Amelia Moreno - Summit Award
Venturing Crew 1849 Boy Scouts of America

Rio Grande Council - Arrowhead District
McAllen / Mission, Texas
Amelia Moreno has been in several leadership positions in Crew 1849 for some years.
she is making good progress toward her Venturing BSA Summit Award.

The Summit volunteer project involves constructing 6 benches 8 ft long and
a high table which will wrap around a tree to be installed
at Quinta Mazatlan nature center in McAllen, Texas.



The Build - about 10 miles East of Edinburg, Texas
~ ~ ~ 5 May 2016 ~ ~ ~


Measuring 2x12 for bench top


Squaring up for cut


Cutting Bench top to size


Bench construction


Bench just finished


Lunch in the middle of the build


Table top frame goes together


Table top - one of 4 parts - examination - inspection


Work site - benches done - working on table tops




The work group at the construction site (not the installation site)


The construction crew


family support at first bench and table building
seated on one of the finished benches



Adding legs to the table - Edinburg, Texas
~ ~ ~ 12 May 2016 ~ ~ ~


Measuring to install table leg bracing.


Table leg bracing installed


Table together - final fit test



Installation at Quinta Mazatlan - McAllen, Texas
~ ~ ~ 16 MY 2016 ~ ~ ~


Carrying bench from trailer to position at Quinta Mazatlan in mini COPE course area


Installing bench


Table set around tree - viewed by Mr. Zuniga from Quinta Mazatlan



Amelia and her project


Amelia with family - project completed


Project installation team


Crew 1849 - index web page

Main page of web presence hosting this page South Texas Boat.

Scouting Cookbook by Rick Gray who was Advisor to Crew 583. - - this is a PDF file - readable using Adobe Acrobat. it is 120 pages long.

- update - 16 May 2018