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Hundreds of Boy Scouts gather at Scoutland for Winter Camporee event
Troops from around Northeast Georgia searching for merit badges and more
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Phil Olin, 62, scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 221, poses Saturday in front of a camping area. Olin was in charge of organizing this year’s Boy Scouts’ Winter Camporee at Scoutland. He sees scouting as a good way for the boys and their parents to learn life lessons, even through failures. - photo by Erin O. Smith
This weekend, Boy Scout Troops from Hall, Jackson and Barrow have come together at Scoutland campgrounds north of Gainesville for the 2015 Chattahoochee District Winter Camporee. “This morning they were in different training sessions working on some of their different requirements, learning about the safety behind it,” said Phil Nichols, district executive for the Chattahoochee District of Boy Scouts of America. He grew up as a Scout and has been a professional scout since 2012.