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Oak Ridge’s first female Eagle Scout expands church’s community garden

Posted at 4:01 pm March 11, 2021
By Carolyn H Krause Leave a Comment

Haley Snyder and the Welcome Garden she built at First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge, earning her the rank of Eagle Scout. She is the first female to achieve this honor in Oak Ridge. (Submitted photo)

Haley Snyder, a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and currently a freshman at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, is the first female in Oak Ridge to have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. She is a member of Troop 42G of the Boy Scouts of America, which is chartered by First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge.

In 2019, the Boy Scouts of America changed its policies to allow girls to form their own Scouts BSA troops and follow the path to Eagle Scout. The session of the Oak Ridge church voted that year to support Troop 42 in forming a female troop.

Haley’s Eagle Scout project was to expand the church’s community garden by building fenced-in garden plots beside the church’s education building, which houses the Early Head Start of Anderson County program. “The new garden consists of seven garden beds, each 4 feet by 16 feet, and a chain link fence surrounding it,” Haley said.

She added that the new garden will allow food-insecure community members access to fresh vegetables distributed through the church’s Welcome Table monthly meal-and-groceries program, as well as provide learning opportunities for Early Head Start students. Early Head Start programs provide family-centered services for low-income families with young children. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Front Page News Tagged With: Eagle Scout, first female Eagle Scout, First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge, Haley Snyder, Jason Cheney, Sharon Youngs

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