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Paddle a big canoe: Minnesota scouts relive the adventures of the voyageurs of yesteryear

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People who hauled goods and furs across the Great Lakes by canoe hundreds of years ago were known as 'voyageurs.' Recently, scouts from Troop 23 in Bemidji, MN, experienced the hardships encountered by the voyageurs when they participated in a three-day canoe trip in Minnesota's Voyageur National Park.

Canoes and canoeing, Canoeing, Canoes

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Mission accomplished! Blind Scouts complete a wheelchair access ramp in one day of hammering and sawing

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A troop of blind and nearly blind Boy Scouts spent a day building a wheelchair access ramp in Long Hunter State Park in Nashville, TN. The Scouts worked together on the project, with those with some sight helping those who are totally blind.

Services, Donations, Design and construction, Parks, Children, Blind, Blind children, Ramps (Walkways), Boy Scouts

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Taking the lead

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Scouts are taught to become leaders. Leadership training through Operation First Class was provided to some 50 urban Scouts at the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base in the Florida Keys in Nov. 1994.

Leadership, Scout leaders

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