Tornado hits scout camp

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Back June 11, 2008 - we lost scouts Josh, Sam, Ben, and Aaron. 48 others were injured as an EF-3 tornado hit the Little Sioux Boy Scout Camp

Remembrance story with photos.

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/back-in-the-day-june-11-2008-4-killed-48-injured-as-tornado-hits-little/article_5c26943e-f9f5-56f6-ae54-4aa1610d1099.html#4

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Mid-America Council seeks buyer for Little Sioux Scout Ranch

The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is campaigning to raise $2 million by Dec 31, 2022 to purchase the almost 1,800 acres of land for wildlife habitat and recreational use.

The ranch, spread across the western slope of the Loess Hills, has given Scouts a place to hike, canoe, fish and camp for more than 50 years.

The Mid-America Council ...wanted to find a buyer who could do three things: open the property to the public; maintain the memorial to the four boys who died in the tornado; and honor and share the history of the ranch as a Scout camp.

More at source:

https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa-foundation-needs-to-raise-2m-to-buy-little-sioux-scout-ranch-in-western-iowa/article_9502d82a-80a5-11ed-afc0-03d7aca08d9c.html

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Update Feb 1, 2023. Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation raised funds to purchase camp.

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) is the buyer. $7M plus

People throughout Iowa and Nebraska contributed to a fund to help make $2.8 million in repairs to the camp after a tornado ripped through in June 2008...

"In working on the sale with the council, INHF has agreed to do three things: Open the property to the public; maintain the memorial to four boys that died in a 2008 tornado on the property; and honor and share the history of LSSR as a scout camp," the organization said.

Source link:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2023/02/01/iowa-natural-heritage-foundation-purchases-little-sioux-scout-ranch-tornado/69859468007/