Troop 1 Seekonk Eagle Scouts Celebrated

Troop 1 Seekonk is proud to announce 5 Scouts who have recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting America's highest honor – Alexander Gries, Jake Conceicao, Matthew Cabral, James Clark and Maxwell Duffy.
To achieve this distinguished milestone, each Scout completed a rigorous set of requirements, including a significant community service project, demonstrating leadership, perseverance, and dedication. Below the Eagle Scouts have reflected on their projects and their time in Scouting.

ALEXANDER GRIES
Alex’s Eagle Project was building boundary fences for Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary. He always liked animals and Winslow’s goal of saving and protecting injured and abandoned animals really resonated with Alex. He first visited Winslow as part of a Cub Scout outing and then volunteered for them a few times before deciding to also do his eagle project there. One side to the sanctuary’s fencing was falling apart so he not only fixed up the old fence that was there, but also helped to put in a new fence to keep the animals safe.
Alex started his journey as a tiger in Pack 88 Rumford and worked his way up into Boy Scouts where he earned 40 merit badges. Alex is also a brotherhood member in the Order of the Arrow, and acted as the representative for the OA within the troop for a while. Throughout his time in scouting Alex volunteered 160 hours, and camped over 100 nights. Some of his favorite trips were the bike trips, white-water rafting, and mountain hikes, his favorite trip ever though was the week they got to spend in the Florida Keys.
He just graduated from Tri-county RVTHS and in the fall will be attending Champlain College in Burlington, VT for Game Art.


JAKE CONCEICAO
Jake’s Eagle Project was the construction of 3 mobile carts for a local camp, named Kamp Konk. He has been going there since he was in 1st grade. These carts are for helping the local camp transport their equipment for certain classes to where they need to be.
Jake has earned 31 Merit Badges and has also earned Brotherhood within the Order of the Arrow. Jake attended NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training). He joined Cub Scouts Pack 88 Rumford as a tiger, and attended for all 5 years.
Jake’s favorite trips to go on were the white-water rafting trips in the summer as well as going to Yawgoog for a week. Jake had the opportunity to go on a high adventure trip to Key West Florida, also known as Sea Base. This was one of the best trips he has ever been on. He was able to do something that he enjoyed all day long, fish.
He graduated from Seekonk High school in May, and will be attending Dean College in Franklin, MA this fall as a Business Management student.

MATTHEW CABRAL
After 11 years of scouting between Pack 88 and Troop 1, Matt Cabral reached the rank of Eagle in January 2025. During his scouting career, Matt participated in countless food drives, six years at Camp Yawgoog, completed over 30 merit badges, and even stayed on an abandoned island in the southernmost part of the United States in the Florida Keys.
Matt chose to complete his Eagle Project at the American Legion in East Providence where he replaced a fence, built new horseshoe pits, beautification of the area and adding benches for the veterans to enjoy the outdoors.
While in scouting, Matt learned many life lessons that would not be available to him without his experiences in scouting, along with growing close with his peers both in the Troop, and the Order of the Arrow.
Matt graduated from Saint Raphael Academy in June, and will be attending Eastern Connecticut State University where he will be majoring in nursing along with being on their swim team.


JAMES CLARK
James’ Eagle Scout Project provided storage for a local community theatre company, East End Theatre and Performing Arts. This theater company inspired him to pursue his career and fills a need for the surrounding towns by creating a supportive culture and providing inexpensive dramatic arts to people who might otherwise never have the opportunity to perform. The project involved building a unit that stored 16 heavy-duty crates and a ceiling-height hanging clothes closet. Supplies for the project were donated from community members’ basements and attics and gifted by a local hardware store. The project required three sessions with 12 total scouts
to clear and organize the costumes, make, and finally install the units.
James first started scouts with Cub Scouts in Pack 88, with the encouragement and support of his stepfather. He earned 23 merit badges during his time as a Scout. His two favorite badge experiences were the astronomy merit badge and the chess merit badge. James’ favorite scout activity has always been the campouts. He particularly loved the Highland Games, where activities like building a bagpipe and sheep toss provided a space for the scouts to grow closer.
In school, James graduated as a member of the National Honors Society, Drama Club, Model UN, and as a varsity runner for the schools’ Cross Country and Outdoor Track and
Field teams. James will be pursuing a Musical Theatre BFA at Molloy University/CAP21 on Long Island and New York City.

MAXWELL DUFFY
Max’s Eagle Scout project was the creation of 8 bog bridges along the perimeter trail of Caratunk Wildlife Refuge. The bridges help with accessibility throughout the trails especially during the wet season where it is harder to walk throughout parts of the trail. The bridge consisted of cutting and bringing wood deep into the refuge, where frames were constructed and placed and finally the top planks to finish off the bridges and took 2 days to complete.
During Max’s time with the troop he has completed 29 merit badges, earning his bronze palm, he has earned 2 National Rifle Association awards, he has done over 80 hours of community service and has camped over 30 nights, most of which at Camp Yawgoog. He was also previously a Cub Scout with Pack 88, starting out as a tiger all the way to Arrow of Light where he eventually crossed over to Troop 1 Seekonk.
Max is going into his senior year at Seekonk High School with dedication and concentration to STEM classes and activities earning him a STEM certificate. After high school Max plans to attend college and major in computer engineering.

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