Nathan Smith, a member of the Boy Scouts of America, headed up the convergence of several organizations to meet the needs of the community for his Eagle Scout project.

Smith, a freshman at Highland Park High School, along with other members of Troop 70, gave the meditation garden at Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) a spring sprucing and facelift last Saturday in preparation for tending by the teammates of Connecting Point of Park Cities (CPPC).

“Nathan's grandfather, Tie Davis, who passed away in 2010, was an Eagle Scout with Troop 70 in 1944. It means a lot to Nathan to follow in his grandfather's footsteps to earn his Eagle rank with Troop 70,” Smith’s mother, Madeleine Smith, said.

CPPC is a nonprofit day habilitation program for adults with disabilities. It opened its door on June 24, 2014 in the educational building of Central Christian Church located at 4711 Westside Dr.

The participants in the habilitation program, known as “teammates,” spend their days learning life skills such as current events, telling time and preparing simple meals to enable them to live an independent life.

Thanks to Smith and Troop 70, the teammates now have a garden to grow and tend.

The Scouts installed a raised garden and with the help of the teammates, they planted carrots, lettuce and other vegetables. The teammates will tend the garden, watch it grow and eventually reap its harvest.

Troop 70 also turned a large bed, lining an atrium of floor to ceiling windows of the church, into a butterfly garden, planting both host and nectar herbs.

The project allows Smith to earn his Eagle Scout rank, the Connecting Point teammates to learn a new life skill and members of Central to meditate and look out upon a beautiful garden.

It was a winning situation for everyone involved.

The community is invited to a dedication ceremony on March 24, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. in the Meditation Garden.

Central is a church that reaches out to the community, offering its members many volunteer opportunities. Besides Connecting Point of Park Cities, it is home to a community dog park and is currently used by a YMCA gymnastic class and The Dallas Summer Musicals drama workshop. The congregation is warm and welcoming. Sunday worship is at 11 a.m.

For upcoming events and Holy Week worship visit www.cccdt.org and click on Facebook.