Donut Delivery

Big Boy #1 selected his eagle project back in May.  He wanted to build benches for his middle school's athletic field.  The only problem was that building benches takes supplies and supplies cost money.

To earn the money for his project, BB#1 came up with the brilliant idea of having families order donuts and chocolate milk or OJ to be delivered to their homes on a Saturday. (No surprise he thought of donuts and chocolate milk - it's his very favorite Saturday morning treat!)  BB#1 sold the idea by saying that "it's kinda like room service!" 

51 dozen donuts can really fill up the back of a Pilot!  Look how thrilled BB#1 is to be surrounded by such yumminess!

One of BB#1's good friends joined our scout troop last year.  He was kind enough to came early and help organize everything for the big day.  Here you can see them loading up the outside fridge with all the chocolate milk and orange juice.

BB#2 was excited to get in on the action and helped tape little thank you notes to the boxes.

BB#1 spent a lot of time organizing routes and times and then had members of the troop deliver the donuts.  Of course there were a couple hiccups (one house was delivered to three times - twice with the wrong order! A couple other families got their donuts two hours late - oops!)  The good news is that the families all know BB#1 and were trying to support him as he learned what is involved in organizing and leading.  I can totally see how the Scouting program is a great place to learn - within the safety of a network that wants to see you succeed.

As a mother it was very satisfying to see my boy work through all of the details and truly show leadership.  Here is BB#1 explaining the route and donut order to one of the boys (OK, to his dad, while the boy ate a donut...)

Turns out that delivering donuts was quite popular.  Although his goal was to raise enough for two benches, BB#1 made enough money to build SIX benches, with money left over to donate some extra directly to the school.  The fund raiser was  huge success and left me feeling incredibly grateful for the tremendous support from the members of our troop and ward.  But for BB#1?  I'm thinking this was the best part: