Ezekiel Mercado
Original Group Member 005 (2012)
Group Administrator (2015)
A bit about me,
I started in the Royal Rangers ministry in 1989 as a Straight Arrow (at age 6). My first event attended was a SED-B/SA event in Brooklyn, where I was born and raised! A few short years later my father would also be involved in Royal Rangers. Being a full-time Pastor, he always made time for me and the Royal Rangers ministry. At this time, I was part of the NY District, OP 157, and also part of the Spanish Eastern District in my father’s church, OP 242. My first interest in patches was in 1994 at a Brooklyn Sectional Camp at Floyd Bennet Field. My first patch traded for was the 1994 Camporama Patch. I quickly became interested in collecting patches when I was 10 years old! Ever since then I would try to trade for a patch! During the years I moved to FL where I earned my GMA and became Sectional RROTY and went on my first Camporama in 2002! I was first introduced as the Sectional Historian for Pen. FL. OP 63. I moved back to NY and started OP 311 in my father’s church where he was placed after we moved back.
During that time I served on staff as Assistant GMA Coordinator for Spanish Eastern District.
Currently, I live in North New Jersey and serve on the Sectional team as the Productions Coordinator and also serve on National Staff as a Field Advisor for the National Shooting Sports Program. I have a passion for this Ministry, not just for the patches, but for what the ministry stands for. By collecting Royal Ranger items and displaying them, we are preserving what we once were, and will continue to be. Let’s start Collecting More!