Whispering Pines District to have recognition and awards dinner

Staff report

CANFIELD

The Whispering Pines District of the Greater Western Reserve Council of the Boy Scouts of America will host its annual recognition and awards dinner Sunday at Camp Stambaugh, 3712 Leffingwell Road. A social begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m.

The dinner will honor the 34 Scouts who last year earned the Eagle Scout Award, the highest award a Scout can earn in Boy Scouts. A 2013 Silver Award recipient also will be honored; the award is the highest a Venturing Scout can earn.

Others who will be honored are Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, Venturing crews and Scout volunteers who have provided exceptional service to the district and to the community in the past year.

In addition, the District Award of Merit, which is the highest honor a district can bestow upon a volunteer, will be awarded; it is available to those who have given service of an outstanding nature at the district level.

Last year, the Whispering Pines District served families of 751 Cub Scouts in 14 Cub Scout packs, 424 Boy Scouts in 19 Boy Scout troops, and 39 Venturing Scouts in two Venturing crews.

The district has 516 adult volunteers.

For information about the Whispering Pines District, contact Preston Cockrell, district executive, at 330-898-8474, ext. 15, or prestoncockrell@scouting.org.