Picnic Benches for Outside Classroom
 by
Ansh Gandhi
Troop 153, Fremont

My Eagle Project was building two wooden picnic benches for the Masonic Home at Union City. These benches were placed at the Yurt at the Masonic Home for an outdoor learning space. We started by measuring and cutting the wood to the correct size. We then assembled each component of the bench. We did a dry fit to make sure everything was fitting together and then we sanded and painted the benches. We did a final assembly and touch up and then delivered them to the Masonic Home a few days later.   I would like to thank my Eagle project mentor, Mr. Das, for guiding me throughout the project.


   area to lay out table measuring

I would like to thank Dr. Blueford for giving me this opportunity to practice my leadership skills and to give back to my community. I would also like to thank Art for providing the paint and helping with the delivery of the picnic benches. I would like to thank Cresco Equipment Rentals for lending their tools for free and Lowe's for giving a discount on the supplies. I would also like to thank the following scouts and friends for helping build the benches: Satyajith Kesanapally, Archit Kadepurkar, Sohum Wadhwani, Aamod Gandhi, Nikhil Mehta, Ojas Saluja, Mukunth Nagarajan, Aditya Korlahalli, Jonathan Ma, Tushar Dalmia, Shubh Arora, and Mrinaal Ramachandran. I would like to thank the following adults for their guidance and help: Mr. Hemant Kumar, Ms. Shilpa Awtar, Mr. Srenik Mehta, and Ms. Ambika Mago.
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                    Painting finished benches finished  tables at Masonic Home

 

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