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Scouts Honor







                                                                         Annual Community Leadership Breakfast
          Boyd’s Tree Service                                              Supporting the Boy Scouts of America


          Landscaping Maintenance Since 1984

                 www.Boydstreeservice.com                             More than 300 guests
                                                                   attended a fun breakfast
                                                                   on Thursday, May 18th
                    Michael W. Boyd – Owner                        and enjoyed a wonderful
             Fully Insured PL & PD and Worker’s Compensation       address from Rick Barry.
                      Second Generation Experience
                        Contractor License #665121                    The event raised over
                                                                   $70,000 to support the
                                                                   13,500 youth served in
                                                                   Scouting in the Silicon
                                         Structural Pruning        Valley Monterey Bay
                                            Tree trimming          Council.
                                                                      Camile - So I joined
                                           Stump removal           Crew 566 when I

                                                                   turned 14, and my most
                                                                   memorable experience
                                                                   was camping in the                Scouts Tharun and Camile with Bob Wedig
                                                                   Presidio and bicycle
                             boydstslm@gmail.com                   riding with my crew          was a Girl Scout since I    scouts in fifth grade and

                              408-371-5040                         across the Golden Gate       was a brownie until I aged  it has been a huge part of
                                                                   Bridge and taking the
                                                                   ferry back. I really also    out at 18, I found that     my life ever since. I joined
                                                                                                                            troop 476 from Cupertino
                                                                                                the activities of being a
                                                                   enjoyed camping in Angel
                                                                                                venture scout was much      and I couldn’t be happier
                                                                   Island and Kayaking in       more satisfying (by way     with my experience as
                                                                   Monterey! I was secretary    of example, over one        a scout. Over the years
                                                                   for 2 years and I’m 19
                                                                                                overnight trip, we took a   I have attended many
                                                                   and still a member of the    200 foot zip line and did   backpacking treks and
                                                                   crew. The longest camp       cavern explorations on      outings, but my favorite
                                                                   out I’ve ever been on was
                                                                                                the same day) which are     by far was my trip to
                                                                   hiking the southern part of   things I never would’ve    Northern tier, a canoeing
                                                                   the Tahoe Rim Trail over     done in Girl Scouts.        facility in Minnesota
                                                                   the summer. Although I
                                                                                                I’ve also collected every   for scouts. From there
                                                                                                            catholic        I undertook a 6 day
                                                                                                            religious       expedition where we
                                                                                                            medal           canoed 90 miles around
                                                                                                            available for   Canada, exploring
                                                                                                            the youth as    untamed wilderness and
                                                                                                            a Girl Scout,   sleeping on islands. I was
                                                                                                            and I got the   struck by the untouched
                                                                                                            Pope Pius       wilderness and the
                                                                                                            XII award       peace that came with it.
                                                                                                            with Tharun.    I also received all four
                                                                                                               Tharun -     of scouting’s religious
                                                                                                            I have been     emblems during my
                                                                                                            involved        time as a scout under
                  CALL NOW  1-844-232-0636                                                                  in scouting     the mentor ship of Bob
                                                                                                                            Wedig, and I achieved
                                                                                                            since
                                                                                                            kindergarten,   Eagle Scout on 3/2/17.
                                                                                                            12 years ago.
                                                                              Scout Tharun with             I started boy
                                                                            NBA Legend Rick Barry

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