Waukesha Eagle Scout's Project Gives Back In A Big Way

WAUKESHA, WI -- After a difficult stay in the hospital last year, 14-year-old Waukesha resident Nathan Stanislawski wanted to transform his experience into a way to help others.

Stanislawski, a freshman at Waukesha North High School and a Life Scout from Boy Scout Troop 63 in Waukesha, knew that he wanted to give back to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. When the time came to choose his Eagle Scout project, he decided the best way was to put together parent toiletry kits.

Each kit contained; a tooth brush, tooth paste, shampoo, conditioner, comb, razor, lotion, deodorant, lip balm, small notepad, and pen.

With this many items needed he quickly decided he needed to not only collect travel-sized toiletry items, but also monetary donations if he was going to reach his goal.

Nathan was able to organize several drives at local businesses, a community drive at a local shopping center, a neighborhood drive that included placing collection bags on 500 houses and collecting the donations the following weekend, and requesting donations from other sources. He received some great support from countless businesses, donors and people from the community.

Nathan set a goal for his project to deliver 500 parent toiletry kits to the hospital by the end of August, 2018.

On August 8 Nathan was able to blow away his own goal, and delivered 1,030 parent toiletry kits and a monetary donation to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

During his project he was also able to collect more than 500 toiletry items that he donated to a local women’s shelter and 50 food items that were donated to the local food pantry.

Nathan’s project generated approximately $11,000 worth of donations to help many, many people in the community.

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