It was a way of life he lived by for seven years.
The Boy Scouts taught him about life with others and going to incredible places to do exciting activities.
His seven years with the Boy Scouts brought Ellenburg an Eagle Scout Award, time to serve the community and enhanced his dream to become a lawyer.
The beginning of Ellenburg' Boy Scout journey started when his friend asked him to come to a Boy Scout meeting with him on one Thursday night.
Ellenburg didn't think much of it in the beginning but as he got to know more about the organization he saw similar beliefs of him and the organization.
The first couple meetings were bland for Ellenburg.
Ellenburg didn't know anyone in the group besides his friend.
He just did not see the purpose of learning the skills of outdoors.
Ellenburg said it took him few months to start liking Boy Scouts.
Ellenburg needed to grow into the idea of being a Boy Scouts.
As time went on and Ellenburg learned more skills, he understood the importance of the skills he was obtaining.
The learning process and the skills obtained from Boy Scouts inspired Ellenburg to live a life that could bring positive effects to others.
Looking back at his experience Ellenburg said, "Boy Scouts is like a cult."
Ellenburg laughed and explained, "I use the term cult very loosely, but we did have a number of quotes and ideas that we repeated and lived by."
His lighthearted response to the questions and his humility is just a part of his character he attained from the Boy Scouts.
Stephen Pina, a member of Ellenburg's troop and a close friend described Ellenburg "The things that stood out to me the most was his confidence and passion for adventure. Everyone in our troop viewed Charles as a leader. He always had great ideas to share and put in the extra effort to help his fellow scouts work on Eagle Projects."
To earn the Eagle Scout Award Ellenburg had to earn 21 merit badges and the Eagle Project to renovate a church landscape.
Ellenburg used his knowledge about plants to plant a drought resistant landscape that did not need a lot of water.
It is from this specific project where Ellenburg earned the Eagle Scout Award and the desire to help others.
Although Ellenburg missed the ceremony due to the orientation of San Jose State University, receiving the paperwork gave him a sense of an accomplishment along with a sense of relief.
Ellenburg's seven-year journey of learning about life skills and earning the Eagle Scouts Award built the character of selflessness.
As the last comment, Ellenburg said, "Helping other just seems like an overall easy thing to do. I often don't really understand why some people aren't just kinder in their words or actions."
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