Kampakis earns Eagle as eighth grader

Carter Kampakis, an eighth grader at Mountain Brook Junior High School, is now one of Troop 320’s youngest Eagle Scouts.

Carter has earned 28 merit badges and his Bronze Palm. He is also a member of the Order of the Arrow. He has served in many leadership positions, some being Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, Librarian, and Quarter Master.

For his Eagle Scout leadership project, he installed a brick walkway at the Alabama’s Veterans Memorial Park. He and volunteers from Troop 320 and other local Boy Scout troops spent the month of August installing and re-enforcing the brick pathway. He is a member of Mountain Brook Jr. High’s Cross Country Team, JV Soccer Team and the SOS council.

Carter is the son of Amy and Harry Kampakis. He is the grandson of the late Sergei Kampakis and Georgia Kampakis of Mountain Brook and Frederick and Susan Johns of Tallahassee, Fla.