Joining Cub Scouts thanks to Nextel Cup Racing

[JimmyD 10]

taken from nascar.com

 

http://www.nascar.com/2005/news/headlines/official/09/27/fotw.dover/index.html

 

Nextel Fan of the Week: Dover Int'l Speedway

Gary Puzzella of Allentown, PA

September 28, 2005

09:40 AM EDT (13:40 GMT)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Packmaster Gary Puzzella, young boys in Allentown, PA are being urged to join Boy Scouts with the help of Nextel Cup racing.

 

Puzzella leads Cub Scout Pack 77, a group of 45 boys ranging from grades 1 through 5. His pack has embraced Race to Cub Scouting, a racing-themed membership initiative that encourages parents and young boys to explore scouting.

 

 

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With the help of honorary chairman Jeff Gordon and local Chevrolet dealerships, parents and their sons are urged to learn more about their local Scouting programs.

 

Puzzella, a long-time NASCAR fan, quickly embraced the program to help boost his pack's membership. With the help of the racing recruitment program, he's registered 20 new scouts to Pack 77, double the number in past years. The highlight of Pack 77's membership efforts will be a race car Halloween parade float modeled after the No. 24 Chervolet complete with the Cubs dressed as pit crew team members.

 

"I'm very excited to bring my love of NASCAR into scouting, kids really connect with NASCAR and Jeff Gordon," said Puzzella whose been involved with Cub Scouts for about 10 years.

 

When he's not busy with scouting, Puzzella enjoys watching and attending Nextel Cup races with his friends and family. He also participates in several NASCAR fantasy leagues, one of which he's commissioner. Puzzella has one more racing-related interest, helping his son, a Cub in Pack 77, build a wooden race car for the Boy Scout Pinewood Derby.

[ScoutNut 147]

Nice.

 

It would have been nicer if they had gotten the terminology correct. Packmaster? Sounds like a video game to me.

 

 

[theysawyoucomin' 10]

I agree, Scoutnut, kind of like when the newsman on TV says, "the man then fell out of the window onto a CEMENT slab"

 

Most journalist can't talk no good english.