2008
MARCH
MEDIA ADVISORY-Scouts Plan To Equal Largest One-Day Volunteer Effort In Mo. State Parks System (March 31, 2008) (PDF): LESTERVILLE, Mo.,--More than 400 Boy Scouts will plant trees, blaze new trails and perform other restoration projects at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The Scouts also will be working on other projects in the surrounding area.
2007
NOVEMBER
MEDIA RELEASE-Scouting For Food Campaign Gathers 2.07 Million Cans In 23rd Annual Drive (November 17, 2007) (PDF): More than 30,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers helped the needy on Saturday as they collected 2.07 million cans of food during the 2007 Scouting for Food drive.
JUNE
MEDIA RELEASE-Eckelkamp Receives Silver Buffalo Award (June 21, 2007) (PDF): L.B. Eckelkamp Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Washington, received the Boy Scouts of America's highest recognition--the Silver Buffalo Award--at the National Council's Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Friday, June 1, 2007.
MAY
MEDIA ADVISORY-Cub Scout Receives Heroism Award For Using Evacuation Plan To Save Self, Mother During Fire (May 17, 2007) (PDF): Wolf Cub Scout Ryan Corbett will receive a heroism medal for using an evacuation plan--developed at a Scout meeting--to save himself and his mother before their home was engulfed in flames last year. The presentation will be made during a National Court of Honor Ceremony at the Greater St. Louis Area Council's Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, May 23, at the St. Charles Convention Center.
MEDIA RELEASE-Venturer Selected President of Central Region (May 15, 2007) (PDF): Amanda Vogt will be introduced as the incoming Central Region Venturing President and be presented with Lindenwood Universitys Boy Scout scholarship during the Greater St. Louis Area Council's Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, May 23, at the St. Charles Convention Center.
2006
February
MEDIA RELEASE-Report to the State (Feb. 2, 2006) (PDF): Spelling Bee Champ, Now Eagle Scout, Joins Venturing Officer To Present Missouri Boy Scout Report to Governor Blunt.
March
MEDIA ADVISORY-Scout to Meet President Bush (March 1, 2006) (PDF): C.J. Suber, a Boy Scout from Troop 30o at Webster Groves Presbyterian Church, will meet President Bush as a member of the Boy Scouts of America's Report to the Nation delegation on March 4 to 8 in Washington, D.C.
May
MEDIA ADVISORY-Girl Scouts Join Boy Scouts In Placing 128,000 Flags At Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (May 28, 2006) (PDF): Approximately 4,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts on Sunday will decorate each of the 128,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery with an American Flag during the 56th annual Memorial Day Good Turn.
MEDIA ADVISORY-Cub Scout To Receive Heroism Award For Saving 4-Year-Old Sister From Drowning (May 31, 2006) (PDF): Joseph Howard, a 7-year-old Cub Scout, receives a Heroism Award during a National Court of Honor at the Greater St. Louis Area Council's Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner.
November
Scouting for Food Media Information
MEDIA RELEASE-2006 Scouting For Food Gathers 1.9 Million Cans(Nov. 18, 2006) (PDF): More than 30,000 Scouts collected 1.96 million cans during the 22nd annual Scouting for Food Good turn.