Lawson Simich - 8th Grade

My name is Lawson Simich; I am an eighth grader here at DCDS, and I am a Boy Scout at Troop 1032. My troop does a lot of service projects around the community, and we are rewarded with pride in the accomplishment. An example of an activity was when we went to Pontiac and helped a public-school pack Thanksgiving dinners for those who couldn't afford it. Many people from local schools were there, and we worked to give these people a happy Thanksgiving. Another thing we did was build a massive mobile greenhouse for a farm, which specifically helped feed the local poor as well. Things like this make us feel great about ourselves, knowing that we helped someone that day. Most of the time we work at our church, which is the FUMC (First United Methodist Church), where we get a lot done; we planted trees, cleaned the grounds and helped with food drives. Every year, we have one weekend we call "Scout Sunday" where we go on Saturday morning to the FUMC (First United Methodist Church) and we help them out all day. The best one for everyone is probably the Eagle projects, which is the final step in becoming an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scouting. The last step is to do some kind of project that helps the community in some way shape or form. When our friends are doing this, it gives us pride that we are helping our friends complete the last part of their scout journey. People at school who are with me in Boy Scout Troop 1032 are Chris Davis, Chris Gilmer-Hill, Griffin Geiger, Carson Chao, Christian Bepler, Abhinav Reddy, Mason Kosch, Alex Matthews, Rajeev Khabhatla, Jake Ross, Brody Ross, and Henson Strasberg.