While Newton Senior High School student Sean Healy’s downtown community garden was completed with the help of the Jasper County Conservation Board back in April, it was just recently that he received the accolades that prompted the project in the first place. 

Healy was formally honored as an Eagle Scout by Troop 354 at a Court of Honor last month, becoming the third of three brothers to earn the distinction. While Sean’s brothers Tom and Mike — who earned their Eagle badges in 2002 and 2006, respectively — influenced Sean’s drive to attain the highest rank bestowed upon a scout, he explained that his determination was personal as well.

“I always knew that I would try my hardest to get my Eagle,” Healy said. “I certainly looked up to my brothers, but it was always a goal of mine as well.”