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A toy drop-off location was also available at Home Build- ing and Savings Bank and Pe- tersburg Hardware. The toys collected will be given out on December 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Muren Church of God. When asked how the toy drive was started, Mason showed her generous spir- it. "Last year I invested in a moving truck for my real es- tate business, and when cli- ents aren't using it to move, it just sits there," Mason said. "I remember thinking, why don't we create a goal to fill this truck with toys. My husband and I have always tried to help a few families at Christmas, but I was always left wishing we could have reached more people. I just got this idea that if we could get the whole com- munity involved, maybe we could make this into some- thing really big." Mason never actually antic- ipated that it would get as big as it did, but living in an amaz- ing community and with the power of social media, Mason was able to provide three gifts to 135 Pike County kids. "People started sending gifts via the Amazon link I posted on Facebook," Ma- son said. "The Winslow Li- ons Club and the American Legion both gave cash dona- tions, a few local churches of- fered their parking lots for toy collections and their buildings for us to wrap and distribute gifts, the local bank started collecting donations, and our local Dollar General even set up a box." When it came to wrapping day, people just started show- ing up to volunteer their time to wrap gifts. "It was all pretty amazing, and a little bit over- whelming," Mason said." Ma- son added that she grew up in a lower-income household herself where some years on Christmas they didn't have much under the tree. She wanted to help to bring com- fort and joy to children by giv- ing the parents a hand when their focus may have to be food and utilities. Another helper of the event was Jessica Aldridge. "I got involved because it is for our local kids," Aldridge said. "There are a lot of toy drives that happen around the Tri- State, but we don't get to see them here in our own county. So many families have strug- gled over the last few years with COVID and it has taken a toll on our youth. The least we can do as a community is come together and help those kids have a wonderful Christ- mas." Applications for participa- tion to receive toys were sent to Petersburg Elementary, Winslow Elementary, and The Otwell Miller Academy. They have not had to turn any kids away at this point but with the cost of inflation going up, they do anticipate more needs this year over last year and hope they will be able to meet the needs. Applications must be registered by De- cember 12, and you can email Mason for an application or details at masonteamreales- tate@gmail.com Mack Mason, Kacee Mason and Taylin Mason who played Santa's loading crew at Fill the Truck Toy collection at Petersburg Hardware Store on November 26, are all smiles as they work to help others less fortunate. Chuck Froehle, a Petersburg resident and life-long Scout, 74, reminisces through a scrapbook that has his years of memories in Boy Scouts in it. "I really believe if everyone went through Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, they wouldn't have any prob- lems, because no matter what comes up, I'm always prepared, thanks to what I've learned," Froehle said signed up to be Den Mother." "Within the Cub pack, they have about six to eight dens, which are six to eight kids in a group, so that it is small enough to handle them in a meeting and go on field trips together. There's a den meet- ing once every week, and then a pack meeting once a month. We try to go on field trips on the weekends, like hikes and stuff." Froehle looks back on his childhood in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts fondly. "I loved it back then," Froehle said. "One of the best things we ever did as a kid was when they were just getting ready to open Rob- erts Stadium in Evansville. They had all the Cub Scouts in Evansville plan a trip there and we studied for a year be- fore we went, about differ- ent Indians and we were the Blackfoot Tribe. We studied the way they dressed and we made the clothes they would wear in meetings, so when we went to the event, we were all dressed as Blackfoot Indians." "We even made a tent that they would have stayed in, and we set it up at the stadi- um. There's a tunnel within the stadium that we set up in and there were eight different tents from different tribes. We studied Indian music and all the kids sat around a make- shift campfire, while I played the Indian drum my uncle built for me." When Froehle was 11, he became a Boy Scout and has been one to this day. Froehle credits Boy Scouts with mak- ing him an excellent marks- man shooter. "We would go to summer camp and shoot BB guns and .22 rifles and shot- guns," Froehle said. "That was a lot of fun. When I got older, I was in a different scout troop where we concentrated on just guns. They taught us how to shoot so well that I was able to hit five shots to the cen- ter of a target that was the size of a dime, from 50 feet away. Froehle spent a brief time away from Boy Scouts while attending college, but as soon as he graduated, he found his way back and has remained actively involved in the Boy Scouts in Pike County. "A fter college, I got mar- ried," Froehle said. "My mom was a Girl Scout leader and that's how I met my wife. She was a Girl Scout leader also. Three years later we had our son. As soon as he was old enough to join Cub Scouts, we went down and signed him up, so I was back in scouts again. I was signing him up and the Cub Master was leaving and my son said, 'Well Dad, you're going to have to do it. Your dad did.' I signed up then and I'm 74 years old and still there. My wife was to my daughter Ka- tie, as I was to my son, a scout leader." Froehle swears by the Boy Scout motto. "'Be prepared' is the motto," Froehle said. "No matter what happens in life, you learn to be prepared for it as you are going through the ranks. I'm Catholic and I'm in several different Bible stud- ies. I've learned that if every- one followed the 10 Command- ments, all the problems in the whole world would disappear." "In scouts, a scout is trust- worthy, loyal, helpful, friend- ly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. That would ac- complish the same things as the 10 Commandments. We say all those character traits at the beginning of every meet- ing. I think more kids need to be in scouts these days. All the problems would disappear if people lived by the Boy Scout motto." Froehle is the Assistant Scout Master now. "I stepped down a few years ago and had a friend who wanted to do it," Froehle said. "I felt I was blocking the gate of those who wanted to be with their kids as leaders and scouts. One of the leaders in scouts now is Mi- chael Johnson, who came up through scouts with me and the next generation is here now. I got out of the way and let it be so they can carry on." In his eyes, Froehle feels he never has problems be- cause scouts has prepared him so well for life. "I have al- ways been prepared for any- thing," Froehle said. "I've had so much fun. It prepared you for life. No matter what comes up, Boy Scouts pre- pares you. It teaches you to get a job, earn a living, save money, make plans ahead of time, and always be ready. As I've gone through life, I've been prepared for every- thing that has come up. Boy Scouts was a blessing. I re- ally believe that if everyone went through Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, they wouldn't have any problems, because no matter what comes up, I'm always prepared, thanks to what I've learned." FROEHLE Continued from page 1