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Tread Lightly! and Boy Scouts of America Form Partnership
For More Information Contact:
Monica Clay, Tread Lightly!
monica@treadlightly.org
800-966-9900
Brian R. Gray, Boy Scouts of America
brian.gray@scouting.org
972-580-2000
OGDEN, Utah (June 16, 2010) — The nonprofit organization Tread Lightly! has announced a formal partnership with one of the nation’s largest and most prominent youth development organizations—the Boy Scouts of America.
“This partnership has been in the making for years, and we are proud to finally make this natural relationship official,” said Lori McCullough, Tread Lightly!’s executive director.
Tread Lightly! will immediately begin working with the organization on several specific pilot programs—including the areas of personal watercraft use, ATV riding, and shooting sports. Tread Lightly! also plans to help the BSA fully incorporate the Tread Trainer training program throughout Scouting’s adult leadership.
The partnership became official with the signing of a memorandum of understanding in late May. It was signed by McCullough and Robert J. Mazzuca, the BSA’s Chief Scout Executive.
“The Boy Scouts of America has long been associated with strong conservation values,” said Bob Mazzuca, BSA. “By incorporating the Tread Lightly! principles in our local and national programs and materials, we can even better prepare young people to make ethical decisions in the great outdoors.”
The two organizations have worked together many times since Tread Lightly!’s inception 20 years ago. In fact, in 2008 the BSA presented Tread Lightly! with the prestigious William T. Hornaday Gold Certificate for distinguished service in conservation. The honor is the oldest conservation award given in America, and only nine organizations outside the BSA have received it.
The Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2010 and will feature Tread Lightly! as part of its upcoming National Scout Jamboree in July.
Tread Lightly!, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization with a mission to promote responsible outdoor recreation through ethics education and stewardship. Tread Lightly! is the nation’s signature ethics message for all outdoor enthusiasts—especially those that use motorized vehicles. The organization also offers unique training and restoration programs strategically designed to instill an ethic of responsibility in a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts and the industries that serve them.
The Boy Scouts of America is 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 20, 1.1 million volunteers, and nearly 300 local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.scouting.org.
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