Hewlett High School senior Ramiel Jeacoma earned his Eagle Scout award by repurposing an old postal mailbox from 1966 into a flag drop and installing it outside Trinity-St. John’s Church, in Hewlett.
Jeacoma has been a member of Troop 20 in the Five Towns, led by Scoutmaster Eugene Corless, for 11 years.
He officially received his court of honor on Nov. 16 at Trinity-St. John’s Church with a special ceremony followed by a dinner reception.
For his Eagle Scout project, Jeacoma knew he wanted to do something with an old mailbox he received from a former United States Postal Service employee. The box was donated to him in hopes he would use it for his Eagle Scout project.
“I was donated an old mailbox from 1966, and I wanted to repurpose it into a flag drop where people can retire their flags — so that people could collect them and retire them respectfully by either burying, dedicating it to someone or burning it,” Jeacoma explained.
Jeacoma was awarded the Eagle Scout rank by a Board of Review on June 26.
