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100 Years of Scouting Tag

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Released:
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Origin:
Ohio, United States
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Current Goal

To take and post pictures with Boy and Girl Scouts and Scout troops around the world.

About This Item

Scott's Namesake

This Travel Bug is placed in memory of Scott Powell.  Scott was involved with scouts from the time he was old enough to join.  He led troops everywhere he went, even when he was enlisted in the Army in Germany.  Scott was the Camp Ranger at Camp Gorsuch, Chugiak, Alaska for over 20 years.  In that time, he touched countless lives.  He retired to our family cottage on Pleasant Hill Lake in Perrysville, Ohio.  This bug was started at "Mt. Jeez Overlook" that looks down on Malabar Farm and Pleasant Hill Lake.
Tragically, Scott and 4 other leaders from Alaska were killed in an accident at the National Boy Scout Jambouree in 2006.  Although his death made worldwide headlines, his life is what has made him immortal.  He died helping others, and doing what he loved.  When asked if he could help out, his trademark line was always, "You bet!"
It wasn't until news of his death rolled out, that we started to really grasp how MANY lives he touched.  He even has a mountain in Asia named for him by the Yale climbing team. 
We hope that this tag finds scouts, both  boys and girls around the world and the pray that scouting continues to be that anchor that so many youth need. 

He would have LOVED GEOCACHING, and even more, taking his neice and nephews, the TxJeepKidz on this great adventure.
To find out more about his beloved Camp Gorsuch, please visit:
http://www.scoutingalaska.org/Camping/Gorsuch/

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Tracking History (24672.9mi) View Map

Dropped Off 12/24/2017 Team Korppi placed it in Mä lähden maalle Finland - 284.82 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 12/7/2017 Eilinen discovered it Finland   Visit Log

Seen in the hands of Team Korppi

Discovered It 12/7/2017 Ötökkä discovered it Finland   Visit Log

Seen in the hands of Team Korppi

Retrieve It from a Cache 12/3/2017 Team Korppi retrieved it from FKK: Yliskylän liepeillä Finland   Visit Log

Travel continues...
Our niece is a Scout and she sent us this Advent calendar of the Finnish Scouts :)

  • The Advent calendar
Dropped Off 11/27/2017 mkek66 placed it in FKK: Yliskylän liepeillä Finland - 42.34 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/27/2017 mkek66 took it to FKK: Talsoilan puistossa Finland - .48 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/27/2017 mkek66 took it to Axel Wilhelm Wahren - Vorssa Alphabet A Finland - 50.91 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/19/2017 mkek66 took it to OSM Finland - 2.42 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/19/2017 mkek66 took it to Hauninen, Electric Shock Finland - 12.95 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/18/2017 mkek66 retrieved it from Kaapon koppi Finland   Visit Log

Tb out from Kaapon koppi

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