OSP Baja VW Bug Project Overview
Odd Squad likes to provide youth with additional opportunities to grow, develop and learn new skills under our Physical Literacy programming. To this end, we have taken on a new project: “The Odd Baja Bug” .
This VW Beetle was generously donated by OSP President Bob Rich and his son Joel. Bob Rich and his son Joel worked together to build this into a functional (and fun!) Baja Bug during Joel’s teen years two decades ago. Leading this project will be Tobin Hinton Jr., incorporating our OSP youth under his leadership, and with the help and guidance of the Odd Squad senior members.
Starting Jan 1, 2025, the OSP youth team will be breathing new life into the old bones of the 1972 VW Baja Bug. This will be a complete rebuild and restoration project, and will rely on fundraising by youth, contributions, donations, and help from our partners. The project completion date is set for Summer 2025.
The goal is to have a branded OSP Baja Bug that will help bring youth into the backcountry of BC to continue to explore camping, wilderness and expand on their Duke of Edinburgh outdoor expedition trips! We will be documenting this project as we go and hosting this on our OSP You Tube How To Channel.
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December 24, 2024
Ruth, Bob, and Joel Rich hand over the manuals they used to build the Baja Bug!
December 24, 2024
Joel presents OSP Youth leader Tobin Hinton Jr. with the Coveted Baja Bug Helmet!
December 24, 2024
The Baja Bug is dropped off at Odd Squad HQ for the official start of the project!
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