Eagle Scout Award for Gali Feigenbaum

Gali Feigenbaum became an Eagle Scout at an Eagle Board of Review held in October and will receive the award at an upcoming Eagle Scout Court of Honor. Gali is the daughter of Noah and Eyal Feigenbaum of Livermore, California.

She is a member of Troop 2942, an all-girls troop, sponsored by St. Charles Borromeo Church.

Thanks go to her past and present Scoutmasters, Jean Kuznik and Lorraine Ferguson, for their dedication to Scouting and help along the way.

Gali has been active in Scouting for almost four years. She was one of the founders of the first all-girls scout troop in Livermore and served as the first Senior Patrol Leader of the Troop. She has held other positions as Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader and Instructor.

Gali says she loves scouting because it is a safe place for her to make mistakes and learn from them. She is able to practice and become more confident in her leadership abilities. She also enjoys the variety of outdoor activities and being able to go hiking and camping with such an amazing group. Scouting has allowed her to become an independent individual and has taught her many important life skills.

For her Eagle Scout project, Gali renovated the adventure course at Camp Arroyo and prepared it for the upcoming year. During the school year, Camp Arroyo hosts countless outdoor education programs for students throughout the Bay Area. During the summer it hosts thousands of sick and disabled campers for tailor made programs. To complete her project, she led 44 volunteers in re-mulching the large area surrounding the rock-climbing wall (by loading and transporting a large pile of mulch, equal to 656 filled buckets, in an assembly line fashion), in adding three tree-stump sitting circles to be used for education seating areas, and in weeding several overgrown areas surrounding obstacle course stations. She is proud to have led the first Eagle Scout project and become the first Eagle Scout of Troop 2942.

Gali is a junior at Granada High School. Her interests include reading, hiking, and tumbling. She is currently a gymnastics coach at West Coast Training Center. She is also part of both CSF (California Scholarship Federation) and NHS (National Honor Society) clubs at her school.

Scouting has allowed her to find a passion for teaching and mentoring, so she would like her future career to involve that. It also taught her to challenge herself and go outside her comfort zone, and that is why she plans on continuing her education in college.

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, Elijah Gonzles, elijah.gonzales@scouting.org.