Brandon Neilson with his parents Alan and Jamie Neilson at the Annual BoyScout Recognition Dinner
Brandon received the Boy Scout Medal of Honor for Heroism
Picture courtesy of Alan Neilson
Karen Lake
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Media Director: Santa Margarita Stake
http://www.mormons.org
By Karen Lake: 214 words
Eagle Scout, Brandon Neilson, received the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Honor
Medal for Heroism at the annual BSA recognition dinner on Wednesday, March
13, 2013 at the Garden Grove Crown Plaza Hotel. Many local Boy Scout
leaders from his troop, sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints (LDS), attended the ceremony. Pat Brokaw, an LDS boy
scout leader said, “The Boy Scout program has been a great way to train our
youth to have the character and skills they need so they are ready to serve
and help those around them.”
Brandon’s family lives in Rancho Santa Margarita and one day in December
2011 his mother asked him to pick up his sister at volleyball practice at
Santa Margarita Catholic High School. When he was walking to pick up his
sister, he heard someone yelling in the distance. He followed the sound of
the distressed voice and found the high school custodian at the bottom of
the pool. As a trained eagle scout, he just jumped in to the pool to bring
the man to the surface and then out of the water to successfully save his
life. Jose Luis Mendoza, a father of four, did not know how to swim and was
grateful Brandon heard his cry for help.
Karen Lake lives with her family in Portola Hills and is the Media Director
for the Santa Margarita Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
Photography
http://www.karenlake.com/press/BSAhero/
1. Brandon.with.parents – high resolution
Brandon Neilson with his parents Alan and Jamie Neilson at the Annual Boy
Scout Recognition Dinner. Brandon received the Boy Scout Medal of Honor for
Heroism. Picture courtesy of Alan Neilson
2. Getting.award
Brandon Neilson receives Medal of Honor for Heroism from the Boy Scouts of
America. Picture courtesy of Rachel Cueva of the Orange County Boy Scouts
of America
3. Brandon.Neilson
Brandon Neilson wearing his official Boy Scout uniform with his many badges
and honors at the recognition dinner. Picture courtesy of Rachel Cueva of
the Orange County Boy Scouts of America
Eagle Scout, Brandon Neilson, received the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Honor Medal for Heroism at the annual BSA recognition dinner on Wednesday, March13, 2013 at the Garden Grove Crown Plaza Hotel.
Many local Boy Scoutleaders from his troop, sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints (LDS), attended the ceremony.
Pat Brokaw, an LDS boy scout leader said, “The Boy Scout program has been a great way to train our youth to have the character and skills they need so they are ready to serve and help those around them.”
Brandon’s family lives in Rancho Santa Margarita and one day in December 2011 his mother asked him to pick up his sister at volleyball practice at Santa Margarita Catholic High School.
When he was walking to pick up his sister, he heard someone yelling in the distance. He followed the sound ofthe distressed voice and found the high school custodian at the bottom of the pool.
As a trained eagle scout, he just jumped in to the pool to bring the man to the surface and then out of the water to successfully save his life. Jose Luis Mendoza, a father of four, did not know how to swim and was grateful Brandon heard his cry for help.
Brandon Neilson receives Medal of Honor for Heroism from the Boy Scouts ofAmerica
Picture courtesy of Rachel Cueva of the Orange County Boy Scouts of America
Karen Lake
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Media Director: Santa Margarita Stake
http://www.mormons.org
