TWINSBURG, Ohio — J.T. Eaton, a manufacturer of integrated pest management (IPM) products, recently assisted Newhall, Calif.-based pest management professional (PMP) David Larson in providing pest management services to local Boy Scout camps.

For the past decade, Larson has volunteered his time and services to ensure the California summer camp sites of Emerald Bay on Catalina Island, Camp Josepho in the Santa Monica Mountains and Camp Whitsett in the Southern Sierra Mountains have any pest problems kept to a minimum.

But in this economy, it's difficult to keep resources going for such a project — and that's why Larson turned to J.T. Eaton.

"I've never asked a manufacturer for a donation before," he admits, but notes that the company was receptive.

"When David told me about the program, I knew right away that we'd want to help," said James Rodriguez, sales manager for J.T. Eaton. "It's in keeping with the mission of our Stanley Z. Baker Philanthropic Program."

The late Baker, a PMP Hall of Famer whose sons Ben and Bart and grandson Dale still lead J.T. Eaton today, was known both for his industry innovations  and his desire to help others in professional pest management. The company began its philanthropic program for charitable industry donations and scholarships in his honor in 2005.

With the Boy Scout camps' emphasis on respecting nature, it was important to use low-impact products that targeted just the pests, with no adverse effect on native wildlife — or curious Scouts.

"Because their biggest concerns were mice and house flies, we were able to ship David a variety of J.T. Eaton products, including mouse traps, glue boards, multiple-catch mouse traps, our new easy-to-set Jawz Mouse Size traps and several large Stick-Em glue boards," Rodriguez reports.

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