Organizers of a Boy Scouts of America camp being held at Camp Schoenwald (behind Sylvester Middle School) were greeted with an unpleasant discovery on Tuesday, July 19.

According to Sgt. John Urquhart with the King County Sheriff’s Office, Cub Scout Pack 793 parked their trailer full of archery equipment on Sylvester Middle School grounds around 8:30 p.m. on Monday night, July 18, in preparation for an archery training session for the youngsters.

When staff arrived the next morning to set up the archery range they discovered someone had broken the lock to the trailer and stolen boys’ compound bows, arrows, a drill, a generator and a sledge hammer with a total loss of around $1700.

The stolen equipment has been provided to the Boy Scout District by Cub Scout Pack 793 for several years, according to Cub Master Jon Gerhardt.

“To have this go missing is a big impact to the kids and parents,” Gerhardt said of the supplies his troop has compiled over the past five years through a lot of sweat equity and fundraising activities.

No arrests have been made, according to Sgt. Urquhart.

Gerhardt said anyone interested in donating equipment or funds to help replenish their stolen supplies can contact him at 793arrows[at]gmail.com.

Boy Scout staff at the camp said the district office was able to bring in reserve archery equipment to keep the kids shooting with little disruption at the camp that runs until Friday, July 22, according to Manny Ramos with the Boy Scouts. Ramos said the Boy Scout district office will see what they can do to after the camp to help Pack 793 replenish their stolen supplies.

Contact the Burien Police Department at (206) 296-3333 if you have information on the burglary, including anyone selling a suspiciously large amount of archery equipment.