Massachusetts Boy Scouts to Lend Helping Hand for Hurricane Sandy Cleanup
Scouts will aid Long Branch troop in cleanup of Oceanport
On Saturday, Feb. 9, a contingent of 20 Boy Scouts from Troop 3 in Manchester, Mass. will join forces with Boy Scout Troop 148 in Long Branch to participate in a Hurricane Sandy related community clean-up project in Oceanport. About one week after the Hurricane, Troop 3 of the Yankee Clipper Council, Boy Scouts of America, reached out to Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America, looking to support a New Jersey Troop affected by the Hurricane. "We quickly realized that while FEMA type organizations would help families and businesses, who would help other organizations rebuild and restart? Helping another troop is what we are built to do," explained Troop 3 Scoutmaster Fred Rossi, whose troop adopted and re-equipped a Troop in Gulf Port …
