The Muskingum Valley Council Boy Scouts will be holding the 11th
'Commitment to Excellence' banquet to present the North Star Award.
It
is the highest award that can be presented to a former boy scout or cub
scout who is not actively scouting. State Senator Troy Balderson will
be receiving the honor.
"Troy just came to the top of the list
very quickly as someone who is well recognized in the community for the
service he's given for years," said Ed Mulholland, Executive Director of
the Muskingum Valley Council Boy Scouts. "He's always been supportive
throughout his public service of organizations like scouting. He teaches
citizenship in the classroom, he's visited many boy scout troop and cub
scout pack and done the same thing. He's just been very supportive of
scouting and youth in general."
Senator Balderson recognizes that
one of the strongest pillars the scouts offer the youth today is
leadership. He works diligently in the 20th senate district to give back
to the upcoming youth and the community as a whole.
"I've really
been heavily reaching out to our schools. I try to go to schools, I
serve seven and a half counties," said Senator Balderson. "I try to go
to those counties and go to those schools and talk to the youth and
express to them the importance of hard work and getting into
organizations that will guide them and give them the leadership skills
that they need."
The Commitment to Excellence banquet will take
place Thursday May 8th at the Zanesville Country Club. Also being
recognized at the banquet will be Richard Daily, a scouting volunteer
who will receive the 'Whitney M. Young Jr. Award'.
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