Jackson Davis, Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams 2023 National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year winner, talks about his project.

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ABOUT THE PROJECT:
While volunteering with the Messengers of Hope Mission, Jackson Davis noticed a need. The Floridabased food pantry would ask its volunteers to load up canned goods and frozen food, and drive it all to a parking lot for lowincome families and those experiencing homelessness to pick up.

“Since they used the volunteers’ personal cars,” the 17yearold says. “they were limited; they couldn’t get enough food out to the people who needed it the most.”

The food pantry wanted a bus to transport the food, but that wish had stayed just that: a wish. Until Jackson decided to devote his Eagle Scout project to making it a reality.

Because of the COVID19 pandemic, his project got delayed, but after two years of working on it and raising $16,000, he transformed an old school bus into a mobile food pantry.

“It’s been able to serve thousands of people so far,” Jackson says. “Because of Scouting and my dream, there were people in my community that were able to be helped.”

For his exceptional efforts, Jackson, a member of Troop 77 in New Port Richey, Fla., received the 2023 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award.

The Adams awards, which include 16 territorial winners and a national winner selected from one of those territorial winners, recognize outstanding Eagle projects completed by young people who earned the Eagle Scout rank in 2022. The national winner receives a $3,500 scholarship, which they can use for their future education or to attend a national or international Scouting event.