{"id":5133,"date":"2020-06-29T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/2020-northeast-region-eagle-project-of-the-year-tiny-house-makes-huge-impact\/"},"modified":"2020-06-29T07:00:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:00:35","slug":"2020-northeast-region-eagle-project-of-the-year-tiny-house-makes-huge-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/2020-northeast-region-eagle-project-of-the-year-tiny-house-makes-huge-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Northeast Region Eagle Project of the Year: \u2018Tiny house\u2019 makes huge impact"},"content":{"rendered":"
For something so small, tiny houses are tough to ignore. There are more than a dozen tiny-house TV shows on cable and streaming, and entire tiny-house communities are popping up in California, Texas, Florida and beyond. It’s kind of a big deal.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, Tim Maron heard a story on NPR about tiny-house communities in the South. Around that same time, the then-Life Scout from Pennsylvania happened to be brainstorming ideas for his Eagle Scout service project.<\/p>\n
“The thought occurred to me that I could create a tiny house in my area for someone in need, just as they had in the South,” he says.<\/p>\n
But he didn’t want to build a house for just anyone. Tim, who has grandfathers, uncles, and cousins who served in the military, wanted to build a tiny house for a veteran.<\/p>\n
“Veterans served our country and were willing to give the ultimate sacrifice, only to return home to homelessness or poverty,” he says. “I felt the house should be created to give back to the veteran community.”<\/p>\n