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Doncaster Brothers selected to attend Scout event in South Korea Two brothers, Christopher (15) and Matthew (13) Hough, from Town Moor in Doncaster, have recently been selected to represent Yorkshire at the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. This event happens once every four years and brings together over 40,000 Scouts from countries all over the world. Out of all the Scouts in South Yorkshire, only 36 have been selected to attend and Doncaster Echo had a chat to two of them!
As part of the agreement for Christopher and Matthew to go to the Jamboree, they need to fundraise £3,800 each.
This covers participation but also contributes to a fund to support Scouts from disadvantaged areas locally and around the world so that they have the opportunity to attend. The fundraising events have
already begun and last month Doncaster Lions organised a Family Race Night event to help them with fundraising. Doncaster Echo had a chat with the two brothers to find out more. “So far, our biggest challenge has been that because we are both going, we have twice the fundraising to do, but with only one set of family and friends to support us! And our mum and dad are both public sector workers so we haven’t been able to use their “business” contacts like some of the other Scouts who are going have done. So, when we started out fundraising, it felt quite overwhelming and we did not
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