A south Forsyth Boy Scout troop is without $10,000 worth of camping after its storage trailer was stolen in Gwinnett County, according to media reports.
The trailer housed everything the troop uses to camp including stoves, cooking gear, tools, shovels, lanterns, tarps, patrol boxes and service project supplies, Tom Gillon, scoutmaster for Troop 1109, told the Forsyth County News.
“They’re bummed all their stuff got taken,” the scoutmaster said. “It’s like, you stole from the Boy Scouts? Really? They are disappointed and surprised about it.”
Gillon told the paper that they had several key donations and fundraisers over the past year that allowed them to purchase their equipment.
“It has taken other Boy Scout troops years to achieve what we accomplished in less than a year,” Gillon said. “Sadly, we’re back to where we started a year ago as a brand-new troop.”
According to the incident report filed on Friday, the trailer is “fully enclosed and black … there was one orange sticker on the rear door that said ‘KTM world.’”
Anyone who would like to help Troop 1109 can visit troop1109.org.
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