Weeks receives Eagle Scout Award

Caleb Kent Sherrill Weeks, 18, recently received his Eagle Scout Award at a special Court of Honor held on his behalf.

He is the son of Sarah and Jeremy Weeks of Coeur d'Alene, and is in Troop 209 sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Coeur d'Alene 1st Ward.

Weeks' Eagle Project consisted of building 16 garden boxes for St. Vincent de Paul's Transitional Housing. Each box is 4 feet wide, 6 feet long and 24 inches deep. He solicited monetary donations and rounded up donated building materials, soil and gravel from area businesses. This project took 124 man hours to complete and will benefit many who are homeless. He recruited fellow Scouts from Troop 209 along with friends, family and community supporters. Weeks' leaders felt that this was an extremely aggressive undertaking, but he took it on anyway and successfully completed it.

A 2014 graduate from Coeur d'Alene High School, Weeks has taken as many business-oriented classes as he could including finance and accounting classes. He enjoyed being in several professional clubs: DECA, debate, and educational talent search. He works for Safeway Stores and is presently attending North Idaho College.