When Randall Singhas, a Boy Scout with Richmond Hill Troop 333, approached the Coastal Electric Cooperative operations staff about helping with his Eagle Scout project this summer, we said yes right off the bat.
Singhas wanted to install new bat boxes along the main causeway at Fort McAllister State Park, replacing older ones installed in 2008 as an Eagle Scout project by Jason Moose of Richmond Hill. (Line Supervisor Clint W Linemen lend a hand for Eagle Scout project, sustainable bat population Durrence actually helped with the 2008 project, as well as Singhas’ project in June 2023).
Singhas and fellow Scouts researched and built the bat boxes themselves, opting for a slimmer design than the older boxes.
“I was looking for a project that was simple but also sustainable, and a bat box is going to be that,” he says. “Bats eat mosquitos at the campground, so that makes it a better environment for paying customers here. I’ve been coming to Fort McAllister ever since I’ve lived here for 17 years, so it’s nice to do something to help them.”
Thanks to Linemen Josh Cowart, Slade Walker, Eric Wells, Hunter Hawkins and Clint Durrence for assisting with the project!
As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, we do so much more than provide electricity. We exist to meet the needs of local people and make our community a better place to live.
