Hampden Township boy earns one of scouting’s top honors.
An Eagle Scout from Hampden Township has earned the Boy Scouts of America’s most prestigious conservation award through projects that have benefited the community.
William Fish of Troop 80 is being awarded the William T. Hornaday Silver Medal at a troop court of honor ceremony scheduled for July 30 at the Hampden Township Community Center.
The William T. Hornaday Silver Medal is the Boy Scouts’ highest conservation award, dubbed “an Olympic medal housed by the Earth.” Only 250 scouts have earned the award in its present inception since 1975.
One involved creating a battery recycling project in all Cumberland Valley schools.
He worked with township commissioners and the sewer authority, as well as the Pennsylvania American Water Co., several Boy Scout troops, conservation groups and community civic associations to produce the packets.
Another project involved organizing a debate on the process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Another project was a two-mile cleanup along the Conodoguinet Creek that involved multiple Boy Scout troops, conservation groups, students and civic associations.
His Eagle Scout project project involved park cleanup, renovations and storm drain installations at two locations in Hampden Township’s Pinebrook neighborhood.
After earning Eagle Scout, he decided to try for the Hornaday Medal as way to keep busy during his final year of scouting.