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Boy Scout completes final project at Baddour
Senatobia, MS – What was quickly becoming an eyesore on The Baddour Center’s campus is now a beautifully primed and painted press box behind home plate at Baddour’s softball field, all thanks to Travis Chisholm of Boy Scout Troop #235 and others who assisted him in accomplishing his final project to become an Eagle Scout.
This task wasn’t Chisholm’s first time to volunteer at Baddour. He helped John Norris in March of 2010 to create a walking path for residents.
According to Chisholm, he decided The Baddour Center would be a good place to complete his Eagle Scout project, so he started communicating with Parke Pepper, Executive Director of The Baddour Center, to see if any of Baddour’s needs fit the style of project in which he was interested.
“As a non-profit, there is always something left on our To Do List at the end of the day,” Pepper explained. “We are thankful for volunteers, especially when they are young men like Travis, who are willing and fit to complete tasks that would physically require too much from some of our other volunteers.”
And by physically fit, Pepper means it took Chisholm, his dad, Larry Chisholm, and numerous other volunteers more than two days of climbing ladders and using brute force to scrape, prime and paint the nearly 20 foot high press box to what is seen today.
“The press box was a building that needed some major attention,” Pepper shared. “Because residents and employees do not frequently use it, it is low on our Maintenance team’s priority list.
“Now, thanks to Travis and the others who helped him, we can be proud of this building once again, and it’s just in time for Baddour’s annual Homecoming,” Pepper said. “A hundred or more guests will pass by the press box en route to our flag football game, and we are thankful that they will see the handiwork of Travis and his fellow volunteers.”
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