FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 3, 2023
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Alison Harrison, Marketing and Communications Director
James Parnell, Scout Executive
VIRGINIA BEACH LIFE SCOUT TO RECEIVE BSA'S MEDAL OF MERIT
Virginia Beach, Va. – A Virginia Beach Boy Scout is receiving a national award – the Medal of Merit – from the Boy Scouts of America.
Brighton Doebler, 15, was waiting for his mother to pick him up from Landstown High School in Virginia Beach on February 6, 2023. While waiting, he witnessed a two-car accident on the corner of Princess Anne Road and Concert Drive. The driver of one car managed to get out of the vehicle by the time Brighton arrived at the scene. He immediately checked on the other driver and found her unconscious. So, Brighton assessed her injuries and checked her vital signs. When the second driver regained consciousness, Brighton supported her neck and assisted her out of the vehicle and to the side of the street out of further harm’s way. He stayed with her until Virginia Beach Rescue arrived.
Brighton Doebler is a Life Scout in Scouts BSA Troop 791, chartered by VFW Back Bay Post 1211 in Virginia Beach.
Brighton will be honored at a recognition dinner at 6:00 PM on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the Khedive Shrine Center, 645 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia.
About the Medal of Merit Award
The Medal of Merit honors youth members or adult leaders of the Boy Scouts of America who have performed an act of service of a rare or exceptional character that reflects an uncommon degree of concern for the wellbeing of others. This award recognizes actions of meritorious service above and beyond what is normally expected.
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. More 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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