Scout Project Benefits Lionville Community YMCA

From left to right, Jackie Fenn, YMCA Chief Operating Officer; Nick Pease, Scott Fonda,
Assistant Scout Master; and Nick’s parents, Diane and James Pease.

Exton, PA — Sixteen-year-old Nick Pease of Exton uses scouting to give back to the community. The Bishop Shanahan High School Junior is working on becoming an Eagle Scout for Exton Troop 65. Pease, along with a group of fellow scouts and friends teamed up to raise money and build four benches for the YMCA’s sports field.

In June, they staged a carwash at the YMCA located on Devon Drive in Exton that netted nearly $250 in seed money for the project. Jim Graham, owner of Outside Insight, an Exton construction company, donated building materials worth $300 and assisted with the planning, design and construction of the benches.

Pease, Graham and 12 other volunteers spent an entire Saturday in July constructing the benches. More than 100 hours of community service were invested in the project.

“The Y needed benches. As a family who uses the YMCA, we thought this would be a great opportunity to give something back,” said, James Pease, Nick’s father and Assistant Scout Master of his troop. The Pease family has been affiliated with the Lionville Community YMCA since Nick was in preschool. He participated in summer day camp, swimming lessons and youth soccer.

The YMCA and the Pease family thank all of the members who supported the car wash and helped Nick execute his plan.

The new benches serve as a reminder of how valuable volunteerism is to the YMCA and the community. The Exton teen is looking forward to getting his Eagle Scout award in the spring of 2007.

Scouting and the YMCA have been community partners since the 1890’s. For more information about service projects or volunteering at the YMCA, contact Mary Ann Quindlen, the Y’s Director of Volunteer Services at 610-363-9622, x2312.

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