Boy Scouts’ Leland Leadership Breakfast raises $6,500

LELAND, N.C. – A breakfast held Feb. 22 in Leland raised approximately $6,500 for the Cape Fear Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  The Leadership Breakfast, which is part of the Boy Scouts’ “Investment in Character” campaign, is only the second such event held in Leland.  District Attorney Jon David was the keynote speaker.

“The Boy Scouts do a tremendous job of teaching young men about character, integrity, responsibility and citizenship – values our society needs now more than ever,” said event chairman Frank Williams.  “As someone who was born and raised in northern Brunswick County, I am proud to have helped organize this event to help provide the resources the Boy Scouts need to build a new generation of leaders here in southeastern North Carolina.”

A number of businesses and organizations sponsored the breakfast, including:

– Gold Sponsor: Brunswick County Farm Bureau; and

– Silver Sponsors: Mark Ellenberg and other Brunswick County Farm Bureau Insurance Agents, State Farm Agent Franklin Rouse, Capeside Animal Hospital, the House of Wine & Cheese and Pioneer Strategies, Inc.

The Boy Scouts of America prepares young people for life by providing the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The Scouting organization is composed of 2.7 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 21, and more than a million volunteers, in nearly 300 local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit http://www.scouting.org.  For more information on the Cape Fear Council, please visit http://www.capefearcouncilbsa.org.