Monrovia Pack 66 Tours Athens Services in City of Industry

City of Industry, California; Athens Services, November 30th, 2016 Monrovia Cub Scout Pack 66 had the privilege to visit and tour the state-of-the-art waste collection and recycling service plant that provides services to the City of Monrovia. Pack 66 Bear Den Leader Julie Bank organized this special tour for her Cubs. Pack 66 is fortunate to have such amazing leaders who reach out to the local communities to ensure that the Cub Scouts are enriched in knowledge and experiences. Accompanying the Den is Bear Den Leader Andrew Gentile and Wolf Den Leader Christine Caudillo.

The tour of the Athens facility was made extra special with the Executive Vice President, Gary M. Clifford II personally guiding the future leaders of our country through the plant, educating them on the latest technology in recycling and waste management. Accompanying the tour were elected City of Monrovia officials and City of Monrovia Library management. Pack 66 was in for a special treat on this tour.

Mr. Clifford educated the Cub Scouts on recycling sorting and just how much work it really is to sort your trash. The Cubs were memorized at all the materials that can be considered recyclable and just how Athens sorts the materials. The Cubs were allowed into the operations room where Athens makes the magic happen. The control chairs looked like video game control simulators with control sticks on either arm rest and large monitors in front to operate the cranes to move the large waste that is deposited on the plant floor. On any given day, there can be over 5,500 tons of trash to be sorted and recycled.

The Cubs were escorted to the plant floor to see the finished product once the recyclables are bailed and ready for shipment to the local dump or to the companies that have purchased the materials for reuse.

At the end of the tour each Cub Scout and Boy Scout were given a token to remember the tour, a miniature replica of the Athens garbage trucks. Each scout on this tour learned so much about how recycling can help the environment and were able to complete their latest achievement.

The Scouts that participated in this tour are: Bears Stefin B., Ammon H., WeBelos Matthew P., Wolves Elan G., Eric T., Gavin G., Nicholas L., Lions Josh P., Julian G. and Boy Scout Degas Peters from Duarte Troop 185. We even had the privilege of having a Girl Scout from Monrovia Troop 361 Sophia P., with Ammon’s sister Fifer to join us.

Pack 66 wants to thank Mr. Clifford for such an enriching tour and taking the time to teach our Scouts, and to our AMAZING Pack leadership, Wolf Den Leader Christine Caudillo, who has 3 sons in scouting at all levels, Lucas, Gavin and Adrian and is a leader in each; Andrew Gentile who is a Bear Den leader along with his son Bear James M.; Bear Den Julie Bank with her son Bear Stefin B. and John Griffin who has two sons in Pack 66 Julian and Elan.

If you and your son are interested in joining Monrovia Cub Scout Pack 66 and he is between the ages of 5 and 10 please email us at Monroviacubscoutpack66@gmail.com or call at 626-658-7566.