CELEBRATING FLAG DAY

CELEBRATE FLAG DAY

Today is Flag Day. Here in West Yellowstone we celebrate Flag Day. The Boy Scout Troop in town has come up with a very unique idea for fundraising.

Prior to Memorial Day the residents of this town receive a letter from the local Boy Scout Troop. In this letter they offer for a mere $25 to be sure that on Memorial Day – Flag Day – Independence Day and Labor Day there will be a flag installed in front of your house. They provide the temporary pole (which they install and remove each time they place your flag) and they provide the flag.

The Boy Scouts place the flags early in the morning, usually around 7 a.m., and later that evening probably about 7 p.m. they come back around and gather up all the flags.

You can get all this for a mere $25 a year. They are very reliable and very punctual about putting out the flags and then picking them up again that evening.

This probably would not work too well in a large city. However, if you live in a small town and one of your civic organizations is looking for a really neat and useful fundraiser – they might consider this flag program.

Hats off to the West Yellowstone Boy Scouts and their leaders. This program is definitely appreciated by the residents.