Keeper of the Grumper Foundation A Business for Scouting by Scouters
Keeper of the Grumper Foundation started as nonprofit for grants. However, during the epidemic it became a vehicle for funding Scouting. The name comes from Scouting: in Northern Tier, a long-term scouting experience based in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. After two weeks of canoeing, one of my 20 teammates suggested that I looked like Tom Hanks in Castaway. This led to the discussion of leaving me on an island with a volleyball manufactured by Wilson. Another teammate further suggested that I would become the official greeter when Scouters visited my island and that would show them my grumper: my outhouse. Thereafter one of my many Scouting names has been Keeper of the Grumper.
Joe Reilly, Director
