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Major renovations in the works for Camp Squanto ; 55-year-old campground to be updated
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PLYMOUTH - Old Colony Council scouting officials are planning a
major renovation of the 650-acre Camp Squanto, next to the Myles
Standish State Forest.
The 55-year-old campground serves about 21,800 Boy Scouts each
year and is considered one of the Boy Scouts of America's premier
camping sites.
The Old Colony Council, based in Canton, is one of 300 Boy Scouts
of America councils and the second-largest in Massachusetts.
It serves 41 towns on the South Shore and in the Metro...
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CAMP SQUANTO TO GET OVERHAUL ; Scout council plans fund drive to renovate facility
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; CANTON - The Old Colony Council of the Boy Scouts of America has set its compass toward earning a new and unusual badge: one for raising $3 million to renovate its 650-acre Camp Squanto in Plymouth. "This is our first major capital campaign in 40 years," said council development director Harold
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$3 million face lift for Camp Squanto ; Boy Scouts launch funding drive to modernize camp in Plymouth
The Boston Globe
; GLOBE SOUTH 1 The Old Colony Council of the Boy Scouts of America is planning a $3 million renovation of Camp Squanto, its revered camping facility at Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth. An ambitious capital campaign will be announced at a dinner at Lombardo's in Randolph this Wednesday. At
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Unitarians Taking Boy Scouts to Task; Local Church Members To Protest Stand on Gays
The Washington Post
; An escalating dispute between the Unitarian Universalists and the Boy Scouts of America over the group's stance on homosexuality prompted local members of the liberal religious denomination to say yesterday that they will launch a national protest against the youth organization. Three Eagle Scouts
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symposium.(Boy Scouts)
Insight on the News
; Q: Should Congress revoke the Boy Scouts' charter for banning gays? Yes: The Boy Scouts must be told being `morally straight' means they cannot discriminate. BY REP. LYNN WOOLSEY Two months ago I introduced the Scouting for All Act, a bill to revoke the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA's) federal
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EDITORIAL: Keeping Good Neighbors: Let the Boy Scouts rent.(Editorial)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
; ... Philadelphia a better place for its children. Copyright (c) 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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