RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS TO MATTHEW EDWARD SALINAS FOR ACHIEVING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT
WHEREAS, Matthew Edward Salinas, a member of the Boy Scouts of America Scout Troop 810, will be awarded Scouting's highest honor, the rank of Eagle Scout; and
WHEREAS, The City Council has been informed of this special occasion by the Honorable Marty Quinn, Alderman ofthe 13thWard; and
WHEREAS, Matthew earned the rank of Eagle Scout on May 7, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Matthew's Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project was the Cook County Forest Preserves Trail Clean Up. Matthew asked community, leaders and community organizations for monetary or supply donations. He was able to secure donations from Alderman Tabares, Garfield Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Niego Realty, Home Depot, Fairway Mortgage, Remax Realty, Garfield Ridge Farmers Market, Mission Church, and private citizens. Although he was away at Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora, he traveled home every weekend. He picked up donations, prepared and organized for each trail cleanup. Troop 810 helped Matthew build signs and organize snack bags for the vast number of trail cleanup volunteers. Five tp ten trails were cleaned at five different locations throughout Cook County. Matthew completed 60 hours towards his Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project; and
WHEREAS, Attaining the rank of Eagle Scout is achieved by only two percent of young men who enroll in the scouting program. To become an Eagle Scout, a Scout must earn twenty-one merit badges in addition to completing several community service projects; and
WHEREAS, Matthew Edward Salinas has completed all ofthe requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout and has been examined by an Eagle Scout Board of Review, certifying his worthiness for Scouting's highest distinction and now joins the ranks of many successful and influential Eagle Scouts; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Mayor, and members of the City Council ofthe City of Chicago, gathered here this twenty-first day of September, 2022, do hereby extend our heartiest congratulations to Matthew Edward Salinas on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout and wish him every success in all of his future endeavors;