Maine foundation makes donation, helps Boy Scouts make a splash at Camp Roosevelt

EDDINGTON, Maine (WABI) – Camp Roosevelt hosts hundreds of Boy Scouts each summer for the Katahdin Area Council’s summer camp.

The Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation helped campers this year make a splash.

The foundation fully funded this year’s waterfront program for the summer camp.

The $20,000 donation provided funds for the camp to make improvements and allow their lifeguard staff to get crucial training.

The waterfront program teaches kids water safety and fun through swimming, boating, and paddleboarding.

Camp organizers say with the help of donations kids get to learn skills and experience nature at a more affordable cost.

“Getting the kids out here to stay out here, sleep overnight, listening to the various animals they’ll hear. It’s not uncommon to hear loons. We’ve had some loons come right up to our waterfront as well, and that’s what kids need to do more than being inside all the time,” said Chuck Major, scout executive of the Katahdin Area Council.

“A lot of Masons are actually scouts in their former lives. They were either Eagle Scouts or just you know, participated in the boy scouts growing up, and they recognize how important it was to them to you know, formulate the men that they are today. So they always want to give back in anything that has to do with youth or veterans is usually a very easy sell. Masons want to support that in any way they can,” said Susan Scacchi, executive director of the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation.

Scacchi encourages any youth-oriented programs that need assistance to reach out to her.

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