Local boy scout earns Eagle designation

By Jewish Star Staff

Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769

Boy Scout David Rosen of Troop 613 (in uniform) at the Young Israel of West Hempstead led a renovation of part of a nature trail at the Tanglewood

Preserve this past Sunday. He took on the project to earn his Eagle Scout designation, the first member of his troop to do so.

Local businesses that contributed goods and services included Zenie Landscaping in Lynbrook; American Recreational Products in Bohemia; Premier Rubber Company in Farmingdale; Fischetti Landscaping, Home Depot, Westminster Nursery, Hunki’s Kosher Pizza, and EJ’s Too in West Hempstead; Long Island Compost and Hicks Nursery in Westbury; and Garden World and Eberhard-Voellm Nurseries in Franklin Square.

Rosen recruited volunteers for the project by attending monthly meetings of other area Boy Scout troops, including Troop 214 in Rockville Center, Troop 182 in Baldwin, Troop 303 in Oceanside, Troop 116 in Hewlett, and Troop 121 in East Rockaway in addition to his own troop meetings.