OwntheNight Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 It was announced yesterday our council received a $25 million dollar gift from a local oil man at the urging of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Apparently the money is going to an endowment fund to benefit at-risk youth who couldn't afford Scouting activities and to improve our 4 council camps. I'm still kind of shocked by the amount that was given. I'm also glad to hear some will be used on our council camps. Camp Wisdom (home to our Cubworld and Cub program camping)was decimated by the winter storms last December to the point where we couldn't get vehicles into areas of the camp due to the amount of trees that had been knocked over or destroyed by the amount of snow. That old girl needs lots of love and attention to get her back to where she was many years ago. Thank you Mr. Rees-Jones for seeing and believing in the Scouting movement. Here's the story link: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-boyscouts_05met.ART.State.Edition1.3324076.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyScout Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Wow, what a gift. I'm very happy to hear its going towards the camps and to help out needy Scouts. Could money to council be used any better than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobcawChaos Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 How wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobrarlc Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 That is great news. This will help a lot of young men get into scouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamanceScouter Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Wow...just wow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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