HomeMy Public PortalAbout4/26/2022 Resolution: Proclamation Honoring Deion Howe on Becoming An Eagle ScoutELECTED OFFICIALS:
Mark S. Sideris,
Council President
Watertown City Council
Administration Building
149 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-972-6470
PROCLAMATION HONORING DEION HOWE
ON BECOMING AN EAGLE SCOUT
Vincent J.,Piccirilli,Jr., WHEREAS: Deion Howe, is a member of Troop 30, Watertown, Massachusetts BSA
Vice President & Scouts; and
District C Councilor
John M. Airasian WHEREAS: Deion Howe, after completing all rank requirements and earning 25 merit
Councilor At Large badges and the national outdoor achievement award in Aquatics and Camping, and having
earned the patch for the mile swim, Deion earned the prestigious rank of eagle scout on
Caroline Bays Councilor At Large April 12 >2022; and
John G. Gannon, WHEREAS: The Eagle award will be presented to Deion Howe at the Eagle Scout Court
Councilor At Large of honor ceremony in Watertown on April 30, 2022; and
Anthony Palomba, WHEREAS: Deion joined Watertown's scouting tradition in 2015, joining the Artic
Councilor At Large phoenix Patrol. His first badge was the Swimming merit badge, the first of six water -related
Nicole Gardner, merit badges he's earned; and
District A Councilor
WHEREAS: Deion served as Den Chief to Pack 30, mentoring younger scouts who would
Lisa J. Feltner, eventually join him in Troop 30. He served briefly as quartermaster, and then assistant
District B Councilor senior patrol leader, and was elected Senior Patrol leader of the whole troop, a position he
Emily Izzo, holds today; and
District D Councilor
WHEREAS: Deion served in numerous Scouting for Food drives supporting the
Watertown Food Pantry, he was inspired to become a regular volunteer even outside scout
service hours. In 2021 he led the troop through two food drives, collecting a combined 5
tons of food for the Watertown Food Pantry; and
WHEREAS: As a Life Scout, Deion worked with his school, the Walker Beacon School,
to create the "Beacon Chill Space," a paved and furnished patio that allows students at his
special needs.school to have a place to relax outside. He completed this project by involving
six scouts from his troop and one cub scout, showing them how to complete their own
Eagle projects in the future.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Watertown hereby
congratulates
DEION HOWE ON BECOMING AN EAGLE SCOUT.
IN WITNESS HEREOF,
I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of t4th
City of Watertown to be
affi�d ontthis day of April 2022
Mark S. Sideris, City Council President