Congratulations to Brahma senior Jackie Chen for earning the rank of Eagle in Scouts, BSA, Tuesday, December 3, 2024. He is a member of Troop 730 in Diamond Bar. The rank of Eagle Scout is the highest rank that can be achieved after several years of learning skills, performing service and showing leadership.

Jackie’s Eagle project titled “Project Wellness” partnered with City of Hope (a nonprofit, cancer based research hospital) to fundraise money through bakery sales to create Wellness Bags (comfort kits) for cancer patients. Each item was considered carefully through advice from cancer survivors and the medical staff at City of Hope.

Jackie’s project was his message of encouraging current cancer patients to keep believing in themselves as they continue their fight against cancer, just like his grandfather had, who passed away from cancer when Jackie entered high school.

Jackie’s donation of 120 Wellness Bags to City of Hope also represented his way of saying thank you to City of Hope for their unwavering confidence while his grandfather was undergoing treatment.