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The Allegheny Highlands Council, Boy Scouts of America, headquartered in Falconer, announced that state Sen. Cathy Young, R-Olean, will be honored with the 100th Anniversary Good Scout Award at their annual golf tournament. It will be held at Shorewood Country Club on Friday, June 25.
"We couldn't be more pleased," said Derek Dawson, chairman of the event. "Sen. Young has done so much for the Southern Tier. She really and truly is a good scout, in her words and her deeds, and is most deserving of this honor. It is most fitting that we honor her on the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. This will be a great event for all of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties."
"What a perfect fit. We serve those three counties, and so does Sen. Young," said Herb Hern, president of the scout council. "Cathy Young embodies the traditional values that we embrace in scouting. She is Trustworthy, brave, helpful, and friendly.

To recognize a history of giving to the Boy Scouts, the Boy Scouts are giving a little back tonight to Alabama A&M University.
A&M tonight will receive the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, which recognizes contributions to Scouting for low-income, inner-city and rural youth.
The award will be presented as the highlight of the Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards Banquet at the Huntsville Marriott. Home Depot will also receive the award.
"We're really pleased to receive that honor because we have been working for the Scouts for years," A&M spokesman Jerome Saintjones said.
Among A&M's efforts to help Scouting is an annual "Scoutreach" program that brings about 400 Scouts on campus each February to participate in activities to earn merit badges.
Receiving the Young Award, however, is an opportunity to give pats on the back to those who usually give the pats on the back to the Scouts.

Mountain Home Boy Scout Troop 156 honored three local community members Thursday at a Golden Eagle banquet at First United Methodist Church — American Stitchco president, community leader and former state senator Steve Luelf with the Golden Eagle Community Service award; Eagle Scout and retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. John Bany with the prestigious Silver Beaver award; and Mountain Home Troop 156 Scoutmaster Dr. Greg Elders with the James E. West Fellowship award.
"We're trying to reconnect Scouting people in the community," she said. "We're reconnecting people to people, and people to Scouting."
Dr. Ray Stahl, event chairman, began a search for local Eagle Scouts in February, hoping to find as many as possible for Thursday's event. More than 140 guests attended what Stahl hopes is the first annual Golden Eagle banquet.
"We recognized former Boy Scouts, Scout leaders and more than 20 Eagle Scouts for their service to the Scouting movement," Stahl said.

The campaign, called “SCOUTING FOR FOOD,” kicks off this Saturday when Scouts canvas neighborhoods with door-hangers listing the most-needed food items for local food banks.
The Scouts will return next Saturday (March 20th) to pick up donations and deliver them to local food banks.
Record numbers of people are visiting local food banks in the wake of news that Washington state’s unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent in January. 373,000 children living in Washington state households struggle to put food on the table, according to Children’s Alliance and USDA reports. To meet the increased food shortage locally, the Chief Seattle Council is teaming up with the Pacific Harbors Council of Boy Scouts of America making this the largest food collection campaign ever done by them. The two councils represent up to nearly 46,000 Scouting youth participation.

At least 20,000 Boy Scouts will volunteer to assist in various community projects on March 27 in the annual Scout Community Service Day. Twent-five counties in Kentucky and southern Indiana will be targeted for this event in an effort to positively impact their city, town, and county.
The Boy Scouts are partnering with the Metro United Way in providing Scouts within the area projects through their website. Projects listed on the United Way website include volunteering for the Catholic Charities annual Easter Egg Hunt with over 100 refugee children expected to participate; light landscaping and some outside painting for Bridgehaven; Metro Parks assistance including landscaping, painting, litter cleanup, and other jobs