By AJ
A North Carolina teen used his Eagle Scout project to save his local fire department.
Will Wooten was on his way to reaching the highest rank in the Boy Scouts organization and all that stood between him and the goal was his service project.
It needed to be something that would make an impact in his community and when he found out the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department was struggling, he decided to help. They were in desperate need of new turnout suits, the protective suits firefighters wear in the field.
Will started fundraising, with a car wash and selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts. His goal was to bring in $25-hundred, but he smashed that and raised over $22,000! That was enough for the department to buy new turnout suits for every firefighter on staff.
"He has been a mentor to so many. He is such a light, a shining light, to everybody he's around," said Lane. "We congratulate you Derrick. We know the sky's the limit for you."
"I told them both I loved them, because I wasn't sure what was going to happen. And I tried to stick with her as long as I could and both of them, really. I wore myself out. And she drifted away from me," he said.