Central N.C. Council Contingent at Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary Celebration in Raleigh. Pictured are, from left, front row, Josh Swain, Gov. Bev Perdue, First Gentleman Bob Eaves. Back row, Matt Swain, Cody Thompson, Stephen Johnson, Brady Ross, Ethan Ross, Mehi Carruth, John Almond, Will Mace and Seth Culp.
Ten Boy Scouts from the seven-county Central N.C. Council traveled to Raleigh on Feb. 7-8 along with representatives from the 93 other counties in our state to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Boy Scouts of America by pledging a total of 100,000 hours of community service in 2010.
Josh Swain of Locust, chief of Central N.C. Council’s Itibapshe Iti Hollo Lodge, was spokesman and council flag bearer for the group and pledged to Gov. Bev Perdue and First Gentleman Bob Eaves that scouts from the area would complete 7,000 hours of community service during the year. The hours will be spent “improving our parks, schools and other local facilities, and otherwise serving the needs of our citizens.”
Other scout representatives from the area carried flags in the processional down Fayetteville Street to the Capitol Building and, later in the day, accompanied Swain on stage during the presentation to Gov. Perdue held in the N.C. Museum of History.
These young men were: Stephen Johnson (Anson County); Mehi Carruth (Cabbarrus County); Cody Thompson (Montgomery County); Will Mace (Richmond County); Seth Culp (Rowan County); John Almond (Stanly County); Ethan Ross (Union County); Matt Swain (N.C. Flag); and Brady Ross (U.S. Flag).
The scouts and their families attended a vespers service on Sunday evening, and then on Monday morning following the processional, they walked to the Legislative Building where they met with a state representative and state senator from the Raleigh area, enjoyed a visit to the Judicial Building where they were greeted by Chief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court Sarah Parker, Justice Robert H. Edmunds Jr., Justice Paul Newby, Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson and Judge Sanford L. Steelman Jr. of the N.C. Court of Appeals. Then they toured the Capitol Building.
According to Swain, “we are honored to do this ‘good turn’ for our state.”
The goal is for scouts to in each of the seven counties in the area to complete a minimum of 1,000 service hours. Scouting units throughout the Central N.C. Council will log their service projects into an online program throughout 2010, and a follow-up report will be given to the Governor on Feb. 7, 2011.
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