{"id":1641,"date":"2008-05-16T17:17:46","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T21:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2008-05-16T11:27:17","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T15:27:17","slug":"kid-rock-helps-a-scout-troop-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/16\/kid-rock-helps-a-scout-troop-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock Helps a Scout Troop in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kid<\/a>Rocker and Country Star Kid Rock\u00c2\u00a0helps out a group of Scouts<\/a>. He gets the headline, but is not the only one to help.<\/p>\n

Rock, a singer with a sometimes raunchy reputation, was among many readers who donated cash or gear to an Oviedo Boy Scout troop that last week had been robbed of its trailer and camping equipment.<\/p>\n

Robert “Kid Rock” Ritchie, 37, learned of Troop 631’s plight from a column Saturday in the Orlando Sentinel. He was in Orlando and Tampa<\/a> during the weekend for concerts.<\/p>\n

Troop leaders discovered last week that someone had taken a $5,600 trailer parked behind Tuskawilla Presbyterian Church. The troop had bought the trailer in March after seven years of fundraising.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He is not the only one though.<\/p>\n

Shoppes of Oviedo and Real Property Specialists donated $4,000 to replace the stolen gear.<\/p>\n

Others chipped in with smaller donations and offers to lend or donate used tents and trailers to help the cause, said Tom Daly, the church’s liaison to the troop.<\/p>\n

“Nothing short of miraculous,” Daly, 53, said of the response. “People’s hearts were in the right place. The boys won’t be denied their trip.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nor do the Scouts want a handout for themselves.<\/p>\n

Still, Scouts aren’t keen on handouts. Already the troop is hatching community-service projects to rake leaves and spread mulch as a way to repay strangers’ kindness.<\/p>\n

“A Scout earns his way,” said Bill Stott, 43, Troop 631 Scoutmaster. “The community is giving to us, so we want to give back to the community.”<\/p>\n

The outpouring was so strong that donations likely will exceed the troop’s need, so the Scouts intend to share the wealth.<\/p>\n

“Our just deserts are what we’ll replace, and then we’ll make a donation to a worthy cause,” Stott said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Creative<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/small>photo<\/a> credit: jvh33<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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