June 13, 2022
Memorandum of Understanding between the Belize Scout Foundation and The Scout Association of Belize signed on June 13th, 2022
A short but historic ceremony was held on June 13, 2022, in the Sir Colville N. Young Museum in connection with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Belize Scout Foundation and The Scout Association of Belize.
A building valued at 1.5 million dollars was gifted to The Scout Association of Belize upon the signing of the MOU which outlined 10 areas of cooperation between both parties.
Signing on behalf of the Foundation were Chairman Dr. Rene Villanueva, Secretary Mr. Ryan Wrobel, and Mr. Francis (Cisco) Woods. On behalf of The Scout Association were President Mr. Fernando Oliva, Director of Operations and Institutional Development Mr. Ashton Nicholas, and Venture Scout Mr. Tahj Reid
The Scout Association has now become the owner of a building valued at over 1.5 million dollars raised by the Foundation through the generous grants received from the Baron Bliss Trust, the Government, and the People of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the efforts and monetary contributions from Directors of the Foundation and other public and private donors.
The building has been named “The Sir Colville N. Young Building” home of Scouting in Belize, after Former Governor-General Sir Colville N. Young who served as Patron of The Scout Association from 1994 to 2022. Sir Colville remains the Patron of the Belize Scout Foundation.
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