Help a Bluffton Boy Scout become an American Indian this summer.

Members of the Bluffton Boy Scout Troop 256 seek some financial assistance for a sesquicentennial project they are involved with this summer, according to Gary Wetherill, assistant scoutmaster.

"The troop has been asked by the sesquicentennial committee to build and staff an American Indian village for the two weekends of the sesquicentennial celebration," Wetherill told The Icon.

"This means that nearly 25 boys will need to boys will need to be dressed in period-appropriate clothing at approximately $50 per boy." he added.

Wetherill said that the moccasins alone cost nearly $30 per boy.

"We are soliciting community sponsors for those boys participating in this project,"he said.

Persons, organizations, clubs or businesses are invited to become project sponsors at $50 each. More information is available by contacting Wetherill at his home, 1011 Grove Road, Bluffton, or by calling him at 419-358-1049 or e-mail at: [email protected].