Date: May 11, 2007
Contact: Roger A. Chatell
Phone: (800) 414-2433 x259
rchatell@bsamail.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Scouts to Honor Community Leaders
NORWICH – The Connecticut Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be honoring Thomas Pipicelli, President and CEO of the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, with its Outstanding Leadership Award. The Scouts will also be honoring Dime Bank of Norwich with its Community Service Award.
The awards presentation will take place at a reception at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket on Wednesday, June 27, 2007. This will be the twelfth annual presentation of these awards. Speakers will include Apprentice Sea Scout Amanda Ballassi of Ship 584 Groton and Eagle Scout Ian Caird of Troop 11 New London.
The Outstanding Leadership Award is presented annually to publicly acknowledge the accomplishments of an outstanding community leader; a person who lives by the Scout Oath and Law in their daily life. Past recipients of this award include Duncan Stoddard of Chelsea Groton Bank, Leon Olivier of Northeast Utilities, and Milton Jacobson of Brown Jacobson P.C.
The Community Service Award is presented to organizations that make a significant contribution to the community’s quality of life. Past recipients of this award include Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, The Liberty Store, and Five Star Shop-Rite Supermarkets. The spirit of eastern Connecticut is greatly enriched by the continual support of our business community.
The Outstanding Leadership Award Committee is chaired by Ken Capano, Sr., president of Five Star Shop-Rite Supermarkets; and Jeffrey Godley, a partner at Brown Jacobson P.C. Also on the steering committee are Bill Terwilliger and Michael Gualtieri of Chelsea Groton Bank, Allie Resnick of Rescorp, Marj Taggart-Dedrick of the Women’s Center of Southeastern Connecticut, Susan Pochal of Pochal and Pochal LLC, Keith Fontaine and John Panicek of Backus Hospital, and Jim Cronin and Melissa Coli of Dime Bank.
Connecticut Rivers Council is a United Way agency annually serving 34,000 youth in 127 towns in Connecticut. It is the largest private youth-serving organization in New England. The Boy Scouts continue to be the nation’s leader in youth development programs that focus on values, leadership, physical fitness, and citizenship.