Tim McBirney of Menlo Park recently led a project to build two picnic tables, put down fresh mulch and do a general cleanup at Seminary Oaks Park, located at 299 Santa Monica Ave. in Menlo Park.
The community service project was part of Tim’s effort to reach the rank of Eagle Scout.
His friends and family helped with the project, said Tim, who has been a Boy Scout since the fifth grade and is a member of Troop 206, which meets at Trinity Church in Menlo Park. The tables were made from lumber that was recycled from a large redwood cut down at the Menlo Park Civic Center about a year ago.
A recent graduate of The Kings Academy, a private high school in Sunnyvale, Tim plans to attend the University of California at Santa Barbara this fall to study communications. He is the son of Scott and Lisa McBirney of Menlo Park.
The project appealed to him, Tim said, because “it was local and gave directly back to the community I grew up in.”
