Boys Scouts of America Honor Eagle Scout Kunsh Zutshi

Kunsh Zutshi has qualified to become an Eagle Scout at an Eagle Scout Board of Review held recently. He is the son of Swati Bakshi and Rahul Zutshi of Dublin, California.

He is a member of Scout Troop 905 sponsored by the Saint Raymond Catholic Church. His Eagle Court of Honor has not been scheduled due to Covid-19. He is currently a senior at Dublin High School.

In his troop, he served in the position of Quartermaster, webmaster, and patrol leader for over four terms. In other service, he has volunteered for the past five years at the Tri-Valley Animal Rescue and also volunteered at a local veterinary shelter. Other activities he participates in are martial arts, where he reached the rank of second degree black belt, and 4H speech competitions, where he has gotten gold at the state level. He enjoys running and has participated in multiple triathlons and long distance running events. He wants to eventually participate in a half marathon.

His Eagle Scout project was to build an agility structure for the East Bay SPCA. It consisted of jumps, cavalettis, weave poles, and a horizontal ladder. He designed the blueprints on Inventor, an Autocad program and rendered 3d models to see how they would look. It was decided to make the structure out of PVC, making it light but also durable, and all the materials were ordered. He then recruited and supervised a group of friends who volunteered to build the structure, then delivered it to the East Bay SPCA. He is thankful for the help received from his parents, as well as from Mr. O’Flynn, Mr. Buchenauer, and all the other assistant scoutmasters and scoutmasters who have helped him to date.

Kunsh’s life plans include going to college, studying biology, then going into veterinary medicine or zoology. His desire is to work with animals as a career. Scouting has given him the interest and background to be successful in following his plan.

To earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Scout must be active in their troop, provide leadership, earn 21 merit badges including the areas of citizenship, camping, communications, cooking and lifesaving or emergency preparedness as well as demonstrate that they live by the principles of the Scout Oath and the Scout Law.

They must also plan, develop and give leadership to others in a service project benefiting a religious institution, school or community group.

Anyone interested in joining any level of Scouting can contact the Twin Valley District Executive, Matt Lindberg, matt.lindberg@scouting.org.