Jack Ferguson earns Eagle rank

Jack Ferguson of Troop 63 at Canterbury United Methodist Church recently earned the highest rank in Boy Scouts, the Eagle Scout. In addition to Eagle, Ferguson also completed the requirements for the Bonze Palm by participating in the troop six more months and earning 5ive additional Merit Badges.

As a member of the troop, Ferguson was elected to the Order of the Arrow Scouting Honor Society. He held the positions of librarian, historian and assistant patrol leader. Ferguson also earned the Triple Crown Award by attending three Boy Scout High Adventure camps: Northern Tier, where he canoed the boundary waters between Minnesota and Canada; Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, where he backpacked more than 75 miles; and Seabase in the Florida Keys, which he attended after being certified in scuba diving. 

Ferguson’s Eagle Service Project involved designing and overseeing the construction of an outdoor classroom for Girl’s Inc., a non-profit organization that provides after-school classes and enrichment activities for school-aged girls in the community.

Ferguson is a senior at Mountain Brook High School, where he is a member of the National Honor Society and the Latin Honor Society. He attends St. Peter’s Anglican Church, where he is an active member of the youth group. He is also active in Young Life and served in its Work Crew program at Crooked Creek Ranch in Colorado this past summer.

He is the son of Tod and Ashley Ferguson and the grandson of Robert and Suzanne Parsons of Mountain Brook and Dale and Diane Ferguson of Auckland, New Zealand.