As part of one of the finest programs in our community – and in all of America – for building good character and good citizenship among our boys, 580 Chattanooga-area men and women gathered at the Chattanooga Convention Center yesterday to salute the Boy Scouts of America and advance its constructive programs.
Thousands of area youths are involved in Boy Scouts. The annual Friends of Scouting Luncheon provided an opportunity for good citizens to help support local boys growing into productive adulthood.
Boy Scouts pledge, “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.”
They support the Scout Law: “A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.”
Wouldn’t it be great if all of us adhered to those standards?