Pramath Kalelkar, Michael Erickson and Ryan Desai earn the Boy Scouts' highest honor.
Boy Scout Troop 32 Eagle Scouts Pramath Kalelkar, Michael Erickson and Ryan Desai.WATCHUNG -- Earlier this month, Boy Scout Troop 32 honored three of its members for earning Eagle Awards, the Boy Scouts' highest honor. Honored were Pramath Kalelkar, Michael Erickson and Ryan Desai.
To earn the Eagle Award, a Scout must be active with a troop, earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, assume a position of leadership in a troop and complete a service project that benefits the community.
For his project, Pramath, a sophomore at Watching Hills Regional High School, built a milkweed garden to attract Monarch butterflies to the Children's Garden at Wagner Farm Arboretum in Warren.
Michael, also a sophomore at Watchung Hills Regional High School, planted perennials and used cedar wood and plexiglass to build four bird feeders for the prayer garden at his parish, St. Mary's-Stony Hill Church in Warren.
Ryan, a freshman at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, built a 20' x 20' concrete slab at a Watchung Chemical Engine Co. satellite location for the Watchung Fire Department to use for training exercises.
The Scouts were honored at a ceremony held Feb. 10 at Wilson Memorial Union Church attended by their families, fellow Scouts, Watchung Mayor Stephen Pote, Boy Scouts of America Watchung Mountain district advancement chair Bill Schulz and district executive Charlean Mahon.
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