Camp Cachalot Alumni Association Announces 2013 Camp Cachalot Wall of Fame Inductees

(NEW BEDFORD, MA / FALL RIVER, MA / WAREHAM, MA)—June 24, 2013— The membership of the Camp Cachalot Alumni Association is pleased to announce our honoree being inducted onto the Camp Cachalot Wall of Fame for 2013. The individual being honored represents the highest levels of service to Camp Cachalot and the Scouts who camp there.

The formal induction ceremony will take place during the Association's annual Homecoming event, a free event taking place at Camp Cachalot on Saturday, July 13th, 2013, from noon until 5:00pm. Homecoming is open to members of the association, friends and family of our honoree, and interested members of the public. More information on Homecoming 2013 and the Wall of Fame induction ceremony is available at the Association's web site at:

http://www.cachalotalumni.org/homecoming

Our fourth class of Wall of Fame inductees consists of a single honoree, a member of Cachalot’s first summer camp staff and a founding member of our Association.

A fifty-five year veteran of the Boy Scouts of America, Lawrence “Larry” Harney began his Scouting career in 1945 as a 15-year- old Scout in New Bedford, eventually attaining the rank of Star Scout and becoming an Assistant Scoutmaster. In the years since, he has served with multiple units, led units to and participated on the staffs of National Jamborees, worked in multiple arenas at the District, Council, and Region levels as commissioner staff, Properties committee member, and camp visitation specialist. He is an Arrowman, having been elected into the Agawam Lodge in 1961. He has been recognized with the Scouters Key, Adult Training Awards, and, in 1998, the Silver Beaver.

Larry’s service to Cachalot is as long as the history of Cachalot itself. As a youth of 17, he was a member of its first camp staff in 1946, and served multiple roles on staff in the early years of camp, until enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1951. Upon his return to the area in 1953 he immediately returned to camp staff on the maintenance corps, providing many services needed for a new and growing camp. He spent numerous weekends at camp performing service projects and security before Cachalot Council hiring a permanent Camp Ranger. During the fire of 1964, he volunteered with the Wareham Fire Department, manning a brush breaker helping to fight the fire, then served on the Restoration Committee for many years to help rebuild, personally helping to clear debris, plant new trees, and repair damaged buildings and program areas at Cachalot.

Over his long Scouting career, he has helped with the installation of water lines at camp, helped with the construction of the Boat House, the building of the Guilmette Ranger’s Residence, the Follansbee docking system at the waterfront, the construction of Magee Village, and other projects too numerous to mention. His collection of meeting minutes from the Camping and Properties committee, dating from the 1960s through the 1990s, have been a fundamental resource for the Association’s documentation of Cachalot’s history.

Larry is a resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

For his many contributions, Lawrence Harney is a welcome addition to the Wall of Fame.

About the Camp Cachalot Wall of Fame

Modeled after other "Hall of Fame"-type institutions, the Camp Cachalot Wall of Fame is intended to be a lasting memorial to the people and organizations that have been instrumental in the success of Cachalot and the experiences of those who have attended Cachalot over the years. Honorees may be nominated by anyone, but are strictly vetted by our Wall of Fame committee and are voted on by our membership for induction.

Nominees will have had a long history of service, program, financial, or professional contributions to the success of Camp Cachalot. More information can be found on the Alumni Association's web page at:

http://www.cachalotalumni.org/walloffame/

About the Camp Cachalot Alumni Association

The Camp Cachalot Alumni Association was founded in 2004 by several current and former attendees of Camp Cachalot, with the express purpose of providing support for Camp Cachalot, helping to preserve the traditions and history of Camp Cachalot, and bringing generations of campers together to share their experiences. It is a not-for-profit organization operating under the auspices of the Narragansett Council. Camp Cachalot, whose name is taken from the French and Portuguese term for "sperm whale," opened in the summer of 1946 and has since served the youth of Southeastern Massachusetts, including New Bedford, Fall River, Wareham, Taunton, and points between.

Membership is open to any and all persons who have been affiliated with Camp Cachalot, the former Moby Dick Council, or any predecessor camps or councils. More information about the Association can be found at its Web site: www.cachalotalumni.org.

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