Cambridge MA Votes Down Scouts' Aid For GIs
From The Boston Herald
Big-hearted Boy Scouts collecting donations for care packages for U.S. troops are still scratching their heads after being sent packing from polling stations when Cambridge officials ruled their generous effort “political.”
"We just wanted to make a lot of troops happy," said Scout Patrick O'Connor, 16. "I was devastated that someone would think to take (the donation boxes) out," he said.
O"Connor of West Cambridge was one of the Scouts who wanted to collect toiletries, magazines, candy and other items for care packages after one of his relatives was injured in an IED explosion while serving in Iraq.
"He mentioned to me that some people got care packages from home and how happy it made them," the Scout said.
Troop 45 Cambridge Boy Scouts placed boxes in the city's 33 polling stations on Election Day.
But someone complained to the city, claiming the boxes were a "political statement," and the boxes were removed.
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Big-hearted Boy Scouts collecting donations for care packages for U.S. troops are still scratching their heads after being sent packing from polling stations when Cambridge officials ruled their generous effort “political.”
"We just wanted to make a lot of troops happy," said Scout Patrick O'Connor, 16. "I was devastated that someone would think to take (the donation boxes) out," he said.
O"Connor of West Cambridge was one of the Scouts who wanted to collect toiletries, magazines, candy and other items for care packages after one of his relatives was injured in an IED explosion while serving in Iraq.
"He mentioned to me that some people got care packages from home and how happy it made them," the Scout said.
Troop 45 Cambridge Boy Scouts placed boxes in the city's 33 polling stations on Election Day.
But someone complained to the city, claiming the boxes were a "political statement," and the boxes were removed.
Read More...
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