Boy scout finds wallet, returns $800
Categories: Teens & tweens, Places to go, Development, In the news, Education
In what could be seen as a karmic turn of events, an eleven-year-old boy scout returned a wallet containing $800 and then had his own returned to him. Hailing from Michigan, J.R. Bouterse, got his own wallet back after publicity arose from his kind action.
Last month Jessica Cutler lost her wallet in a church parking lot. Bouterse lost his at an Easter egg hunt, where it was found by Nancy Bosse and her granddaughter. Even though there was no ID in Bouterse's wallet, somehow Bosse managed to track him down after hearing about Bouterse.
Rather than accepting the reward collected for his good deed by the Michigan State Police, Bouterse asked that the money be used to buy pizza for his boy scout troupe. Also in attendance at the party was surprise guest Jessica Cutler, the owner of the other lost wallet.
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queenoqueens 5-02-2008 @ 10:45AM
I'm a sap, because this almost made me cry.
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Lynnae 5-02-2008 @ 1:44PM
This made me cry because I am so proud and honored to have him as my nephew. I'm proud of my brother and sister-in-law who are doing a wonderful job raising him, his two sisters and two twin brothers.
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Justin 5-03-2008 @ 7:06PM
A real scout, and a real inspiration!
Kudos! A great deed well done!
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J.R. 6-22-2008 @ 10:21AM
Thanks aunt lynnae. See you on the 4th of july:>
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