Boy Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary

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By WEEK Producer

Story Published: Feb 8, 2010 at 6:05 PM CDT

Story Updated: Feb 8, 2010 at 7:30 PM CDT

To the Boy Scouts of America, heroes aren't just the cartoons you can find in comic books.

The W.D. Boyce Council Boy Scouts of America celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary today.

February eighth also marks the beginning of the "Heroes of Scouting Campaign."

Pediatric cardiologist and founder of the Children's Hospital of Illinois doctor, Stephen Bash, was one of the two heroes announced this morning. Bash attributes much of his success to being a boy scout.

"I brought with me he idea about forming the Children's Hospital here and it grew on fertile ground, and now we have a 280-million-dollar children's hospital that will be completed by this summer," said Bash. "It's just amazing. Far exceeded my biggest dreams about it."

Pekin native and renowned astronaut, Scott Altman was also announced as a hero at the Peoria service center.

The W.D. Boyce council nominated five Central Illinois heroes. The other three will be announced later this summer.

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