Livingston Boy Scout Troop 12 member Maxwell Miller has recently earned the honor of Eagle Scout, which is the highest rank that the Boys Scouts of America offers. He celebrated his Eagle Court of Honor on Saturday, December 16. He is the son of Peter and Kelley Miller of Livingston.
He began his journey to Eagle as a Pack 16 Bear Scout in 2014. After completing the Boy Scout ranks, Miller was awarded the Arrow of Light and bridged over to Troop 12 in 2017. When he earned his first class rank, Miller became a troop guide; which he actively remains today.
Miller was trained at the Junior Leader Training Course at Camp NoBeBoSco, and has earned a total of 22 merit badges.
He is also active in his Troop, hiking multiple trails with his fellow Troop members; his favorite being the Victory Trail hike. Miller also has camped at Yawgoog Scout Summer Camp in Rhode Island on numerous occasions. He has earned over 150 service hours in Troop 12, and is continuing to earn more in his scouting career.
Miller has participated in several townwide camp-outs and clean-ups, such as raking leaves and shoveling snow at St. Peter’s church; attending the September 11 memorial ceremonies at the Memorial Park Gazebo; attending the July 4 ceremonies at Haines Pool; participating in Scout skills events at Burnet Hill School; and more. He has also helped many of his fellow Scouts with their Eagle projects, such as the African Library Proj ect and Veterans ’Archive Proj ect in Washington, D.C.
Activities he has done outside of Livingston include white water rafting at Hickory Run State Park in Pennsylvania; shotgun shooting at Thunder Mountain; camping at Mount Allamuchy; representing Troop 12 at the Klondike Derby; and much more.
For his Eagle Scout project, Miller worked with the Covenant House in Newark to promote awareness of, and support for, young adult victims of homelessness and human trafficking.
He helped organize and participated in an overnight sleep-out event on the streets of Newark to help raise awareness for victims of homelessness and human trafficking. Miller brought along many of his Troop 12 peers to participate with him.
He also collected a truckload of non-perishable food items, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and clothing items donated from Troop 12 to be sent directly to facilities helping young adults in need.
The project took Miller many months to complete, involving his making multiple trips to Newark; sending emails back and forth; organizing Zoom calls; putting ads in the town paper to raise awareness for the sleep-out event; and collecting donations.
Along with Scouting, Miller was on the Livingston High School football team for four years, and was selected as a varsity player in his sophomore year. He recently received the 2023 Super Football Conference Steve DiGregorioYoung Man of the Year Award for his dedicated service to his school and community. He was recognized by the New York Jets for this award, at their Sunday, December 10 football game against the Houston Texans.
Miller is also an active member of the high school’s bowling team, and a member of the Future Business Leaders of America; the Livingston High School Equity Team; the National Honor Society; the National English Honor Society; the Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society; and Business Honor Society.
Miller is currently a senior at Livingston High School and plans to study media and audio engineering, music technology, and business in college.
