Seal Beach Yacht Club partners with Cub Scouts for flag retiring program

SEAL BEACH—From flying proud to spawning new life, in 2018 Seal Beach Yacht Club respectfully retired 47 American flags with the help of local Cub Scout Pack 116 and several other partners, turning the ashes into compost to fuel the patient garden at Veteran’s Affairs Hospital in Long Beach. Seal Beach YC this year is again coordinating a program with Cub Scout Pack 116 to respectfully retire worn and torn flags and raise funds for the local Cub Scouts. “The Seal Beach Yacht Club had a flag retiring in 2018 and I was so impressed with the program, as Commodore I wanted to support it again,” Said Seal Beach YC 2020 Commodore Laura Ellsworth. Worn American flags of any size can be donated at Captain’s Locker at 194 N Marina Dr., Long Beach through June 15. Captain’s Locker is also selling new 3-foot by 5-foot flags as a fundraiser for the local Cub Scouts. Seal Beach YC said the flags for sale are durable, top quality, marine-use flags with a suggested retail of $55. Captain’s Locker is selling them for $40 plus tax, with a donation of $6.50 going to the scouts for every purchase. Seal Beach YC member Joan Palango, who helped organize...