FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 7, 2025
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Alison Harrison, Marketing and Communications Director
James Parnell, Scout Executive
Virginia Beach, Va. – Marc Craig of Norfolk has been recognized as a “Living Legend of Tidewater Council.” He was honored by Scouting America Tidewater Council at its Recognition Banquet on April 30, 2025, at the Khedive Shrine Center in Chesapeake.
The Living Legends of Tidewater Council award recognizes well-known living volunteers who have generously given untold amounts of their time, resources, and talents to the Scouting program. Tidewater Council’s service area encompasses the Virginia cities of Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, as well as seven northeastern North Carolina counties.
Marc Craig has been instrumental in bringing Scouting to the African American community in Norfolk for almost 20 years.
He is the Scoutmaster of Troop 77 and has been a leader in Pack 77 since 2006, joining with his son, Marc. Throughout that time, he brought Scouts who might not otherwise have had the opportunity to Pipsico Scout Reservation in Surry County, Virginia.
He has also been an active helper with the Bayside District and council events. He completed Wood Badge in 2020.
In 2022, when Tidewater Council started a ScoutReach program at Lindenwood Elementary School in Norfolk, Marc would come to help Lindenwood’s ScoutReach pack after finishing his school day in Portsmouth.
At the end of 2023, Marc would become the Cubmaster of a ScoutReach pack at Park View Elementary in Portsmouth, where he is an art teacher. Thanks to Marc’s efforts, the Park View ScoutReach program now serves more than 20 youth from underserved communities.
Craig has volunteered at several Scouting events, such as Scouting for Food, Beaver Days, Rocket Into Scouting, and as a Cub Scout Day Camp administrator. He was named Powhatan District Cub Scout Leader of the Year in 2008. He is also an active member of First Baptist Church of Bute Street in Norfolk, which sponsors Troop and Pack 77.
Craig received the Living Legend of Tidewater Council honor alongside fellow Scout leaders Gene Hoffman and Jon McGlothian, both of Virginia Beach.
About Scouting America Tidewater Council
Established in 1911, Tidewater Council is the fifth oldest Scouting America council in the United States. Today, the council serves approximately 4,000 youth and 1,700 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. To learn more about Tidewater Council or to sign your child up for Scouting, visit TidewaterBSA.com, email [email protected], or call 757-497-2688.
About Scouting America
Scouting America provides the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be “Prepared. For Life.®”
Scouting America welcomes all of America’s youth into its programs. Scouting aims to give them fantastic experiences in the outdoors, and elsewhere, where they can grow in a safe environment. More than 130 million Americans have participated in Scouting’s programs since its founding. Today, more than one million youth are served by 477,000 dedicated adult volunteers in local councils nationwide.
To learn more about Scouting America’s mission, visit Scouting.org.
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