Cortlandt Carter, 18, has been a member of Boy Scout Troop 175
since moving to Simsbury, CT, in 2001, and serves currently as a
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. His record of leadership includes
serving as Senior Patrol Leader from June 2007 – June 2008, being
elected by his peers as the Crew Chief for the Philmont Scout Ranch
Expedition in July 2007, and being a founding member of the Immortals
High Adventure Group.
An avid traveler, Cort was among the seven scouts from Troop 175
who participated in a 16-day expedition to the Amazon jungle of
Peru during the summer of 2008. In addition to jungle camping, the
group assisted a noted primatologist in tracking and counting various
primate species. He has also traveled extensively through Greece,
Italy, Great Britain and Scotland.
His community service activities in addition to scouting include
serving as an assistant coach for boys and girls basketball at St. Mary’s
School. His sports interests in addition to basketball include football
and baseball. A graduating senior at Northwest Catholic High School,
Cort intends to attend Franklin Pierce University in the Fall, where he
plans to study business and psychology.
Cortlandt recently completed a community service project meant to
promote recycling. Cort spearheaded an effort that included 44
fellow scouts and parents to raise funds and construct eight recycling
containers for the town of Simsbury. Funds were raised through a
car wash held at St. Mary’s School in mid-March, and construction
and placement of the recycling containers was completed on April
19. Instrumental in completing the project was Troop 175 Assistant
Scoutmaster Peter Adamowicz. Upon completion, Cort appeared
before the Simsbury Board of Selectmen as well as the town’s Culture,
Parks and Recreation Commission, to explain the project and how it
fits with recent environmental efforts launched in Simsbury.
I would like to thank Mr. Adamowicz for all of his help and patience.
My project could not have gotten done without his help. Thank you
to Mr. Toner for his enthusiasm and for helping this project along as
quickly as he could. To the Duffs for supporting me especially with
the write-up and always making sure I kept moving – never at a stand
still. Thanks to all of the scouts and scoutmasters who helped get the
work done, I couldn’t have done it without their help. To my mom
who gave me this great idea, and a thank you to my dad who always
made sure I was doing the right thing.
