and his team then began mov- in “bear bags” and throw them up
ing all the rocks that made up the over a tree limb.
fire pit, placing them further away Broderick said, “There are a lot
from the building and cleaning of bears in the area and I saw the
up the surrounding area. That need for a more permanent solu-
endeavor included moving other tion to that.”
large rocks, brush and cutting Searching the internet, he
down a few trees that were in the found two “Bear Boxes” for sale,
way. Finally, he added hooks in- then set an extra goal to raise the
side the lean-to where scouts and $2,000 needed to purchase them.
others could hang backpacks and He developed some fundraising
other items as well as the broom to projects and was able to reach his
clean it out after each use.
goal.
Another couple of safety con-
EDWARDS cerns he found were the fire pit's
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