A legacy of leadership for four siblings Eagle Scouts
Danyelle Burke North
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – When four siblings become Eagle Scouts, you know it’s no ordinary family. It’s a legacy of leadership for a local family with four siblings and four Eagle Scouts.
“It’s the first time Yuma has had four scouts at one quart of honor with the Eagle Award,” said Eagle Scout Erin Little.
Local high school senior and oldest son Michael Goodwill partnered with the “Stop the Bleed” program for his Eagle Scout project. It’s an initiative teaching students and teachers how to use a tourniquet to stop life-threatening bleeding.
“We held a big assembly in the gym at Kofa, and about 400-500 kids showed up to take the training,” said Goodwill.
The district has since expanded the program to all its high schools. During most of his winter break, Goodwill also helped organize dozens of school safety buckets for his project which ares used in cases of emergencies.
Erin Little, his older sister, also making a local difference not only as Yuma’s second female eagle scout but also the recipient of the girl scout Gold Award and the first young woman West of the Mississippi to earn dual honors.
“My Gold Award started as just some idea to help make fidget pads, blankets, basically, for people with Alzheimer’s disease,” said Little.
She reached out to the community for a Sew-athon event.
“80 people showed up. We got I think 40 plus blankets done that day. For the ones that weren’t completely done, I finished up later and donated,” said Little.
Little also helped reorganize and clean out the storage closet at a local church as part of her Eagle Scout project.
All four siblings were recognized together at their joint Eagle Scout Court of Honor.
With their parents being long-time scouting volunteers their dad shares how proud he is of all of them.
“We’re at a lot of pride with that because I mean there’s a lot of work. It takes several years to get to that point and to complete the project. It’s a wonderful thing,” said father Gary Goodwill.