RHS alumni returns to complete Eagle Scout badge

Riverhead High School alumni Anthony Mammina of Boy Scout Troop 204 in Miller Place recently finished his project for his Eagle Scout badge, the highest honor that a Boy Scout can achieve. 

Three things are necessary to be awarded the Eagle rank. The first is a thorough knowledge of the scout manual and completion of the required achievements; the second, living the scout oath and law to prove leadership ability and the third, character. Anthony has all three in abundance.

As a student at Riverhead High School, Anthony helped lead the recycling effort at RHS. This year, teachers Tim Paige and Jill Tapper worked with students in a recycling program that recycled 16,257 units. Next year, they are hoping to expand the program to both the Middle School and the Pulaski Street School and recycle 20,000 units. Anthony’s Eagle Scout project should help increase the number of units recycled at the high school.  It involved the construction of four wooden recycling bins for various athletic fields on the Riverhead High School campus.

As a Cadet in the NJROTC Unit at RHS, Anthony was awarded a Meritorious Achievement Award, the highest award a cadet can receive, for a selfless act.

While running the 5K run at the Suffolk County Coaches Invitational, a cross country meet, Cadet Mammina came upon a fellow runner from another school who had suffered an asthma attack on the trail and was unconscious. Although other competitors continued to run past the fallen competitor, Anthony’s first instinct was to stop and help. Anthony remembered his training from Boy Scouts. He administered basic first aid training that he learned while earning his First Aid and Life Saving Merit Badges. He credits Boy Scouts with helping him save this young man’s life.

Source: Press release issued by Riverhead Central School District, June 24.