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baking a cherry pie.
The park contains a spray pool for
children to cool themselves in during
the sweltering summer heat. (See box
on this page.) A troop service project,
the pool is just one legacy Troop 219
has left to the community.
Over the years, more than 100 Cub
Scouts and Boy Scouts have attended
the Saturday meetings. Officer Afi-
ba's office is filled with memories
from these encounters: pictures from
father-and-son "freeze out" camping
trips, annual popcorn sales tallies, and
numerous awards.
By now, running the troop has al-
most become routine.
"Do whatever it takes'
It wasn't always this simple. When
the troop began eight years ago, Afi-
ba faced the challenge of bringing
Scouting to public housing, something
that had never been attempted in Sa-
vannah.
"As I looked at the situation and
what was happening, I thought Scout-
ing would work," said Afiba. "The boys
needed to be exposed to other things.
They needed to get out into the woods.
They needed to appreciate life."
It was a fortunate coincidence that
the Savannah Police Department was
launching a community policing pro-
gram at the time. Officers were en-
couraged to break down the barriers
between themselves and the commu-
nities they patrolled.
"The program forces officers to
work closer with the communities, to
make the communities' priorities our
priorities," said Maj. Dan Reynolds,
who heads the department's effort.
Mini-stations or small police offices
were set up in several public housing
developments. Afiba then went to his
superiors with the idea of launching a
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Troop 219 meets in Hitch
Village (top) and a nearby
park, where the Scouts
practice camping and
cooking skills for future
outings. Or they may re-
fine skills learned at their
recent camporee, such as a
rescue carry (above) and
proper CPR technique (far
left). The community spray
pool (left) was the result of
a special troop project.
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