Dartmouth's Alan Novick and New Bedford's Victor Sylvia Named to Camp Cachalot Wall of Fame

(NEW BEDFORD, MA / FALL RIVER, MA / WAREHAM, MA)—July 1, 2016—The membership of the Camp Cachalot Alumni Association is pleased to announce that Alan Novick of Dartmouth and Victor Sylvia of New Bedford will be inducted onto the Camp Cachalot Wall of Fame during our Homecoming event, which will take place on July 9th, 2016 from noon until 5:00pm at Cachalot Scout Reservation in Plymouth. Both Alan and Victor represent the highest levels of service to Camp Cachalot and the Scouts who camp there.

Alan Novick started Scouting as a youth in Troop 8 New Bedford, and was among the first campers at Cachalot, attending summer camp as a boy in Cachalot's opening season of 1946. In the intervening years, he has held many roles related to Cachalot: he once served as Cachalot's Waterfront director, where he introduced the Red Cross swimming achievement awards; and later served on the Executive Board of the Cachalot and Moby Dick Councils, eventually serving as President of that board, with accomplishments including being Cachalot's primary advocate on the board during the "Save Our Camps" campaign, and negotiating a donation of $100,000 in trust to secure the Council's financial well-being and prevent a proposed sale of the camp in the late 1970s. His sons followed him into Scouting, also serving on various camp staffs and council committees. He is a resident of Dartmouth, MA.

Victor Sylvia has been camping as both a youth and adult at Cachalot since his first trip to camp in 1958 with Troop 11 New Bedford. Among his many contributions as a volunteer he has helped introduce new programs to Camp Cachalot's Scouts, including the annual Klondike Derby, several fishing derbies, and advising the early Spring into Scouting programs; serving as the camp cook during the summer of 1976; and as the Camping Chairman of the Moby Dick and Narragansett Councils helped establish the Southeastern Massachusetts Camping Association (SEMCA), helped negotiate the conservation restriction that protects Camp Cachalot, and helped bring in monies for many substantial improvements to the camp. In his time as a Scoutmaster, he helped guide nearly a dozen young men to become Eagle Scouts. He was a driving force behind the Camp Cachalot Alumni Association as one of its founding members, and eventually served as chairman of the Association. He lives in New Bedford, MA.

The full details of Alan and Victor's contributions, and the Homecoming event, can be found at:

http://www.cachalotalumni.org/homecoming

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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