Matthew Lyons Makes Eagle Scout

Pictured: Matthew Lyons accepts a special award from Naugatuck Mayor N.W. “Pete” Hess on Sunday, Scouting memorabilia and the Eagle Scout award, Matthew and members of his troop on the stage at St. Michaels Church, and Matthew and his family. Photos courtesy of the Lyons family

Congratulations to Naugatuck resident Matthew Tait Lyons on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout at his Court of Honor on Sunday.

Mr. Lyons graduated with high honors from WF Kaynor Technical High School in Waterbury last June. While at Kaynor, he competed in Skills USA in precision manufacturing, placing second in the state and fifth in the nation.
He currently is an apprentice Eyelet tool maker for Anomatic located in the Naugatuck Industrial Park. He is also pursuing his degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Haven part time.

Mr. Lyon’s Eagle Scout project was building four Little Free Libraries to support the Waterbury Reads program sponsored by Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury. The project encompassed 150 hours of community service.

The Little Free Libraries website explains that the project is intended “to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide and to build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity and wisdom across generations. There are over 32,000 Little Free Library book exchanges around the world, bringing curbside literacy home and sharing over 1 million books annually.”

Mr. Lyon’s libraries have been deployed at the following locations:

o Waterbury Police Activity League (P.A.L)
o Rivera Memorial Foundation
o Willow Plaza Community Center
o Staywell Health Center