Building the pit

Brandan Paradis, Boy Scouts Troop 280, drills a screw into a gaga ball pit with the help of Airman 1st Class Teddy Mukeli, 47th Civil Engineering Squadron, on Laughlin Air Force Base Nov.19. The gaga ball pit, built for the Laughlin Air Force Base Youth Center as an Eagle Scout project, allows children here to play a game similar to dodge ball. (Courtesy photo by Sunshine Burgess)

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Putting it all together

Dalton Burgess, Boy Scouts Troop 280, holds a piece wood in place during the construction of a gaga ball pit on Laughlin Air Force Base Nov.19. The gaga ball pit, built for the Laughlin Air Force Base Youth Center as Burgess' Eagle Scout project, allows children here to play a game similar to dodge ball. (Courtesy photo by Sunshine Burgess)

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Boy Scouts Troop 280

Boy Scouts Troop 280, led by Scoutmaster Katherine Nielander (far left), poses with a completed gaga ball pit on Laughlin Air Force Base Nov.19. The gaga ball pit, built for the Laughlin Air Force Base Youth Center as an Eagle Scout project, allows children here to play a game similar to dodge ball. (Courtesy photo by Sunshine Burgess)

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Boy Scouts build ball pit for Laughlin youth

Published Dec. 2, 2016
By 1st Lt. Isabel Crump
47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Brandan Paradis, Boy Scouts Troop 280, drills a screw into a gaga ball pit with the help of Airman 1st Class Teddy Mukeli, 47th Civil Engineering Squadron, on Laughlin Air Force Base Nov.19. The gaga ball pit, built for the Laughlin Air Force Base Youth Center as an Eagle Scout project, allows children here to play a game similar to dodge ball. (Courtesy photo by Sunshine Burgess)

Building the pit

Putting it all together

Boy Scouts Troop 280