During Thanksgiving Week, Scouts BSA Troop 293G conducted a community service project for their Citizenship in the Community merit badge which is required in order to attain the rank of Eagle Scout.

Each Scout who earned the merit badge had to do a total of eight hours community service for a nonprofit within their community in order to earn the badge. The Scouts decided to do a fundraiser for the local “Shop with a Cop/ Fireman/ EMT” of Wabash County in order to help some of the lesser fortunate local children have a brighter Christmas.

The Scouts rang the bell at Buy Low in Mt. Carmel from 8 AM to 8 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday the week of Thanksgiving taking a break on Thanksgiving Day and then coming back on that Friday from 8 AM to 6 PM.

Once the final tally was counted, these Scouts had collected $3,100 in the 46 total hours they spent on their community service project!

Scouts BSA Troop 293G would like to thank Buy Low for allowing them to execute their project as well as everyone from the Mt Carmel Fire Dept., Mt Carmel Police Dept., Wabash County Sheriffs Dept., and all of the Wabash County EMTs for putting together this very worthwhile program to help the children of Wabash County.

If you would like to donate to the Shop with a Cop/Fireman/EMT program please reach out to Capt. Mark Seaton at the Mount Carmel Fire Dept.