Boy Scouts asking for names and addresses of soldiers for new event at annual Soldier Salute
WALKER, Mich. (WZZM) - From sun-up to sun-down on September 11th, area scouts from the Gerarld R. Ford Council of the Boy Scouts of America willl be in constant salute at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
Special guest Ken Groenveld will speak at 8:45am. Groenveld is a Deputy US Marshall, who was serving on special assignment in New York City on September 11th 2001.
At noon, there will be a luncheon in honor of local emergency repsonders sponsored by Davenport University.
New this year is "Write a Letter to a Soldier." From 7:15am to 8:00pm people can write letters to those serving abroad on special cards.
The names and addresses of those serving must be collected from community members. Anyone can e-mail a soldier's name and address to scoutsalute@gmail.org .