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Rowan, wife donate building to local Boy Scouts

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A local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America announced Friday it

had received a gift to fund the purchase of a Westampton

building to expand its headquarters.

Henry Rowan and his wife, Eleanor Lee, donated the building to

the Garden State Council, the Boy Scout chapter that serves

South Jersey.

The price for the purchase of the building was not announced.

The new building will be known as the Rowan Scout Training and Support Center and will house the

council’s administrative offices.

“Over the past several years the Scouting program has grown throughout South Jersey, and the council

has been struggling to identify more usable space to support the increased program demands,” said Dan

Templar, Scout Executive of the Garden State Council.

“This generous gift will finally put that need to rest. (We) are eternally grateful to the entire Rowan

family for their continued support as we continue to reach more and more young people in our

community.”

The building will provide more than 4,000 square feet of additional meeting space for local Scout units,

leadership development and other program support meetings.

The council’s existing headquarters, the adjoining Rowan Scout Resource Center, will be used for

expanded field service support, additional meeting space, and an expanded Scout store.

Rowan, a local industrialist and philanthropist, had originally purchased the building for the Girl Scouts

in 1986. In the late 1990s, the building changed hands to a private company as part of a reorganization

of the Girl Scouts.

The Garden State Council serves more than 12,000 youths a year in South Jersey.

NJ.Com/South Jersey Times: December 05, 2014 at 7:30 PM

Rowan family funds expansion of South Jersey Boy Scouts' headquarters

Boys Scouts from Troop 4, representing the First United

Methodist Church of Millville, during the Pledge of Allegiance at

the Distinguished Citizen of the Year ceremony at the Centerton

Country Club in Pittsgrove, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (Staff Photo

by Jesse Bair/South Jersey Times)

By Kristina Pritchett | South Jersey Times

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Rowan University benefactor Henry Rowan during the unveiling of a statue in his honor at the university

in 2012. (Staff Photo by Tim Hawk/South Jersey Times)

WESTAMPTON — The South Jersey chapter of Boy Scouts of America recently

received funds for an expansion of its headquarters.

The Garden State Council, the chapter that serves South Jersey, announced

that Henry M. Rowan funded the purchase of a building that adjoins the council's

current headquarters, which will triple the amount of space available for the

organization.

The new building, now known as the Rowan Scout Training and Support Center, will house the council's

administrative offices, as well as provide more than 4,000 square feet of additional meeting space.

The adjoining building, which is the council's existing headquarters, will be used for expanded field

service support, additional meeting space and an expanded Scout store.

"Over the past several years, the Scouting program has grown throughout South Jersey, and the council

has been struggling to identify more usable space to support the increased program demands," said Dan

Templar, Scout Executive of the Garden State Council. "This generous gift will finally put that need to

rest and we can move forward with our primary mission; serving more youth throughout South Jersey

with a strong Scouting experience that instills character, citizenship, fitness and leadership."

Rowan gave, what was then Glassboro State College, Rowan University a $100 million gift more than 20

years ago.

Templar added that the council and the Boy Scouts of America are grateful to the Rowan family for

its continued support. The council serves Scouting units in Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,

Gloucester and Salem counties, as well as Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough in Atlantic County.

---Kristina Pritchett may be reached at kpritchett@southjerseymedia.com. Follow her on

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