Kyle Rohrbach and Brian Foster were named Eagle Scouts on August 19 at an award ceremony held at Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church. Both are West Windsor residents and commendations were issued by West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh
Rohrbach, a senior at High School South, has been a member of the scouts since 1996 when he became a Tiger Cub. He is the son of Ann and Jeff Rohrbach.
He earned the Arrow of Light award before bridging into boy scouts. Kyle has held several leadership positions in Troop 40, including scribe, quartermaster, troop guide, senior patrol leader, venture patrol leader, and leader of the Sea Base high adventure trip. He has attended a variety of all weather biking, hiking, and canoeing campouts, Klondike derbies, summer camps, and the Boy Scout Jamboree.
“I always knew I wanted to be an Eagle Scout, especially after having various adults tell me that they were sorry they stopped at Star or Life and never finished their Eagle,” Kyle says. His Eagle project involved building tree identification signs to be placed along the outdoor classroom behind Community Middle School in Plainsboro as a teaching tool for science teachers. He earned money for the supplies by selling donated small electronics on Ebay.
A participant in the Mercer Junior Rowing Club for three years, where Rohrbach and his eight-man boat qualified for the U.S. Rowing Junior National Championships in Ohio in June, 2006, where they placed seventh nationally. In June, 2007, he raced at Nationals again.
A drummer for the band, the Honey Bandits, he performs in area venues such as Finnegan’s, where he also works with the sound engineer. Rohrbach is also a lifeguard at Water Works and provides office assistance at Dayton Family Practice. In his spare time, he repairs computers.
Foster, a junior at High School North, began his scouting career in 1997 as a Tiger Scout in Pack 40. He is the son of Carol and Glenn Foster.
He progressed through the ranks of Cub Scouts to receive his Arrow of Light and then bridged to Troop 40, where he earned 36 merit badges. Foster has participated in scout camps every summer, and has served as the troop patrol leader at summer camp on two occasions, leading the troop to win the title of honor troop, all four honor patrols, patrol wide games, Brown Sea Honor Patrol, and cleanest troop.
He has participated in a wide range of community service projects, including the Special Olympics and June Fete.
“Achieving the Eagle Scout rank has been a goal of mine for several years,” says Kyle. “Now that I have reached it, I look forward to helping others on their trail to Eagle as well as continuing to give back to the community through service.” ##M:[more]##
Foster’s Eagle Project was designed to benefit the families of West Windsor. After spending many years enjoying the playground and sports fields at Chamberlin Park in West Windsor, he decided that the park could benefit from an area where families could enjoy a convenient and comfortable place to gather other than the three metal benches available.
He constructed a picnic area with a table that afforded views of the playground and the lacrosse field adjacent to it.
Foster also landscaped the picnic area with a Belgian block border and gravel filling. Under his leadership, volunteers measured the area, removed the sod, dug out the location to install the blocks, and filled the site with gravel for proper irrigation. A sub sale at Subways raised the money to fund his project.
Foster participated on the freshman, junior, and varsity volleyball teams at school. He has also been involved in the township’s recreational soccer and basketball leagues for nine years.
This past year he participated in West Windsor Township’s 18-year-old AAU club volleyball team, which won its first tournament in program history. He is entering his fourth season as a township soccer referee and has been a lifeguard for two years. Foster is also a member of the St. David the King Youth Group.
