Alex Haslam has set the bar high for his five younger brothers by earning his Eagle Scout award at the young age of 15.

The Santa Clarita native started scouting when he was a Cub Scout at 8 years old, and has learned leadership and life skills that will benefit him in his schooling and future career, as well as being a positive citizen of his community.

“The best thing I’ve learned from scouting is to be responsible and follow up,” Alex said. “It took persistence. Becoming an Eagle Scout was not easy and took way more work that I thought it would.”

The Court of Honor for Troop #497 in Newhall will be held on October 5 at 7 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Peachland Avenue, and the Haslam family is inviting anyone who wishes to attend.

While earning his Personal Management financial merit badge as a young scout, Alex gained the entrepreneurial spirit and started his own business at the age of 11. Together, with his 9-year-old brother Benjamin, they established Furiously Fast Flyers in 2013: a home-to-home flyer delivery service that they accomplish while skating on rollerblades.

Since 2013, they have delivered tens of thousands of flyers throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, and due to large demand, have recruited two more brothers to help with the deliveries.

Alex was also a Bugler for his troop for several years. This skill was developed in the Placerita Junior High Band under the direction of Kathryn Spula.

“I can only say glowing and remarkable things about this impressive young man, so ready and able to achieve,” Spula said. “Alex is a symbol of hard work and leadership.”

Among other accomplishments, Alex earned first chair in the prestigious William S. Hart District Junior High School Honor Band. He is now playing for Hart Regiment and the Hart Jazz Band.

Alex has learned a love of outdoors through his many adventures in scouting. This led him to create his own unique campsite at Castaic Lake for his Eagle project.

For three full Saturdays, Alex had teams of volunteers ride in a boat to the north shore of the lake where there is an abandoned campsite from the 1940s. Under his leadership, the volunteers cut down dead trees, removed brush, restored five tent pads and created a fire pit area, complete with an impressive wood bench made of scraps from the downed trees.

Unfortunately, his campground burned to the ground during the Lake Fire only four months later. The campfire area, including the firepit, are still intact, however.

There is talk about his younger brother, Benjamin, doing his own Eagle project to fix up the decimated area.

“I have thought about my Eagle Project,” said Benjamin, who is a Star Scout (two ranks below Eagle) at age 13. “It would be neat to improve the campsite to make it even better.”

Alex Haslam is expected to talk about his achievements on KHTS AM-1220 on Tuesday, August 29 at 3:40 p.m. Tune in to the station or listen live online!

Ed. Note: The above information was provided to KHTS by Ryan Haslam.