Sep. 27—SUPERIOR — A neighborhood Boy Scout troop is searching for the group’s assist to switch a stolen trailer.
Troop 221, primarily based out of United Presbyterian Church in Superior, is holding a
GoFundMe marketing campaign
to lift $8,000.
The troop’s provide trailer was stolen Sept. 7 from the church car parking zone at 229 N. twenty eighth St. Surveillance video of the theft confirmed it took 11 minutes for the particular person to interrupt the lock off the hitch, join the trailer to their truck and drive off, in line with Scoutmaster Dan Kittelson.
“Scouts are very concerned in the neighborhood, so all of our stuff that we use to assist do, like, path cleansing and all that stuff was in that trailer,” he stated. “I simply do not know why anyone would steal from a church and/or scouts … I might identical to to know why.”
Kittelson stated the 6-by-12-foot enclosed trailer held a dozen tents, stoves, propane, a 55-gallon barrel for ingesting water and gear like axes and saws.
The Boy Scout brand was seen on the facet of the white trailer, in addition to the phrases: “Scouts BSA Troop 221, Created by United Presbyterian Church, Superior, WI.”
“My youngsters have been fairly upset about it. They work onerous fundraising and no matter else to purchase the gear,” stated Kittelson, who has served as Troop 221 scoutmaster for 10 years.
Cash from popcorn gross sales and Friday barbeque occasions have been used to buy the gear, which can be utilized by the church-based Cub Scout pack.
The Scouts from Troop 221 — 17 boys and 5 women — deliberate to make use of the objects throughout a campout at Amnicon Falls State Park on Sept. 20-22.
The troop was in a position to go tenting on schedule with gear borrowed from one other native Boy Scout troop, Kittelson stated. The park offered gear for the scouts to clear trails with. Mother and father stepped as much as assist as effectively.
“We educate youngsters to be good residents. We educate them the right way to like camp and construct fires … On the whole, simply being a very good citizen,” Kittelson stated.
The trailer was stolen at about 8:16 p.m. Sept. 7 and was reported Sept. 11, in line with a report from Superior Police officer Collin Deans-Brandt.
Surveillance video from the neighboring Acadia flats captured views of the theft and the automobile used — a late Nineteen Nineties or early 2000s silver or tan GMC truck or Chevrolet Silverado with a brush guard on the entrance and an entry cab.
The troop raised the alarm and despatched fliers, hoping to seek out the trailer. There have been a number of ideas, Kittelson stated, however they did not pan out.
The troop’s trailer for accumulating cans was stolen two years in the past, Kittelson stated. They discovered it the subsequent day in two items. They do not look forward to finding the availability trailer.
“My guess is that it has been in all probability stripped down, painted or no matter else. It is in all probability not even within the metropolis anymore and even within the state,” Kittelson stated.
The scouts are already rebuilding. Troop leaders have discovered a used trailer from a former troop in Luck to purchase. With assist from the group, they plan to restock it for future adventures and initiatives.
