Boy Scouts collect Christmas trees for summer camp fundraiser

Boy Scout Troop 712 is working on their largest fundraiser of the year, collecting Christmas trees throughout Kern County to help fund summer camps and scouting adventures.

While many are sleeping in after the holidays, members from Boy Scout Troop 712 are busy collecting Christmas trees as part of a fundraiser they’ve been doing for over 30 years.

“Helps them get to summer camp. It helps them go to National Jamboree, which is in West Virginia. Some of them have used it for film on Scout Ranch in New Mexico,” Ross Keith, Scout Master Troop 712, said…

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