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'''Gustavo Vollmer Herrera''' of the [[Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela]] is an engineer who served on the [[World Scout Committee]] of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] from 1963 to 1969 and again from 1973 to 1979. |
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In 1969, Vollmer was awarded the ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 22nd World Scout Conference. He also received the [[Silver Buffalo]] in 1965. |
In 1969, Vollmer was awarded the ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 22nd World Scout Conference. He also received the [[Silver Buffalo]] in 1965. |
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In addition, Gustavo Vollmer Herrera is the oldest surviving member of the Vollmer clan in Venezuela, the country’s oldest business dynasty. Although extremely low profile, the Vollmer family maintains an active management role handling the operations of the Santa Teresa Rum company where they generate close to 500 direct jobs and rehabilitate youngsters in nearby slums located in the town of El Consejo, in Aragua state, where the company maintains a modern distillery, sports facilities and sugar cane plantations. The program they developed in order to reduce crime in the community is called Alcatraz and has won praise from numerous humanitarian organizations as an excellent example showing how entrepreneurs in Latin America can get involved in the community to ease social tensions. |
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Gustavo Vollmer Herrera of the Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela is an engineer who served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1963 to 1969 and again from 1973 to 1979.
In 1969, Vollmer was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 22nd World Scout Conference. He also received the Silver Buffalo in 1965.
In addition, Gustavo Vollmer Herrera is the oldest surviving member of the Vollmer clan in Venezuela, the country’s oldest business dynasty. Although extremely low profile, the Vollmer family maintains an active management role handling the operations of the Santa Teresa Rum company where they generate close to 500 direct jobs and rehabilitate youngsters in nearby slums located in the town of El Consejo, in Aragua state, where the company maintains a modern distillery, sports facilities and sugar cane plantations. The program they developed in order to reduce crime in the community is called Alcatraz and has won praise from numerous humanitarian organizations as an excellent example showing how entrepreneurs in Latin America can get involved in the community to ease social tensions.
References
- Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985, complete list through 1981, from which the French Scoutopedia article is sourced
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