25 September 2008
No Sale, Big Deal
Posted by admin under: community service; recognition .
The Chicago Tribune seems to be the paper that brings us the best Scout stories from the Associated Press. Now, they tell us how a 13 year old Boy Scout going door to door came to the rescue of a disabled senior citizen.
Boy Scout Nicholas Verhagen has lived up to the scout oath: to always help other people.
The 13-year-old selling wreaths door-to-door for a fundraiser responded to the calls of an elderly woman who couldn’t get up in her Grand Chute home on Sunday.
Fire department Lt. Robert Olson says after the boy found Marie Krause, someone called 911 and firefighters arrived. Then, Olson cut a screen and the boy’s father pushed the teen through to open the locked door.
Olson says the boy did exactly what scouts are trained to do. He says without the boy’s help, there’s no saying how long Krause might have laid there.
What a great story. But there’s even a nifty kicker.
Olson also went a step further. He and his 4-year-old daughter fixed the screen and he next plans to fix her doorbell.
Well, he didn’t get the sale, but I think he’s satisfied with the result. Another Boy Scout doing what it is that Boy Scouts do.
- Mom Thanks Boy Scout Son With Hero Article
- Boy Scouts to the Rescue on Mt. Shasta
- Door-To-Door Charity Work
- Girl Scout Leader Accused of Kidnapping
- Popcorn Sellers Report Fire
