Gregory Stephen Sawicki
July 28, 1994

My project involved the refurbishing of a circa 1940’s Greenhouse and its’ accompanying building in the Village of Poquott. I cleared brush and debris, painted the building, and beautified the surrounding area to create a safe, clean place for villagers to grow vegetables and assorted flowers. This past summer twelve garden plots were already in use and productive.

Nolan M. Studley
August 12, 1994

My project entailed researching the history of the Rubber Factory that was once located on Rt. 25A in Setauket, near the site of the recently renovated park. I then erected an information board detailing its history and local significance to the community. Included on the information board were photographs of the factory and street where it was located, now the site of the Seport Deli and Fox’s Hardware. I also designed and constructed waste receptacles to accommodate the trash from visitors in the neighboring park.

Vincent Albert Caruso, Jr.
August 22, 1994

Planning, construction, and the placement of the Fourteen Stations of the Cross in the wooded area behind the St. James Roman Catholic Church in Setauket, New York. The purpose of the project was to create an outdoor area for thoughtful prayer and meditation.

Christopher M. Guldenpfennig
August 22, 1994

My project involved cleaning the area around the Setauket Sanctuary and Arboretum’s vernal pond. This area in the northeast section of the Setauket Arboretum had become overgrown with weeds and littered with debris. The pond also repeatedly flooded the walkway passing through the area. Once the litter had been removed and briars cleared from the path and pond’s edges, my fellow volunteers and I built a raised wooden walkway over the wettest areas neighboring the pond. This walkway included ramps at both ends, allowing for wheelchair access. The remainder of the pathway leading to and from the raised walkway was then lined with wood chips and edged with wood to keep the pathway clear of the briars. Now this area is open to the public who can view the flora and fauna of a natural wetland without being concerned with their safety.

Timothy John McCauley
August 22, 1994

My project was to renovate an existing stable at the Three Village Garden Club that had been vandalized. The stable itself consisted of a tack room and three stables, the third having been a later addition to the building. I proposed stopping the vandalizing by removing the third stable, and interior and exterior walls. In addition, I also repaired the roof and cleaned the surrounding area. Thereby, creating an open roofed-shelter for the Garden Club to use as an instructional visitation site for the community.

Michael Morgan Raphoon
October 3, 1994

The goal of my project was to reduce the mosquito population by attracting bats to the Stony Brook Mill Pond area. By building an artificial habitat or box, I hoped to encourage the bats to inhabit the pond area. Once the bats have set up colonies in these boxes, they should greatly benefit the community by reducing the number of mosquitoes. The bats themselves only come out at night and generally go unnoticed. The bats typically eat about twice their body weight a night. The boxes will also be used for research on habitat and migration. The effect on the community will be an overall reduction to the growing population of insects using natural predators.

Michael T. Tobias
April 24, 1995

For my Eagle project I designed, constructed, and installed a display case, a brochure holder, and nine signs. I also constructed and moved 6 benches, laid mulch, and cleared parts of the trail. All work was done for the Three Village Community Nature Preserve located behind W. S. Mount Elementary School.

Mark Gerard Metz
October 3, 1995

For my Eagle project, I constructed four benches with attached flower boxes that were installed on the playground of the Terryville Learning Center. The school is operated by Eastern Suffolk B.O.C.E.S. and the population is both pre-school and school age children all classified as handicapped with disabilities of varying degrees. Some of the classifications are speech and language impaired, hearing impaired, learning disabled, autistic, emotionally disturbed and multiply handicapped. The benches provide the children and staff a safe and comfortable place to sit. The flower boxes beautify the area and provide the students the opportunity to plant and maintain various flowers and plants. They can also be used for providing educational lessons by the teachers.

Michael Regis O’Leary
May 2, 1996

For my Eagle project, I developed a marked trail system and compass course program at the Three Village Garden Club located on Main Street in Setauket. The trail system consists of three measured color coded blazed trails. The trail markings consist of intermittently placed color coded 4x4 posts in conjunction with non-obtrusive color coded tree markings to minimize alteration of the natural preserve environment. At the trailhead, I erected a weatherproofed information board, which includes a large original painted map of the trails and the surrounding environment. The compass course, which includes several distance and bearing points, covers in excess of 500 feet. All resulting materials including 200 colored maps and associated handouts have been supplied to the neighboring Setauket Elementary School for use in their Outdoor Education Program.

