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Show Scouting fund drive bolstered by Cedar City Rotary Club Elden Yergensen, finance campaign chairman for the Cedar Breaks District of the Utah National Parks Council Bay Scouts of America, reports that the Sustaining Membership Member-ship enrollment drive to raiso funds to support scouting In this district has been complet. ed. The Cedar Breaks Dlstrlot had been requested to raise $7,314 this year as its fair share of the total Council budget bud-get of $233,500. The drive was conducted In cooperation with the Cedar Rotary Club with Mr. Yergensen, Yergen-sen, a member of the club, serving as campaign chairman The finance campaign this year was completed in less time than In past years because be-cause of the tremendous response re-sponse of businesses and Individuals Indi-viduals In contributing to this worthwhile cause. Many more $25.00 sustaining (memberships and $100.00 Century Club members were added to the growing list of contributors, Yergensen stated. Ross Hilton, chairman of the Cedar Breaks district, has expressed, ex-pressed, In IbehLf of the district committee, unit scout leaders and the young mien themselves them-selves In the area, appreciation apprecia-tion to the Rotary Club for their eflficlent, well-organized campaign; to KSUB, KBRE and the Iron County Record for their generous support In promotion pro-motion and advertising during dur-ing the drive; and to all those Individuals and businesses who made financial contributions. contribu-tions. The money raised by the Rotary Cluib Is sent to the Council office in Provo and Is administered iby that office. However, It comes back to the community through the coun-cil coun-cil and district in leadership training, camp maintenance, and operation, service to Cub Packs, Scout Troops and Ex-plorer Ex-plorer Posts as well as office service and professional field services. |