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YOU DOING GOOD YOU NEED ANYTHING WATER GATORADE
NO SIR GOOD HOW'S IT GOING GUYS GOOD MY NAME IS JONATHAN EATON I'M A SOPHOMORE AT LEBANON TRAIL
HIGH SCHOOL AND TODAY WE'RE WORKING ON MY EAGLE PROJECT AT FRISCO COMMONS PARK JONATHAN
CAME TO ME ABOUT 6 TO SEVEN MONTHS AGO UH JUST WITH AN INTEREST IN DOING AN EAGLE
SCOUT PROJECT ALL RIGHT WHERE WE GOING WITH THIS OVER THERE RIGHT OVER THERE REACHED
ABOUT $30,000 IN DONATIONS BETWEEN MONEY AND TOOLS AND THEN AS WELL AS THE GRANITE
AND THE MULCH SO TODAY WE ARE MODIFYING THE GARDEN TO SPRUCE IT UP AND MAKE IT NICER FOR
THE GARDENERS WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING PAVILIONS TO GIVE THE GARDENERS SHADE AND RELIEF
WHEN THEY'RE OUT HERE PLANTING THEIR FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND LEARNING HOW TO GARDEN
THEY FINISHED ALMOST THIS WHOLE SECTION HERE UM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO KEEP CLEARING THE
MULCH AND THEN UNCLE DEAN'S DOING ALL THE THE NUMBERS A BIG PART OF IT IS MY GRANDPA HE
WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT I FEEL LIKE DOING THIS I CAN HONOR HIS LEGACY HE HAD A BOND THAT WAS
PRETTY STRONG THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER HIS GRANDFATHER MY FATHER WAS REAL INTERESTED IN
JONATHAN FINISHING HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT IT'S UNBELIEVABLE I MEAN IT'S HE'S TACKLING THESE KIND
OF THINGS WHEN HE'S 15 MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO WHEN HE'S YOU KNOW 35 GOT HERE THIS
MORNING AT 5:30 I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT 6 TO 8 MONTHS IN THIS PROJECT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN
THE MAKING BEEN MEETING WITH THE CITY AND GETTING PERMITS AND CHECKING ALL THE BOXES AND MAKING SURE
THAT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT AND READY FOR TODAY THE SCALE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS BEYOND ANYTHING
I'VE EVER SEEN FOR EAGLE SCOUTS AND AN EFFORT TO HONOR HIS GRANDFATHER WAS ALSO A SCOUT THIS FRONT
BED'S READY THE BIG PURPOSE OF WHAT HE'S DOING IS TO MAKE THIS GARDEN MORE ADA COMPLIANT HE'S GOT
FOUR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE BEDS THAT HE DESIGNED AND BUILT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST KIND OF
GREW FROM ONE BOX TO WHAT YOU SEE NOW THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT I'M GOING TO FEEL A SENSE OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT UM DEFINITELY I'M GOING TO BE GLAD TO SEE MY VISION FINALLY COME TO LIGHT AND I
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THE POSITIVE IMPACT THIS GARDEN WILL HAVE THANK YOU FOR LETTING US
BE PART OF OF COURSE THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE I FEEL PROUD JUST BEING ABLE TO BE A PART
OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE
WITH US TODAY I KNOW THAT HE'D BE VERY PROUD TO SEE JUST EVERYTHING I'M DOING AND EVERYTHING
THAT'S COME TO LIGHT JUST FROM THIS PROJECT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.