Ben’s Eagle Project

A useful piece. A shared effort.

For Ben’s Eagle project, SHB contributed shop space, time and hands-on help to build a flag-retirement collection box. The finished piece gives the community a place to leave worn flags with respect.

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Ryan and a Scout stand beside the finished wooden flag-retirement box in the SHB workshop. — From a shared build to a finished piece ready to serve the community.

Purpose: Flag retirement box for an Eagle Scout project
Scout: Ben Schultz, Troop 7 in Godfrey

Make room for someone to build

The shop photographs follow the design discussion, the material and the people working around it. SHB donated time, tools and shop space, helping source hardwoods, develop the design, engrave the box and bring the parts together.

Ben was approaching his eighteenth birthday and the deadline for earning Eagle. The project was completed just before that milestone. The work offered both a useful community piece and a chance to see a substantial idea through.

A small group gathered in the workshop during the flag-retirement box project. — A shared project, with room for the next generation to take part.

Ben, Ryan and another adult gather around a laptop and notes at a workshop table during the flag-retirement project. — Working through the design together before the box takes shape.

Ben and Ryan beside wood panels and clamps laid out on the workshop bench. — Planning the build with the material in front of them.

Two people working together around the wooden flag-retirement box in the shop. — Shop space and hands-on help for a Scout’s flag-retirement project.

Let the purpose be clear

The engraved lid explains how to deposit a flag and identifies Ben’s contribution through Troop 7 in Godfrey. A carved flag across the front carries that purpose into the form of the box.