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WEBVTT SIOBHAN: HUGE TREES LIKE THISONE BEING TAKEN DOWN BY AFAST-MOVING STORM JUST BARELYMISSING CAMPSITES.TODAY, DOZENS ANSWERING THE CALLTO HELP CLEAN UP.PICKING UP THE PIECES AT CAMPCARPENTER AFTER STRONG WINDSRIPPED TREES OUT OF THE GROUND.>> IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE OPENINGUP A MATCHBOX.IT'S JUST TREES ON TOP OF TREES.>> THE DAMAGE WAS PRETTYSIGNIFICANT, COULD'VE BEEN A LOTWORSE.SIOBHAN: NO ONE WAS HURT.BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN ADIFFERENT STORY HAD IT HAPPENEDTODAY, AS HUNDREDS OF BOY SCOUTSAND THEIR FAMILIES ARRIVE FORTHE WEEK.>> THEY'LL HAVE PLENTY OFFIREWOOD FOR BUILDING CAMPFIRES.SIOBHAN: CAMP STAFF REACHED OUTTO THE COMMUNITY LOOKING FORVOLUNTEERS.>> WE WERE OVERWHELMED.70-PLUS VOLUNTEERS.YOUNG, OLD, ALL HELPING TO CLEANUP SOME OF THE DAMAGE.SIOBHAN: MANY WITH THEIR OWNCHAINSAWS AND GEAR SHOWED UPFIRST THING THIS MORNING READYTO WORK.>> WE'RE HAPPY.WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE AND GET ANICE WORKOUT, AND IT'S NOT JUSTA QUIET SUNDAY WAITING FOR THEBALLGAME.>> BOY SCOUTS IS A BIG FUN PARTOF MY LIFE.HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE HELP ME, SONOW THAT I'M AN ADULT, IT'S TIMETO COME BACK AND DO IT ALL OVERAGAIN HELPING.SIOBHAN: A LONG DAY'S WORK FOR AGOOD CAUSE BRINGING FORMERSCOUTS BACK TO A PLACE WHERETHEY BUILT MEMORIES AS KIDS,TEACHING A LESSON TO THE YOUNGERGENERATION.>> WE ASK SCOUTS TO ALWAYS BEHELPFUL AND TO HELP OTHER PEOPLEAT ALL TIMES.AND THAT'S REALLY ONE OF OURGOALS.AND WHEN WE ASKED, PEOPLE CAMEOUT.SIOBHAN: THE CAMP EXPECTS THECLEAN-UP TO LAST THROUGH THEWEEK.THEY SAY VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME.

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Dozens in the Manchester community answered the call to help clean up Camp Carpenter after a fast moving storm took down massive trees, just barely missing campsites, Saturday."It's pretty much like opening up a matchbox, it's just trees on top of trees," said volunteer Real Mongeau.No one was hurt but it could have been a much different story had the storm happened Sunday, opening day when hundreds of Boy Scouts and their families arrive for a week of camping."The damage was pretty significant, could've been a lot worse," said Chris Hopkins, Director of Support Services of the Daniel Webster Council. "They'll have plenty of firewood for building camp fires."Camp staff reached out to the community asking for help."We were overwhelmed," Hopkins said. "70-plus volunteers young, old, all helping to clean up some of the damage."Many with their own chainsaws and gear showed up first thing Sunday morning ready to work."We're happy. We're happy to be here and get a nice workout and it's not just a quiet Sunday waiting for the ballgame," Mongeau said."Boy Scouts is a big, fun part of my life. Had a lot of people help me. So now that I'm an adult it's time to come back and do it all over again helping," said Real's son Theodore, who also volunteered.It was a long day's work for a good cause, bringing former scouts back to a place where they built memories as kids and teaching a lesson to the younger generations."We ask scouts to always be helpful and to help other people at all times," Hopkins said. "And that's really one of our goals."The camp expects the cleanup to last through the week. They say volunteers are welcome.