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KM Life Enrichment Center gets a boost from Eagle Scout Wade Hendrick By Alan Hodge Eagle Scout projects are a diverse thing. Most of them involve outdoors endeavors such as building benches in parks, ramps to the doors of folks with mobility issues, landscaping at churches and public buildings, that sort of thing. Then we have the work of 15-year-old Eagle Scout Wade Hendrick of Troop 92 in Kings Mountain. When Hendrick, a 10th grade student at Kings Mountain High and the son of Kelly and Leslie Hendrick, began mulling what he could do for his Eagle project he decided to take a different track by going the indoor route and constructing storage units as well as a nice food prep table for the Kings Mountain Life Enrichment Center. “I was looking for a project maybe at the library or a school, and Allan Propst who is a pharmacist at Mountain St. Pharmacy suggested the Life Enrichment Center,” Wade said. “He has been a proponent of the Center for years.” Taking the cue, Wade met with Center coordinator Tina Mauney and executive director Toni Camp who explained the need for dressing room shelving and a food prepara-
The Center is located at 222 Kings Mountain Blvd. (Photo by Alan Hodge)
Wade Hendrick and Kings Mtn. Life Enrichment Center coordinator Tina Mauney with the shelving he created for his Eagle Scout project.(Photo by Alan Hodge)
tion table. “I began making the pieces with the help of my grandfather Don Phifer who used to be a cabinetmaker,” Wade said. “I also had help from my uncle Trent Hagans. It took five weeks from start to finish.” Wade’s Scouting colleagues Aidan Hawkins and Elijah Propst also lent a hand. Funds for the project materials came from individual donations and discounts from Cleveland Lumber. Workmanship on the cabi-
Wade and his grandfather Don Phifer working on the project.
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Wade and fellow Scouts Elijah Propst (center), and Aidan Hawkins (right) move the cabinet main frame into the Center. (Photos provided)
organize and lead the project. Second, it should serve the community. Third, it should leave a lasting legacy. Wade Hendrick’s project accomplishes all three of these. The project will have a direct positive impact on the lives of the residents of the Life Enrichment Center. Wade is an exemThe food prep table that Wade built. plary Scout, student, and member of the Finally, Wade rightfully took Kings Mountain community. a project victory lap. He represents the best of our “The project gave me a sense youth and scouting.” See LEC, Page 2 Like Us On
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nets and the table is amazing. The pieces are done in a birchlike finish in a Scandinavian style that’s light in color and elegant in simplicity. The cabinets have sixteen compartments, and the table is sturdy and spacious. Mauney praised the project. “It will be very beneficial to the staff and our participants,” she said. “It makes the staff jobs easier and reduces the struggle to organize supplies. Before, the supplies were just piled in a storage room.” Donna Tesner, community liaison coordinator for the Center, gave a nod to Hendrick and the local Scout program. “We have had a great relationship with the Scouts,” she said. “It’s a good thing to have the younger generation see what we do at the Center.” Wade’s dad cast his vote of approval for the project. “I give it two thumbs up,” he said enthusiastically. Troop 92 Scoutmaster John Kaiser had this to say about Wade and the project. “An Eagle Scout project should do three things. First, it should require the Scout to
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