Boy Scouts of America Celebrate 100 Years of Service by Extending Reach Outside Nation's Borders; Millions of Scouts Across the U.S., including Distinguished Eagle Scout Bill Gates Sr., Spread the Word on Malaria Prevention.
Detroit, MI (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 28, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets, a grassroots attack to anticipate malaria by sending abiding insecticide-treated nets to families in Africa, appear today that the Boy Scouts of America has abutting the malaria-prevention attack as allotment of its 100th Anniversary Celebration. Throughout the year, Scouts from about the country will plan aural their communities to accession acquaintance about malaria, a arch analgesic in Africa.
BSA Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca and Nothing But Nets Director Adrianna Logalbo launched the life-saving affiliation today during a malaria branch at Detroit Edison Public School Academy. Bill Gates Sr., Distinguished Eagle Scout and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Honorable Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit and Deron Washington of the NBA's Detroit Pistons, abutting Mazzuca and Logalbo at the branch to advise added than 65 bounded Scouts about malaria and how to advice anticipate the baleful disease.
Every individual day, in about every association above the nation, Scouts are accomplishing their allotment to accomplish this apple a bigger abode by acceptable acceptable citizens. But our affair for others doesn't stop at our borders. We are all-around citizens Even during a arduous bread-and-butter recession, it's harder to brainstorm that about 3,000 humans die every day from a preventable ache like malaria. We're admiring to plan with the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets attack to advice accomplish a absolute aberration for the accouchement in Africa. We are admiring to accomplice with the Boy Scouts of America and see hundreds of adolescence leaders plan calm to accession malaria acquaintance and advance the bulletin of how simple it is to anticipate the disease This action is powered by amorous people, and we are beholden to accept the Boy Scouts advice us body abutment to anticipate malaria in Africa. It is admirable to watch the Scouts ability out to advice added adolescent accouchement in Africa I am appreciative of the Boy Scouts' adherence to account and acceptable addition abundant accomplice in the action adjoin malaria. "Every individual day, in about every association above the nation, Scouts are accomplishing their allotment to accomplish this apple a bigger abode by acceptable acceptable citizens. But our affair for others doesn't stop at our borders. We are all-around citizens," Mazzuca said. "Even during a arduous bread-and-butter recession, it's harder to brainstorm that about 3,000 humans die every day from a preventable ache like malaria. We're admiring to plan with the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets attack to advice accomplish a absolute aberration for the accouchement in Africa."
The Boy Scouts of America abutting the Nothing But Nets attack as allotment of its anew launched A Year of Celebration, A Century of Making a Difference program, one of eight above assurance programs the alignment is adventure as allotment of its 100th Anniversary Celebration. A Year of Celebration is a acceptance affairs that rewards Scouts, leaders, and BSA alumni for adherence to 5 of Scouting's amount values: leadership, character, association service, achievement, and the outdoors. For the Year of Celebration account award, Scouts can accept to participate in the Nothing But Nets account project.
"We are admiring to accomplice with the Boy Scouts of America and see hundreds of adolescence leaders plan calm to accession malaria acquaintance and advance the bulletin of how simple it is to anticipate the disease," Logalbo said. "This action is powered by amorous people, and we are beholden to accept the Boy Scouts advice us body abutment to anticipate malaria in Africa."
Through this affiliation with Nothing But Nets, Scouts will advice body acquaintance about malaria and blockage by administering account projects such as removing continuing baptize in parks--a ancestry arena for mosquitoes--and creating educational accoutrement and activities that allegorize the appulse of malaria on the all-around community.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been a accomplice of the UN Foundation and its Nothing But Nets attack back 2006 and is committed to eliminating malaria deaths. "It is admirable to watch the Scouts ability out to advice added adolescent accouchement in Africa," Bill Gates Sr. said. "I am appreciative of the Boy Scouts' adherence to account and acceptable addition abundant accomplice in the action adjoin malaria."
Long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets are an simple and cost-effective adjustment to advice anticipate malaria. Bed nets anticipate malaria manual by creating a careful barrier adjoin mosquitoes at night, if the all-inclusive majority of transmissions occur. For added advice about Nothing But Nets, appointment www.NothingButNets.net.
About Nothing But Nets:
Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots attack to save lives by preventing malaria, a arch analgesic of accouchement in Africa. Inspired by sports columnist Rick Reilly, added than 100,000 humans accept abutting the attack that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding attack ally cover the National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, the humans of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It costs just $10 to accommodate a long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed net to anticipate this baleful disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to forward a net and save a life.
About the Boy Scouts of America:
Serving about 4.1 actor adolescence amid the ages of 7 and 20, with added than 300 councils throughout the United States and its territories, the BSA is the nation's foremost adolescence affairs of appearance development and values-based administration training. The Scouting movement is composed of 1.2 actor volunteers, whose adherence of time and assets has enabled the BSA to abide the nation's arch youth-service organization. For added advice on the BSA, amuse appointment www.scouting.org.
More advice about 100 Years of Scouting can be begin at www.scouting.org/100years.
Press Contacts:
For media inquiries apropos the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets, contact:
Amy DiElsi
Communications Director, Children's Health
(o) 202-419-3230 (c) 202-492-3078
For media inquiries apropos the Boy Scouts of America, contact
Nicole Selinger
(o) 314-982-0573 (c) 314-805-2165
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