pay it forwardLast week, as a part of The New York Says Thank You Foundation event, my husband, joined his cousin, Chaplain Steve Holden of the United States Emergency Chaplains Corps, dozens of FDNY firefighters and many other wonderful volunteers in the restoration of the Little Sioux Boy Scout camp in Iowa. You may remember this location as the scene of incredible heroism and loss during the horrific tornado storm last year that claimed the lives of four young scouts, injuring so many others.
The New York firefighters built an amazing new chapel made mostly from wood milled from downed trees on the site. Jeff and others, including NY employees of Merrill Lynch, labored long and hard to establish a walking path up and through very thick brush to a special lookout spot on the hill overlooking the camp, a trail and viewpoint favored by the late boy scouts.
Jeff took some great photos that I uploaded to my Flickr site HERE .
To find out how you can become involved or help this wonderful organization, please contact Steve Parness by clicking HERE.
Video directed by Orianna Wood of the NYSTY Foundation.
love this. My eldest son is going into the fire academy. They represent the best of the best in character and integrity….I am very proud of him
I live about an hour from the Little Sioux camp, and know one of the scouts that was injured in that tornado. What an amazing group the New York Says Thank You Foundation is! I wish I had known about this before hand ~ I would have loved to go help also.
That's wonderful. It is great to read good news about wonderful people. Thanks.
WOW! Cathe, that was beautiful! Not a dry eye in my house, right now! {Holy smokes: pass the tissues!} What and honor to know that your husband and family were involved in this magnificent cause. THANK YOU, SO MUCH for posting this!
Thank you for sharing- such a great post!
This is wonderful! 'Pay It Forward'- the world would be a better place if we all aimed to heed those three words.
You must be very proud of your husband and all the other volunteers for the kind and selfless work they are doing.
Thanks for inspiring all of us to help our fellowman and make this world a better place. Especially today as we remember the anniversary of 9-11, let us try to do our part to spread love instead of hatred.
How wonderful,,,thank you for sharing this.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Marcie
love this post! it's great seeing people get together to honor those taken from us so early