TORNADO VICTIM: Day Of Service To Be Held

Posted on: 7:26 pm, February 23, 2013, by Staff Writer, updated on: 07:21pm, February 23, 2013

The community of Eagle Grove is giving back on Sunday to honor a victim of a deadly tornado.

Aaron Eilerts and three other boy scouts were killed in a tornado in June of 2008.

The tornado hit a boy scout camp in Harrison County. Shortly after, then-governor Chet Culver declared February 24th to be Aaron Eilerts Day of Service.

A number of activates are planned including creating pillow cases that will be donated to area hospitals. Eilerts was working on a similar project when he was killed.

The community is also hosting a food drive for Haiti.