Eagle Scout's project honors foster brother

Article and photos submitted by Adam and Austin Buchanen

Austin Buchanen, Shorewood Senior and now Eagle Scout, from Shoreline troop 325, decided that he wanted to do an Eagle scout project that would honor a young foster child who lived with his family for four years. Dwayne N. lived with the Buchanens and became part of their family before being adopted last year and moving to the east coast. 

DSHS in Everett has a number of rooms where parents have supervised visits with their children.  The walls were painted in some of the rooms, but the whole place needed an update.

So last summer, Austin measured the walls, did a scale-size mock up of the proposed murals, got approvals from the building owner, and started painting in August with other scouts from Troop 325.

He put the last stroke on the walls on November 5, 2012. The staff at DSHS were very appreciative for the mural and to the scouts who helped paint over a number of days to get the project completed.

More information about Troop 325.