Prince of Peace Votive Catholic Church Sign - St. Augustine, FL - Eagle Scout Project Sites on Waymarking.com

"Prince of Peace Votive Catholic Church has a new sign, thanks to Eagle Scout John Fuller.

Fuller, 18, has been in Boy Scouts of America since he joined Cub Scouts in the first grade. He achieved his Eagle Scout rank after completing specific requirements required by BSA.

"The sign is just one of the requirements. The project needed to help the community in some way," Fuller said.

Fuller said his mom, Paula, had been asked by tourists if Prince of Peace was a church. He figured building the sign would let people know it's a semi-operational church.

Fuller began the project in August 2004 when he got approval from Pastor Tim Lozier and the Eagle Scout council to make the sign for his Eagle Scout project.

In July 2005, he began building the sign.

Fuller received a lot of help from fellow Scouts, Scout leaders, Scout parents and a few businesses that helped fund the project or gave discounted supplies.

Everyone involved put in about 230 hours designing and constructing the sign.

All of the decisions and project plans were Fuller's responsibility. His Scout leaders -- John Bradshaw, Randy Bruner, Matt Anderson, Paul Thomas and Robert Freeman -- were extremely helpful, he said. "They all work with masonry, and they helped me figure out how big or how much to use," Fuller said.

The foundation is concrete with rebar support. The sign is also covered with Minorcan concrete.

"It looks like coquina and matches the church, almost like it's carved out of stone," he said. "It's more of a wall than a sign; it's not going anywhere."

Fuller is waiting for his badge from the project to arrive in the mail. He said the project gave him a lot of leadership experience. "It helped with learning how to organize people."

Fuller's dad, Bryant, said, "I thought it was a tough project that kept him busy."

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