Ezra Sharon has been scouting since he was just five years old, adopting the values and living by the Scout oath and law.
SAN ANTONIO — SAN ANTONIO- Since he was five years-old, Ezra Sharon has been scouting.
All while adopting the values and living by the Scout oath and law
“I love that when it comes to Scouts, we don’t do anything for just any reason [we] want them all the time to benefit the community,” said Ezra Sharon, Eagle Scout. “Like going up to doing service projects or service work like cleaning up a park.”
So when it came time for his Eagle Scout Project, this 18-year-old with a servants heart decided to give back to those who help some of the smallest and most fragile get their start in the world.
“I was making donation bags for the Methodist Children’s Hospital in the NICU,” said Ezra. “They consisted of things like baby wipes, baby clothes, baby toys, baby blankets.”
Ezra adding, “it’s just to kind of give them a little bit of a leg up on the journey.”
And Ezra can relate. He too got his start in a NICU, born at just 26 weeks and weighing just over one pound.
“Being where I came from and how I started out I was pretty set on this idea that I want this to be my project,” said Ezra.
Ezra collecting donations and putting together over 100 discharge care packages.
His effort not going unnoticed by the NICU nursing staff at Methodist Hospital.
“It truly is like a light and a beacon whenever they’re getting these bags and then they have a story,” Methodist Hospital, NICU Manager, Ali Herrera, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC said. “It gives are families hope and compassion. And knowing that, you know, there are babies out there that are thriving and, doing so much better.”
The bags went quickly, according to the nurse.
But Ezra’s legacy will live on at Methodist Hospital, at Zoe’s Prayer Garden.
The Eagle Scout building a bench by hand as a place for families, or even staff, to grab a moment of peace and solace.
“It feels great knowing that the passion and work and effort I put into my project is being utilized, and that’s being used for a good cause,” Ezra said.
His efforts even reconnecting this nursing staff with their purpose.
“We love our NICU babies. And we especially love when they come back, and they show us the growth and the impact that they’re doing every connects us to our purpose, what we do every single day, it reignites our why and why we do this,” Herrera said. “And it’s truly something special for all of us.”
Like these medical professionals who fight for the tiniest lives, Ezra hopes he can continue to fight the good fight too.
His dream now to go into law enforcement.
“Keep fighting for what you know is right,” Ezra said. “That’s what I have done and that’s what I will continue to do.”