Jacob B. Moyer, 18, of Boy Scout Troop 575 (Hawk Mountain Council) in Longswamp was honored at a special Eagle Scout ceremony on Sunday, July 19. To earn scouting’s highest award, Jacob had to earn at least 21 merit badges, serve as a leader in his troop and complete a major community service project.
Jacob’s service project took place at Longswamp UCC in Mertztown, PA. Jacob coordinated the installation of, and masonry and landscaping around, a new electric sign at Longswamp UCC. Longswamp UCC is one of Troop 575’s sponsoring organizations (along with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, also located in Mertztown). This project entailed more than 200 hours of combined labor from project participants, including trenching, removal of rocks, electrical and masonry work, leveling and seeding of the site, planting of the flower bed around the sign and coordination with the church consistory and contributors to the project.
Jacob has been involved in scouts since first grade when he started with Cub Scout Pack 575. He has been a member of Troop 575 for the past seven years. He earned 34 merit badges and has served in various leadership positions for the troop, including Den Chief, Troop Bugler, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader and most recently, a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, since he is continuing on in scouts by becoming a leader in the Troop.
He is an elected member of the Order of the Arrow and will be attending the National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) at Michigan State University in August. He also participated in the BSA National Jamboree in Summit Bechtel, WV in 2013 and has been on the staff of Hawk Mountain Council’s National Youth Leadership Training Camp for several years, including serving as Senior Patrol Leader for that camp in 2014.
Jacob is the son of Louise and Brian Moyer, Mertztown. Jacob, who is a member of the National Honor Society and participated in many school, sports, church 4H and community activities, just graduated from Brandywine Heights High School and will be attending Penn State University majoring in civil engineering. His career goal, however, is to serve as an officer in the military and, to that end, he was recently sworn into the United States Marine Corps Reserves and will be attending basic training later this year.