Daniel Ingraham Recognized as an Eagle Scout in Troop 1 Court of Honor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Daniel Ingraham was recognized as an Eagle Scout in Troop 1 Court of Honor on August 2 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. A capacity crowd of community and business leaders and family members were on hand to recognize Daniel for this achievement.
Daniel’s Eagle Scout project was to paint markings on telephone poles in coordination with fire hydrants to help show the hydrants location. This action would help the fire department locate the hydrants at night or during snowstorms, or even during fall when there are large piles of leaves on the ground. The funding for the project came from R. M. Harris Electrical Contracting as a donation.
It was heartwarming to observe how Daniel especially thanked his parents, Georgianne and Dan Ingraham for all their help with his Scouting experiences. He also thanked Mr. and Mrs. Fischer who led him in the right direction almost as persistently as his own parents did. He thanked Mrs. Macri for helping him getting him here, starting off as his Cub Scout den leader and helping him complete the write-up of the Eagle Scout project.
Scoutmasters play a huge role in the success of any Eagle Scout. Mike Aurelia had knowledge and enthusiasm that rubbed off on all of the Scouts. His father Dan Ingraham brought them on campouts, ran meetings every Thursday, and went to summer camp. Phil Pittoco also did an outstanding job. Without these three Scoutmasters giving their time to lead the Scouts, Dan would not be an Eagle Scout.
Two women who played the biggest role were his mother and grandmother. His grandmother gave him rides to and from Scout meetings or picked him up from campouts with no complaints. Even when Dan was determined to go to a meeting without a uniform, she would always get him to put it on! His mother always reminded him how important it was to go to meetings and get things done before they were due.
Daniel especially thanked everyone who joined in his Eagle Scout celebration. It really meant a lot that they could all share this experience with him.
Quite a lesson for all of us in the Greenwich commuity.
