Junkyard Doggs & Eagle Scout Troop 750

Winder-Barrow High School Senior Hamilton McElhannon founded Junkyard Doggs in 2021 after he saw a need for students to earn service hours on campus as well as a need to clean our community. Club sponsor Laurie Allen says, “It has been fantastic to see our students take an interest in keeping the school community cleaner.”

Hamilton is also a part of Scout Troop 750 made up of 25 boys. Their troop has five scouts who completed their Eagle Scout project and three who are completing their Eagle Scout projects. Eagle Scout is the highest rank a young person can reach in Scouting. In fact, only around 5% of all scouts who join ever reach the Eagle rank. By the end of the school year, Troop 750 will have eight Eagle Scouts, currently all Winder-Barrow High School students.

Each Scout is making a difference in our community with service projects. Take a look!

Completed Projects:

• Adam West, 12th grade - Built benches, planters, and an outside storage shed for tools and equipment at Magnolia Estates of Winder, Assisted Living Care
• Jacob Smith, 12th grade - Cleared and marked cross country trails for WBHS meets and built a podium for athletes to receive awards
• Connor Patterson, 12th grade - Worked with Adventure Bags on a Community Supply Drive, added industrialized shelving, and completed Inventory Modernization Training
• Ryan West, 10th grade - Built benches, trail signs, fire pit, and planted trees at First Christian Church of Winder
• David Koss, 12th grade - Created and built an outside reading area with benches for children's story time at Winder Library

In Progress:

• Hamilton McElhannon, 12th grade - Cleaned up the Kennedy Elementary outdoor classroom, built a new trail, and replaced steps
• Danny Smith, 12th grade - Playground update for St. Matthew Catholic Church
• Jacob Yother, 12th grade - Built FFA Signage for the Highway 81 and Hwy 53 FFA Farms

Thank you to Troop 750 and their Scout Master Brad Smith and Committee Chair Andy Yother.