The Tri-County District of the Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts of America, will hold its annual Somerset County Outstanding Citizen Dinner on Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Somerset County Civic Center in Princess Anne. This year the Boy Scouts will honor Austin Cox Sr. Austin has been and continues to be an active member of the Lower Shore community.
The Somerset Outstanding Citizen Dinner is the annual opportunity for the community’s leadership to gather and celebrate the successes of the Boy Scouting program in our area. The dinner is built around recognizing a person who uses the character traits taught in Scouting to make our community a better place. While running what is now Delmarva's air conditioning, heating, plumbing and electrical specialist, Austin has personified all that is good about the business community and its people. Along with running a business he has been active in the Crisfield Fire Company, the Crisfield City Council, the Elks, the American Legion, Kiwanis, the J. Millard Tawes Museum, the Heritage Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. As part of his work with the museum he has worked with children to better understand the eco-systems of the bay. He has built a crab shanty to reproduce for educational purposes what the life is like and the things necessary to make a living from the water. Over 600 children have participated in this experience. This year Austin is one of ten D-Day veterans to accompany twenty girls and boys from the USA to France. The purpose is to commemorate the invasion of Europe and to teach the students what the landings were like from those who were actually there at the time.
The event will draw over 150 people to recognize Austin for his service. The Outstanding Citizen Dinner will hopefully raise over $20,000 to help support scouting programs and services. Over 15,000 youth are served by the Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts of America annually. Special efforts are made to reach urban, rural, minority, handicapped, and underprivileged youths, who will benefit most from Scouting’s values-based programs.
Individual tickets are $35.00 and event sponsorships are available. On line registration is available at www.dmvc.org/tc-ocad . Reservation and Advertizing deadline is June 12, 2009.
1 comment:
Austin Cox is my uncle and I couldn't be more proud of him! He is truly a hero to our family and I think this honor is wonderful.
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