Charles John Regulinski
May 2, 1996

My project was to build eight wood duck boxes and eight mallard hen houses that are predator proof and would attract wood ducks and mallards to our ponds. The sixteen nesting houses were installed in and around the ponds and wetlands of the Three Villages. Wood ducks and mallards prefer to nest in hollow trees, but there is a shortage of natural nesting cavities. Many times squirrels, raccoons, and other animals claim these places first or destroy existing nests. In fact, an estimated 9 out of 10 nesting cavities are destroyed by predators. More wood ducks and mallard hens will be attracted to our local ponds and allow the increase in their populations. The increased duck populations will provide residents and visitors to our parks the chance to observe, feed, and enjoy some of the most beautiful waterfowl in its natural environment.

Ross Daniel Minott
January 9, 1997

For my Eagle project, I created a Nature Trail at Nassakeag Elementary School in Setauket. This trail was blazed deep into a wooded section between the ball fields. The trail was then graded, bordered with downed timber, and covered with wood chips. Native species of trees and shrubs were identified and located on a trail map. A “teaching circle” was cleared at the end of the trail. Birdhouses, designed for various types of birds were constructed and placed along the trail and in front of the school. The birdhouses are also identified on the trail map along with anchored posts noting the entry to the trail. Finally, a curriculum guide with maps and birdhouse plans was provided to the school.

David Edward Lowe
February 28, 1997

My Eagle Project consisted of funding and constructing a tool and equipment shed for the Three Village Garden Club. The shed was built on location near the northern side of the Garden Club clubhouse in the Three Village Arboretum. In addition, I repaired a lean-to type structure that was located nearby and was used to hold garbage. Afterwards I painted both buildings and surrounded the area with wood chips to help keep the area clean.

Christopher Michael Grande
April 26, 1997

My Eagle project included the cleaning and restoration of the Obediah Davis Cemetery on Lotowana Lane in Stony Brook. I cleaned up all the brush and debris that had accumulated in the cemetery and made brush piles for animals to use as shelter. I removed the old fencing that was surrounding the cemetery. It was rusted through in many spots and in most places missing. I replaced it with new galvanized livestock fencing. Next a pathway and landscaped steps to the cemetery were established, with logs outlining the path. Wood chips were spread up and down the path to prevent erosion. Next, I built an archway, which was placed at the entrance to the cemetery on top of the hill. On the archway, there is a sign with the name of the cemetery on it. In addition, head stone rubbings were made of the twenty-three legible stones in the cemetery. The rubbings were submitted to the Stony Brook Historical Society along with a map to be kept on file.

Andrew C. Caruso
December 16. 1998

For My Eagle Scout Project, I completed a restoration and beautification project for the older graveyard at the St. James Roman Catholic Church. The project encompassed repairing the surrounding fence, the construction of two inspirational signposts for the graveyard, and the design, and construction of four garbage pail receptacles. We also transplanted several small bushes and cleaned the Pastor’s area in the cemetery. Lastly, we relocated three benches from the old cemetery to the newer one located on the eastern side.

Matthew Clifford White
December 16. 1998

I renovated the Satterly Family Cemetery Plot (circa 1722-1966) at the Setauket Presbyterian Church in Setauket. This benefited the Satterly Family, the Setauket Presbyterian Church, and the Three Village Historical Society. The project required sanding, priming, and repainting a 40’ by 28’ iron fence. In addition, it was necessary to clear, rototill, and re-seed the plot, which required daily watering until the grass germinated. I researched and documented the family members laid to rest in the plot. A printed guide now provides information about the family’s history in the community, a summary, and map location of each individual buried in the plot. A chronological list of the family’s significant lifetime events (birth’s, marriages, and death’s) is also included.

