Joint Gold/Eagle Award Projects

On Sunday, May 1, Mac Hughes (he/they) of Girl Scout Troop 31401 and Aidan Hughes (he/him) of Boy Scout Troop 722 celebrated the achievement of their Gold Award and Eagle Award, respectively, at a joint Court of Honor at the Girl Scout Cabin above the Hayward Plunge at Memorial Park.

For their Gold Award Project, Mac designed and built an information station for the Faith Lutheran Church Food Pantry. This station houses brochures and a touch tablet - the brochures and homepage website both created by Mac - which shares important housing, health, and other resources for those food pantry patrons in need of related information. Mac received their Gold Award on May 28, 2021. This project is the culmination of a 13-year Girl Scout career starting in Kindergarten with Daisy Troop 30102 of Union City, and ending in twelfth grade as an Ambassador in Troop 31401 of Hayward.

For his Eagle Award Project, Aidan led multiple work parties in the construction of six cello racks benefitting Castro Valley High School, Canyon Middle and Creekside Middle School music programs. Aidan passed his Eagle Board of Review on October 20, 2021. His project is the product of a scouting journey starting in the first grade as a Tiger Cub with Pack 822 of Hayward, and continuing as an Eagle Scout with Troop 722 of Castro Valley.

Mac is currently in their first year of a sociology major at City College of San Francisco, and Aidan is in his junior year at Castro Valley High School. Mac and Aidan are the children of proud parents Grant and Kimberly Hughes of Castro Valley.