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From: "J.R. Brockman" <brock.man@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, Jan 23, 2011 8:37 pm
Subject: Thank You
To: "J.R. Brockman" <brock.man@comcast.net>

Dear Scouts and Parents,

 

On Saturday evening 22 January, my son Jason carried out his Eagle Scout Service Project where we invited residents from St. John’s Hospice, the homeless shelter located at 12^th and Race Streets.  Mr. George Otey, of the Men’s Fellowship cooked the meal and other members of the Men’s Fellowship came to help out.  Father Bonney, Assistant Rector of St. Thomas delivered the opening prayer and blessed the food.  Parents brought deserts or beverages. 

 

We were told that between 6 to 10 residents had signed up and we told them we were prepared to host 15 to 20 guests.  Unfortunately only two showed up when we went to pick them up.  Despite that, it was a great evening.  Our Boy Scouts were on hand and helped set up.  They performed an excellent opening ceremony.  The donations of clothing and other items for our Gift of the Magi Service Project are designated for St. John’s so we allowed the two guests to go through what we had collected.

 

They were delighted at the multitude of clothing that was available.  Additionally, at the end we provided them gift bags that we put together of some toiletries, a winter scarf, and some other items.  They were very grateful for the meal and the evening.

 

One of the highlights of the night was the showing of a video that the Boy Scouts put together.  It was a presentation of pictures of our various camping trips and activities along with video commentary by Scouts on why they enjoy Scouting.  It was both heartwarming and inspiring and I could not have been more proud of them.  Jason was disappointed that more residents from St. John’s did not show.  I told him not to worry about it.  I told him he did a great job and all of the support that everyone contributed made the evening a total success.

 

As Scoutmaster I want to thank everyone for making the evening a success and especially our Boy Scouts for proving that they do live up to the Scout Oath, especially the part that says “…to help other people at all time.”

 

Yours in Scouting,

  

 

J.R. Brockman

Scoutmaster

Troop 133

609-381-9981

http://phillyscouts133.blogspot.com/