Carmel High School senior Christopher Quillinan of Buffalo Grove poses for a portrait at the school in Mundelein. Quillinan's eagle scout project was to collect blankets and pajamas that were later donated to a domestic abuse center in the Appalachians. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Carmel High School senior Christopher Quillinan of Buffalo Grove poses for a portrait at the school in Mundelein. Quillinan's eagle scout project was to collect blankets and pajamas that were later donated to a domestic abuse center in the Appalachians. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Carmel High School senior Christopher Quillinan of Buffalo Grove shows off his eagle scout medals at the school in Mundelein. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Carmel High School senior Christopher Quillinan of Buffalo Grove poses for a portrait at the school in Mundelein. Quillinan's eagle scout project was to collect blankets and pajamas that were later donated to a domestic abuse center in the Appalachians. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
MUNDELEIN — He logged the hours, donated hundreds of dollars worth of items to a very rural area in Appalachia and formally achieved his Eagle Scout rank. That didn’t stop Christopher “Chris” Quillinan, 17, from continuing his project past its completion date. The Carmel Catholic …