Anthony James Campisi, Jr.
April 22, 1999

For my Eagle Scout project, I designed and constructed a fenced garbage Dumpster area at the St. James Roman Catholic Church in Setauket. The project required clearing out the area behind the dumpster including weeding, raking and removing other unwanted plants and then putting down a gravel base. The loose gravel was framed with pressure treated 4”x4”s to prevent the gravel from shifting. Surrounding the gravel base we installed a 6’ high by 8’ deep and 10’ wide stockade fence with two 5’ swinging gates in the front for easy access to the Dumpster. Lastly, around the fence, we planted flowers and shrubs to further disguise it.

Andrew James Wolfe
April 22, 1999

My Eagle project involved rebuilding an existing greenhouse at the Setauket Elementary School. The students and faculty can now use it for educational purposes. The main objective of the project was to refurbish the run-down, unusable greenhouse, allowing for better facilitation. I tackled the project in three phases: re-roofing the greenhouse with a heavy duty translucent plastic material; clearing away the grass and weeds that had grown inside the greenhouse and creating a new base using a permeable weed preventing fabric and pea-stones allowing for drainage; and lastly constructing shelves along the interior perimeter for plants.

William Joseph Fore III
July 13, 2000

My Eagle project consisted of designing and constructing three lockable food and storage cabinets for Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen at St. James R.C. Church in Setauket. Two of the cabinets are identical and stand six feet high, three and a half feet wide and two feet deep. The third cabinet is sixty-six inches in length, thirty-four inches high and twenty-four inches deep. The two identical cabinets are stationary while the third is on rollers. Before turning them over to Our Daily Bread, I held a food drive at a local supermarket to stock the cabinets.

Jameson C. Arasi
December 12, 2000

For my Eagle Scout project, I cleared a section of property, which was over-grown and littered for Hope House Ministries in Port Jefferson and constructed an 8’ by 10’ shed to store equipment which had previously been stored in an unlocked, fenced in area, under a tarp. Before assembling the shed kit, it was necessary to build a custom wood floor to compensate for the slope of the location. For the project, I fundraised over $800 to purchase the shed and floor materials.

Michael Brian Feldman
December 12, 2000

For my Eagle Scout Project, I renovated the Sukkah at North Shore Jewish Center in Port Jefferson Station. The project encompassed replacing the 38 upper crossbeams and the 76 associated joist hangers holding these beams in place. A Sukkah is an outdoor frame structure used for prayer during the holiday of Sukkot, the Jewish harvest festival celebrated in late September or early October. During the holiday, the frame is covered in wooden panel walls and a thatched bamboo roof. Religious services, as well as Hebrew school classes, are held in the Sukkah during the holiday.

John Francis Yoon
December 12, 2000

For my Eagle project I designed, constructed, and landscaped an outdoor learning center at Paul J Gelinas Junior High School in Setauket. The outdoor classroom located between the art and foreign language wings on the north side of the building consists of four picnic tables placed on a base of woodchips and surrounded by azaleas. Students and staff will be able to have classroom sessions outside weather permitting.

Salvatore John Barra
January 16, 2001

My Eagle Scout project entailed replacing the property fence and restoring a ten-by-ten foot herbal garden at the Joseph Brewster House in Setauket. A brochure was designed and created detailing how Long Island colonists used each of the ten herbs present in the garden. Signs containing the name of each plant were placed in the garden.
The Brewster House educates the local community and schools about the lives of Long Island Patriots during the British occupation. Visitors learn about colonial life, customs, and traditions.

James J. Campisi
May 3, 2001

For my Eagle Scout Project we cleared and landscaped a 20 by 20 foot area at the Project Adventure Course at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School in Setauket. The project entailed clearing a heavily dense area; it required weeding, raking, and removal of unwanted debris. We then designed and constructed four large benches, which we installed in a semi circle to serve as seating for an outdoor classroom for the kids participating in Project Adventure. The benches were set in cement and had a clear coat of sealer put on so that they will be there for years to come and many children to enjoy. We then laid down plastic, so that weeds would not grow, and put down wood chips for beautification of the area.

Stephen Dawson-Haggerty
May 3, 2001

For my Eagle Scout project, I improved an outer courtyard at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School in Setauket by the development of an outdoor education center. I installed a wood-chip path leading from one of the doorways of this courtyard to a tree located in the center of the area, where the path was ended with a circle around the tree suitable for instruction. Around the perimeter of this circle were put four benches where students may sit. The entire area was enclosed on three sides, with only one small entrance on the fourth side. I installed a section of fencing there in order to enclose the space even further.

