Harrison Tate McKinley Goode Earns Eagle Award
Harrison Tate McKinley Goode is one of 102 scouts to obtain the Eagle Scout honor from Boy Scout Troop 731.
Harrison Tate McKinley Goode is one of 102 scouts to obtain the Eagle Scout honor from Boy Scout Troop 731, Clemmons United Methodist Church. It took eight years, but Goode completed his mission and was recognized Oct. 27.
The final step in the process was his Eagle project, the creation of three mobile teaching boards for Crossnoore Children’s Home. The Western North Carolina Methodists founded the Crossnoore Children’s home in 1909. One of Harrison’s mentors and project coach, Jeff Watts, had a personal connection to the Children’s Home.
Mr. Watts’ grandmother Jesse Hartman Tesh grew up in the Children’s home when it was first created. This provided the passion for Goode to create a project worthy of the distinction of being called an Eagle Scout project.
His Crossnoore champion was Adam Keener and the lessons learned along the way helped push Goode in many life-changing capacities. Goode is a junior at Atkins High School, honors society member, state A Capella choir member, and equestrian academy rider at Cash Lovell Stables.
Harrison will now become a junior scoutmaster at Troop 813 at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and is determined to make an Eagle Scout at this troop before he goes to college in 2020. It is to note that, scouts also account for 85% of all FBI agents, 72% of Rhodes Scholars, 65% of all college graduates, and 26 of the first 29 astronauts.
