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Boy Scouts Announce Ty Muse as the 2018 Broome County Distinguished Citizen Award Recipient

admin — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:25:44 +0000

Special Media Event to announce below details will be held on Monday, February 5th at 3:00 pm in the Visions Federal Credit Union Office, 3301 Country Club Road, Endwell.

Honoree Ty Muse and Dinner Chairman Joe Mirabito along with several past Distinguished Citizen Award Recipients will be in attendance.

RSVP to Jamie Leszczynski at the contact info above.

WHAT: Boy Scouts of America, Baden-Powell Council, will honor Ty Muse as its 2018 Distinguished Citizen Award. A press coference

WHEN: Monday, February 5th, 2018. 3 p.m. reception; 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Visions FCU Headquarters, 3301 Country Club Road, NY 13760

(Binghamton, NY) February 5th the Boy Scouts of America, Baden-Powell Council will hold a press conference to announce Ty Muse as the winner of the prestigious 2018 Broome County Distinguished Citizen Award. Held at the Visions FCU Headquarters, 24 McKinley Avenue, Endicott, NY 13760. Muse as this year’s honoree will be recognized by Baden-Powell Council and other business and community leaders for his significant achievements and service to the community.

Broome County’s Distinguished Citizen Award recognizes individuals who set positive examples for others and who demonstrate concern and significant care for their communities. Prior Distinguished Citizen Award recipients include: Bruce Boyea, Jeff Coghlan, Stephen Feehan, John Fitzsimmons, David Gouldin, Douglas Johnson, Dr. Thomas Kelly, Jeff Lake, Ron Lesch, Kenneth Miller, Albert Nocciolino, James Orband, Glenn Small and Dr. James Terzian among others.

About Baden-Powell Council, BSA

Baden-Powell Council provides leadership and character development programs to over 3,600 youth through more than 2,500 adult volunteers. The council serves young people throughout the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Region serving six-counties: Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Cortland and Tompkins Counties of New York and Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania. Local Scouting dates back more than 105 years when the council’s first Scout troops were established in the Greater Binghamton area. To learn more about Scouting, please visit www.bpcouncil.org

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Good Deeds Day

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:29:56 +0000

Good Deeds Day is an annual celebration of doing Good Deeds, ( http://gdd.goodnet.org/) and is coming up on Sunday, March 15th! Launched in the U.S. in 2013, Good Deeds Day has taken off with over 50 countries participating including Mexico, Panama, Chile, Argentina, France, Germany, Switzerland, Britain, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Israel, Hungary, Ukraine, South Africa and Singapore. All over the world, hundreds of thousands choose to volunteer and help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and positively change the world.
Initiated by American-Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, Shari Arison, owner of Arison Group, Good Deeds Day was first launched in Israel in 2007, and is a realization of the Arison Group Doing Good is Good Business vision. Shari’s son, David Arison, the VP of Global Business Relations at Miya, Arison Investments global water company, is carrying on his mother’s legacy and work.
GDD- NYC March15
Planned activities
St. Paul Community Baptist Church, 859 Hendrix Street, Brooklyn, NY
Community service expo (writing cards to homebound senior citizens, women dealing with cancer, and hospitalized children) Painting community center, serving at Soup Kitchen.
Habitat for Humanity NYC, Habitat NYC- 178-25 93rd Ave Jamaica, Queens, NY
The IAC Dor Chadash and Habitat for Humanity NYC will host volunteers to rehabilitate a single-family home in Jamaica, Queens formerly owned by the New York City Housing Authority and sold to Habitat for $1 each. Volunteers will build side by side with Habitat NYC family partners and AmeriCorps youth leaders to help revitalize this neighborhood and give families a chance at a better future in a new Habitat home.
Meeting with the CEO (Alex)
Meeting Neve
Hagiga Ivrit event, Stefen Wise Free Synagogue- 30 W 68th St, New York, NY
As part of the celebration of classic Hebrew books there will be the station of the giving tree, which in fact will be the Good Deeds Day station. From the tree will be hanging greeting cards with GDD logo that will be decorated and beautified. The card will be addressed to seniors (through an organizations called DOROT) and soldiers in Israel.
Scouts (Zofim), 1395 Lexington Ave, New York NY 10128
Making care packages for homeless shelter of the upper west side.

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Girl Scouts

editor — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:56:39 +0000

You are cordially invited to attend Girls Love STEM: A celebration of groundbreaking research on what girls think about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Come hear about the future of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

With remarks from:

Anna Maria Chávez, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA

Ellis Rubinstein, CEO, The New York Academy of Sciences

Esteemed Panelists:

Meghan Groome, PhD, New York Academy of Sciences

Toni Hoover, PhD, Pfizer

Anna Kuchment, Scientific American

Kamla Modi, PhD, Girl Scout Research Institute

and Erin Harding, a Girl Scout from Girl Scouts of Nassau County

February 14, 2012

3:30–5:00 p.m. panel

5:00–6:00 p.m. reception

The New York Academy of Sciences

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

40th floor, New York City

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