CAMPING OUT; A real trouper; Eagle Scout candidate oversees renovations to Kiwanee cabin

From: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA | Date: July 21, 2004| Author: JOE McGEE; Joe McGee | Copyright information

The Patriot Ledger

HANSON

Russell Monroe said a longtime scouting retreat has given him "a lot" so he's paying back the debt by putting the finishing touches on renovations to one of the cabins at Camp Kiwanee.

The 17-year-old South Shore Vocational Technical High School senior is doing the work to attain his Eagle Scout patch. He is a member of Hanson Troop 97 and a vigil member of the Order of the Arrow Tisquantum Lodge.

"My troop has always camped at Kiwanee and ...

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