FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 25, 2022
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Alison Harrison, Marketing and Communications Director
James Parnell, Scout Executive
CHESAPEAKE EAGLE SCOUT & SCOUTS BSA TROOP 462 RECEIVE THE CITY’S YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
Chesapeake, Va. – Eagle Scout Ethan Gregg and members of Scouts BSA Troop 462 have received the 2021 “Chesapeake Environmental Award for a Youth Organization” from the City of Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council. The award was presented to Gregg and Scoutmaster Mark Guzzo by Chesapeake Mayor Rick West on October 11, 2022.
Gregg set out to build a bird rehabilitation enclosure for Altons’ Keep Wildbird Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for his Eagle Scout project. Altons’ Keep is a non-profit organization located at 2059 Whaleyville Blvd. in Suffolk, VA. The center is federally permitted to rescue injured and orphaned wild birds in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, rehabilitate them, and release them back into the wild.
On May 16, 2021, members from Troop 462 supported Ethan Gregg and his Eagle Scout project in a big way. Under his leadership and with their help, they exceeded the project’s initial scope. In the end, they built the bird rehabilitation enclosure, cleaned up a large portion of the facility, removed more than 3,300 pounds of trash and debris, and they were able to provide a $1,000 donation to the rescue.
About Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of America
Tidewater Council is the fifth oldest Boy Scouts of America council in the United States, established in 1911. Today, the council serves approximately 4,000 youth and 2,000 adult volunteers in the Virginia cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, and the North Carolina counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans. Information about Tidewater Council is available by visiting TidewaterBSA.com, emailing james.parnell@scouting.org, or calling 757-497-2688.
About the Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the nation’s foremost youth programs of character development and values-based leadership training. Since its inception in 1910, more than 130 million young men and women have participated in the BSA’s youth programs. More than 35 million adult volunteers have helped carry out the BSA’s mission.
BSA programs serve boys and girls ages five through 20, and their families, with age-appropriate curriculums that develop character, citizenship, leadership, and personal fitness.
More information about the Boy Scouts of America is available by visiting scouting.org.
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