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THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S CONNECTICUT YANKEE COUNCIL TO HONOR CHARLES LECONCHE & JOHN
FARNHAM AT ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY "GOOD SCOUT" AWARD LUNCHEON
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009
For immediate release: 9/9/09
For more information: Ron Dresner
860.523.7500 ron@dennispr.com
Tony Vogl 203.876.6868 ext. 244
(Hartford, Connecticut) --Two Connecticut construction labor leaders are being recognized by the Boy Scouts of America, Connecticut Yankee Council for their
outstanding leadership and community service at a luncheon at the Aqua Turf Club, 556 Mulberry Street, Plantsville, CT, on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Recipients of The Construction Industry's 2009 Good Scout Award are Charles
LeConche, business manager, Connecticut Laborers' District Council, and John
Farnham, executive director, Associated General Contractors of Connecticut.
LeConche and Farnham were selected by a panel of their peers as "Good
Scouts" for their outstanding community service as evidenced by their
interest and leadership in many worthwhile organizations as well as the respect
and esteem in which they are held by their colleagues. The event's co-chairmen
are John W. Butts, assistant executive director, Associated General Contractors
of Connecticut, and John W. Olsen, president, Connecticut AFL-CIO.
The annual Construction Industry's Good Scout Award Luncheon helps support
programs and opportunities for more than 25,000 Connecticut young people
enrolled in scouting programs in Fairfield and New Haven Counties and parts of
Hartford County.
Tickets to the event are $125 per person. Sponsorships and tribute ads for the
statewide event are still available. For more information on attending or
sponsoring the luncheon, contact Tony Vogl, Connecticut Yankee Council, phone
(203) 876-6868 ext. 244, tony.vogl@scouting.org or visit http://constructionbsa.kintera.org.
Based in Milford, CT, the Connecticut Yankee Council, Boy Scouts of America
serves more than 25,000 young people in Fairfield and New Haven Counties and
parts of Hartford County. Scouting's programs encourage youth to pursue their
special interests, make new friends, gain a respect for their environment,
develop leadership skills and give back to their community. For more
information, visit www.ctyankee.org.
The Connecticut Laborers' District Council represents approximately 7,000
members employed in the construction industry and other building and trade
fields throughout the state. The Laborers' International Union, founded in 1903
largely by immigrant workers, includes more than 800,000 members who work in
construction and hazardous materials remediation, as well as in healthcare, the
U.S. Postal Service and other public service sectors of the economy. For more
information, call 860.296.8697 or visit www.ctlpl.com.
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