CHICORA — Some boys seem destined to be Eagle Scouts from the moment they tie their first knot to the next in which they stand triumphantly in front of a board of review awaiting approval.

One Chicora family has three boys who have all reached the pinnacle of scouting, becoming Eagle Scouts.

Dillon Harvey, 16, a Butler High School junior, earned his Eagle honors Jan. 27 and is the latest brother to achieve the rank. Shane Harvey, 18, earned his Eagle in September 2013, and Connor Harvey, 20, earned the rank in July 2012.

The boys are the sons of Cheryl (VanDyke) Harvey and Keith Harvey, both of Chicora.

To accomplish this goal, Dillon followed a direction similar to Shane’s. Dillon spent more than 428 hours on his capstone project, building a 380-foot sensory trail for the Elliott Acres Therapeutic Riding Center in Chicora.

He installed 10 sensory stations, which provide riders with physical, mental or emotional challenges through the use of props, such as tires, ropes and wires, while enjoying the freedom of horseback riding.

To complement the trail and with the aid of many local businesses, friends and family, Dillon also added a 1,300-foot electric fence to enclose a new pasture for the therapy horses. Dillon’s project manager was his mother’s fiancé, Alan Campbell, who also was manager for the older brothers’ projects.

The center is a nonprofit organization that works solely on the effort of volunteers. Dillon said the center was close to home.

He said, “Elliott Acres always has a project that needs completed, big and small, and they would like to be able to get enough donations to build an indoor arena so they could help people with disabilities all year round.”

He took on a smaller project.

“I felt the sensory trail was something that was definitely needed and that the disabled riders could have fun while having therapy,” Dillon said.

He said all the materials were donated by local businesses.

“I was confident that if I went to businesses in my scout uniform that they would donate to my project,” he said. “Actually, the businesses I went to had previously donated to my brothers’ projects.”

His friends and Troop 30 helped with the project’s physical tasks. Dillon said Connor’s skills as a third-year apprentice in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters were beneficial, and both brothers contributed when they had time.

“My brothers both work during the day, but would help when they got home after work,” Dillon said.

Shane was working for the Butler School District and with his brothers at Oneida Valley Angus, their father’s farm, before he took leave Aug. 1 to attend the Lincoln Electric Welding School in Cleveland.

Dillon began scouting by tagging along with his older brothers’ meetings before he became a member. He said he was there already, so it seemed like a sensible way to use his time.

“They were doing it, and I was at the meetings,” he said.

Connor said he originally got into scouting because his friends were involved with it.

“That was the thing to do,” he said. “Going to the meetings was just something to do on a given night.”

Similarly, Shane said he saw Connor participate and thought scouting seemed like a cool activity.

Shane said that some of his favorite childhood memories were times with his brothers and his scouting friends at the local summer camp. He will always remember building a functioning trebuchet (a type of catapult).

Connor said that he helped both of his younger brothers as much as he could, since he was the first to make it to Eagle. He said he and his friends always tried to be involved with the younger scouts because they look up to the older ones.

“We kind of set the example and taught them what they need to know,” he said.

Connor said scouting has helped add to the brothers’ relationship with one another.

“Anything we were going to do, we were trying to do together, but sometimes we had to do stuff with other people,” he said. “It’s something that we can say that we did together.”

Dillon said having his brothers help throughout his scouting journey could be a blessing, but toward the end, he felt slightly anxious and hurried to achieve the same feat as the other two. He wanted to follow in their footsteps. He said now that he has achieved Eagle, he feels much better and can only thank them for all they’ve done for him.

“It was kind of a relief,” Dillon said of his accomplishment.

Dillon said he couldn’t have reached Eagle without the help of his family, friends and the community, but most importantly, his brothers.

“I know I can always depend on my brothers for help,” he said.