South Amboy Boy Scout Troop 91 member Erik J. Kuhn was presented with his Eagle Scout award during a Court of Honor conducted at Camp Dill in Clinton Township on July 16.
Kuhn’s project, “Care Packages for the Homeless,” had volunteers acquire hundreds of everyday items such as soap, socks, deodorant and blankets. Backpacks were made up and taken to Jeremiah’s Refuge Emergency Shelter in Perth Amboy for their residents. Kuhn supplied more than 60 backpacks and several boxes of excess items to replenish them as needed.
The South Amboy resident is a 2017 graduate of Saint John Vianney High School in Holmdel and currently attends Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken.
Troop 91 celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016 and is one of the oldest Boy Scout troops in the nation. Any boy between the ages of 11 and 18 interested in joining can attend a weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday nights at the First Presbyterian Church of South Amboy on Broadway. The troop also supports the activity of Cub Pack 91 for boys ages 6-11, which meets at 6 p.m. Mondays in the same location.