Ryan Carey, of West Windsor Troop 66, completed his 10 years of youth scouting on his 18th birthday, February 21, when he received his Eagle award at his Court of Honor at Windsor Chapel. Carey, who will continue in scouting, received his adult leader position patch of assistant scoutmaster.
He joined scouts in second grade in Lexington, Massachusetts. Carey, who went to Philmont training center in New Mexico twice, achieved his major personal goal when he climbed the Tooth of Time (9,”003 feet). He attended the National Jamboree in 2005, was elected to the Order of the Arrow in 2005, and completed high adventure sailing for a week on the Chesapeake Bay.
The court of honor was the culmination of Ryan’s six rank advancements, 23 merit badges, and many hours of service projects to his troop and community. Carey’s Eagle project was building a shed for the Windsor Chapel in West Windsor. He led youth and adults in 252 hours of work in completing the project. His mother, Claire Cowart Carey, and his sister, Olivia, worked on his project and helped with his fund raiser for the project by making and selling blueberry tarts to buy the needed materials. His Eagle adviser was Ben Polanski of East Windsor.
“After being scoutmaster since the re-charter of West Windsor Troop 66 in 2004, last week I passed the torch to Mark Lee,” says his father, Bob Carey. “I have moved into an assistant scoutmaster role with the troop working with the youth on advancement and Servant Leadership Development.”
Ryan Carey is a junior boarding student at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, Massachusetts. He is just starting to look at colleges, but thinks he would like to work in the computer science area. At Eagle Hill he continues to give back to the community by visiting a retirement home with the school’s “Grandparent and Me” program.
