FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2022
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Alison Harrison, Marketing and Communications Director
James Parnell, Scout Executive
GEORGE BALL RECEIVES TIDEWATER COUNCIL'S HIGHEST HONOR
Chesapeake, Va. – Three local Boy Scouts of America (BSA) leaders have received the Silver Beaver Award, the highest honor bestowed by a local BSA council. First introduced in 1931, the prestigious award recognizes volunteer leaders who have provided distinguished service to youth. The Silver Beaver Award is granted by one’s peers in the local Scouting area. Since 1931, Tidewater Council has presented 500 Silver Beaver Awards.
George G. Ball has served as Tidewater Council’s Vice President of Finance since 2018. The council’s Friends of Scouting annual giving campaign has more than doubled during that time. He was the founding advisor of Venturing Crew 259 in the Western Branch section of Chesapeake and is on the Board of Directors for the MacArthur Memorial Foundation and the Executive Board for the Greater Norfolk Corporation.
The recognition ceremony was held on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Khedive Shrine Center in Chesapeake. Additional honorees were Karen Allgaier and Charles “Chuck” Kelley.
About Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of America
Tidewater Council is the 5th 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.
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