Nicholas David Holzmacher
May 30, 2002

Built four picnic tables, three eight-foot tables, and one six-foot table for use at Hope House Ministries. The six-foot table was placed in the front of the building providing a waiting area for meeting attendees, while the other three tables were placed in the enclosed courtyard to be used by the residents.

Kevin Daniel White
June 12, 2002

Designed and constructed four portable benches and two picnic tables for the Three Village Historical Society. The benches and tables will be used for the classes and tours that visit the site. In addition, the portability allows the benches to be used both indoor and outside.

Matthew James Kurz
December 3, 2002

For my Eagle Scout project, I created a more comfortable and accessible outdoor environment at the Long Island State Veterans Home by building a wheelchair accessible picnic table, birdhouses, and trashcan covers. I installed the picnic table to the path off the nature trail, for residents who wish to relax and such with their friends and families. The birdhouses provide a great new home for the local birds and the trashcan covers bring a certain visual pleasure to the once unsightly trashcans. I raised all of the funds for this project by conducting a local car wash.

Robert Irving Barra
January 21, 2003

My Eagle Scout project entailed making additions to the front grounds of North Country Learning Center in Stony Brook; a small school dedicated to real world training and developmental education for mentally and physically disabled people. These modifications included the addition of four redwood benches, six redwood planters, and a renovation of an existing garden.
The main part of my project was the benches. They were designed and constructed with the purpose of providing seating for the students as they waited for their respective buses. I arrived at this idea when I first visited the school and observed students sitting on the floor of the lobby waiting for their transportation. I hope that my efforts will bring many years of reliable comfort for the current and future students. I encourage you to visit the site to observe the beauty and function that my project adds to the school.

Paul Garrett Rademacher
February 25, 2003

My Eagle Project involved the design and construction of a 150-square-foot, maintenance-free deck at Play Groups School, a not-for-profit preschool located in East Setauket. The deck area provides an “outdoor classroom” where teachers can extend the children’s exploration of the natural world to include activities in an outdoor, hands-on setting. In addition, since the playgrounds at Play Groups are completely sand based, the deck offers a dry, elevated area for the children to use when rain or snow prevents the use of the playground equipment.

Reese Nolan Lewis O’Hanlon
July 14, 2003

Designed and constructed new dining room benches at Hope House Ministries in Port Jefferson. He built the new benches from solid oak and finished them with varnish to complement the existing dining room furniture.

Kenneth William Tinsley, Jr.
March 5, 2004

My Eagle Project entailed the construction of an outdoor Prayer Sanctuary on the south side of the Chapel at the Stony Brook School. Students, faculty, and visitors from the local community benefit as it provides a place for prayer, meditation, and introspection. When the weather permits, the Bible Study and Chapel Classes can utilize this outdoor sanctuary. Seven flowerbeds were created, containing rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas, and dogwood trees. A trellis leads you to the center of the garden with an English bench on each side and a birdbath situated in the center.

Dustin David McKinley
April 21, 2004

Designed and constructed additional shelving in the pantry for Love’m Shelter in Port Jefferson Station. In addition, he also constructed three benches for use by the children and adults supervising them outside.

Christopher John Yantz
April 21, 2004

I planned and oversaw other scouts and volunteers in the construction of an eight-foot by twelve-foot wood frame shed for St. James Roman Catholic Church in Setauket. The shed will to be used to store materials and equipment necessary to maintain the church and cemetery grounds.
The shed is two by four construction with a plywood floor and fiberboard sheathing covered with double four white vinyl siding and asphalt roofing shingles. It has a ridge vent in the roof and a steel entry door with a standard and deadbolt lock combination. The shed sits on concrete blocks rather than a permanent concrete foundation in the event it ever becomes necessary to relocate it. It also has a ramp to the doorway made with pressure treated lumber, rake boards of one by four pine and front and back fascia of one by six pine. The shed is situated twenty feet to the right of the church garage, which is midway between both the old and new cemeteries.