Finding Gilwell · Troop 532 · Vero Beach, Florida
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Finding Gilwell · Troop 532
Turn scrap
into camp.
A friendly community-service program of Finding Gilwell, Inc. Troop 532 scouts help clean metal and old cars off local properties. Finding Gilwell takes the load to the yard, collects the cash, and that gift sends scouts to summer camp.
When the troop goes out
When Troop 532 scraps as a unit, that day is posted in our Facebook group. We don't keep a calendar on this site. Troop 532 on Facebook.
$4.20
#1 copper / lb
1,847
pounds turned in
$2,140
toward camp & operations
$8,500
summer camp goal
Four moves
How a pile of pipe
becomes a cash gift.
- 01
Tell us what's sitting around
Old condensers, copper, aluminum, brass — even a car that's been in the side yard for years. If it's metal and it's yours, we'd love to come help.
- 02
Scouts come clean it up
It's community service, with two-deep adult leadership. We pull, sort, and load. Household trash and yard waste we'll leave behind — we're a scout troop, not a dumpster service.
- 03
Finding Gilwell goes to the yard
Adults haul the load to Indian River Salvage on 45th Street. You don't have to come along. Finding Gilwell collects the cash from the yard — and that cash is your donation.
- 04
That gift sends scouts to camp
Finding Gilwell, Inc. puts it toward Troop 532 summer camp and operations, and will send a written acknowledgment as requested.
45th Street · Vero Beach
Every load goes to Indian River Salvage.
They buy the copper, the coils, and the cans. We haul the load as community service. They pay you, the owner. You donate that cash to Finding Gilwell, Inc. for summer camp and troop operations.
Copper, coils, aluminum, steel, and any other metal you were going to throw away.
Evacuated window units and mini-split condensers are some of the best metal most households have — bring a copy of the receipt for the replacement unit, or the yard cannot take them. Clean pipe is next. Cans are welcome if you already bag them.
- Bare bright copper$4.40/lb
- #1 copper$4.20/lb
- #2 copper$3.90/lb
- AC coils / Al-Cu radiators$2.20/lb
Summer camp & operations
$2,140
of $8,500 · 25% · as of August 24, 2026
1,847 lb turned in
11 loads to the yard
When Finding Gilwell collects the yard cash, that gift is yours to the troop — summer camp first, then the monthly campouts, gear, and rides that keep scouts in the woods.
See the fund
The yard check is a cash gift.
Troop 532 scouts clean properties in Indian River County as community service, chartered to Finding Gilwell, Inc.. Finding Gilwell takes the load to Indian River Salvage and collects the cash as your gift — so scouts go to summer camp, not popcorn.
If condensers are still sitting behind the garage and you have the replacement receipt, request a cleanup. We'll find a day.