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Stallings to speak to DeKalb scouts

By Lindsay Slater
The Times-Journal

Published May 8, 2009

Just about everyone is familiar with the Boy Scouts of America and former Alabama head football coach Gene Stallings.

The two are coming together for the American Values Dinner for the Boy Scouts of America to honor two individuals who have had a great impact in the organization.

The dinner will be Thursday at 7 p.m. on the Cherokee campus of Gadsden State Community College in Centre. Stallings will be the keynote speaker

“We are pleased to have coach Stallings coming to the area to help celebrate the spirit and achievements of scouting,” Greater Alabama Council District Executive Seth Hill said. “Coach Stallings was a great fit for this event because his story of dedication, determination and a values-driven life that parallels well with the values we teach to our youth in the scouting program today.”

The Greater Alabama Council will honor John Livingston and the late Mary George Waite with the Heart of an Eagle Award.

Hill said the award was created to recognize individuals who have made a lasting impact on the scouting organization.

“John Livingston and Mary George Waite not only had a great impact on the scouting program through their years of service to scouting on a local and regional level, but helped make their community a better place for many,” Hill said.

The American Values Dinner was established to serve as a fundraiser for the Sequoyah District of the boy Scouts of America.

“The event, which is open to the public, serves as a means to help continue to fund Scouting on the local level,” Hill said.

Hill said over 36 percent of the Greater Alabama Council’s operating budget comes from it’s annual “Friends of Scouting” campaign, the council’s annual fundraising drive.

“It is important for us to keep the cost of scouting low for the families and youth that are involved in the scouting movement,” Hill said.

Money raised from the fundraiser and the dinner go toward providing “camperships,” fund local programs, provide leadership training and maintain camping facilities like Comer Scout Reservation in Mentone.

Tickets for the dinner are $50 per person.

Individuals and companies can sponsor a table for $500, $1,000 or $1,500.

“Table sponsors will receive invitations to a VIP reception that will be held with coach Stallings before the dinner,” Hill said.

For more information or to buy tickets, call Hill at (205) 739-9443

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