Kirkland-area Eagle Scout projects benefit local and international communities

July 5, 2017 2:30 pm
From left, Andrew Vincent, Brock Powell, Shayan Nathan, Korok Sarkar and Louis Norred of Redmond/Kirkland Boy Scout Troop 577 have all recently earned their Eagle Scout rankings. Their projects benefited local and international communities. Courtesy photo
From left, Andrew Vincent, Brock Powell, Shayan Nathan, Korok Sarkar and Louis Norred of Redmond/Kirkland Boy Scout Troop 577 have all recently earned their Eagle Scout rankings. Their projects benefited local and international communities. Courtesy photo

Five Lake Washington School District students have received recognition for achieving the Boy Scout rank of Eagle Scout this June from the Redmond/Kirkland Troop 577.

These include Shayan Nathan who was a senior at Juanita High School. His Eagle Scout project was collecting clothing and supplies to donate to an orphanage in Sri Lanka. He also organized a talent show to raise funds for shipping costs and he will be attending the University of Washington this fall to major in computer science.

Next is Louis Norred, who studied at Lake Washington High School (LWHS). He undertook the creation of a historic photo exhibit of the City of Redmond between 1905 and 1915 as his Eagle Scout project. He provided captions to pictures in a gallery, which is on display at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. He plans to attend Fordham University to study history.

Brock Powell was a senior at Redmond High School whose project provided automotive education and assistance to the homeless. Brock led Boy Scouts and volunteers in teaching homeless people how to care for their cars and perform procedures like checking the oil level, changing their oil and removing water. Education included informing them on high mileage oil, fuel additives and matching filters. Powell will attend Central Washington University to study engineering and science.

Korok Sarkar was a senior at Interlake High School and his project was focused on raising awareness in teens about the importance of organ donations and organizing a blood donation camp to benefit the Red Cross of America. He successfully got donors from his troop and the community to participate in the drive and he will be attending the University of Washington this fall to enter their pre-med program.

Andrew Vincent will be a senior at LWHS. For his project, he organized a clothing and toy drive benefiting Treehouse, which is an organization that supports kids in foster care. He collected toys, clothes and sports equipment and provided enough garments to fill nearly 150 bags, far more than his 100 bags target. He will be visiting colleges in the future with the hopes of studying sports management.

Information submitted to the Reporter by Sujata Sen Sharma.