Over the past year, a Merrimack Girl Scout, Amy Campbell, has been working towards completing her Gold Award project at Benson Park. For her project, she chose to restore a crumbling retaining wall near Moose Pond and Swan Lake.
Amy had been made aware of the project through her church in Nashua, where a fellow parishioner informed her of the opportunity and that the wall had deteriorated over time. She saw the project as good way to help improve the look of the park while achieving her final badge of career with the girl scouts.
Amy is a senior at Merrimack High School and started the project back in July of 2024. She gathered information on rock wall building and researched ways to restore the wall. Construction began in June and July of this year.
She plans to be finished with the wall by Oct. 10. The Gold Award requires scouts to work a minimum of 80-hours on the project, which Amy has very nearly surpassed at this point.
Amy has been helped by her parents and her sister, Nora, who has assisted with laying the stone and cementing.
Photos by Chris Paul