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The Kootaga District Friends of Scouting Campaign is off to a great start. The 2024 campaign began late January and is being chaired by Jimmy Asbury.
The Kootaga District serves Scouts and volunteers in the following counties: Wood, Jackson, Wirt, Roane, Ritchie, and Calhoun counties in West Virginia and the communities of Belpre, Little Hocking, and Coolville in Ohio and Camp Kootaga in Walker, W.Va.
With the community's help, the Kootaga District of the Buckskin Council will continue to motivate young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetime.
Their gift will ensure that all youth throughout the District will have the opportunity to experience all that Scouting has to offer.
Brad D. Smith, president of Marshall University, will be the featured speaker at the 55th annual Kootaga District of the Buckskin Council Boy Scouts of America Community Leadership Dinner on Friday, March 22.
This year's dinner will be held at the Parkersburg Country Club, 4910 First Ave., Vienna. Christopher Burk will serve as master of ceremonies for this year's event.
A reception with a cash bar will begin at 6 p.m. The dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. This year's dinner menu includes a choice of chicken or prime rib. Tickets are $150 each. All proceeds support Scouting programs in the Mid-Ohio Valley and Camp Kootaga, said Jimmy Asbury, dinner chair.
Corporate tables and sponsorships are available at five levels.
Dinner Sponsor is $10,000 and includes two tables of eight, featured in all advertising, headline on the banner, featured in the program and special recognition during the dinner. Platinum Sponsor is $5,000 and includes one table of eight, preferred seating, recognition in the program and special recognition during dinner. Gold Sponsor is $2,500 and includes one table, recognition in the program and preferred seating.
Silver Sponsor is $1,500 and includes seating for eight and recognition in the program. Bronze Sponsor is $1,000 and includes seating for four and recognition in the program. Scout Sponsor is $275-$1000. Individual seating tickets are $150.
The Kootaga District are thankful for the following committed donors:
≤ Phoenix Associates--Bronze
≤ McDonough Foundation--Silver
≤ Parkersburg News and Sentinel--Silver
≤Jackson General Hospital--Silver
≤United Bank--Gold
≤ Fehrenbacher Family--Gold
≤ Wincore Windows and Doors--Gold
≤ Arlene Kuryla--Platinum
≤ Pickering Associates–Platinum
or ticket or sponsor information please contact dinner chair Jimmy Asbury at 304-893-3708 or Vernon Criss at 304-481-0167. Follow the Kootaga District and Camp Kootaga on Facebook.
Pictured Left to Right. This year's committee working on the FOS Campaign; Zackary Stephens--United Bank, Zack Janus--Tri State Roofing and Sheet Metal, Jimmy Asbury--Friends of Scouting Chairman, Larry Wunderly Assistant Scout Executive Buckskin Council, Kyle Bowles--United Bank, Ryan Taylor--Pickering Associates. Not pictured: Christopher Burk--Pickering Associates, Roger Lockhart--WVU Medicine Camden Clark, Kathy Anderson Wise--Kootaga District.