Scouts anticipate 600 people to attend 15 th Annual Motorsports Breakfast Andrew Firestone (from “The Bachelor” series) will be a special guest

([ Portland], [Or], [06/02/04])— The Cascade Pacific Council, Boy Scouts of America will honor racing champions and local personalities who strive to make the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland a successful event at the Motorsports Breakfast June 17 at 7:30 a.m., held at the Oregon Convention Center. Andrew Firestone will be accepting the Motorsports Company of the Year Award on behalf of Bridgestone. He is the great-grandson of tire entrepreneur Harvey Firestone, current sales manager of Firestone Family Estates and is well known for his stint on the popular TV series “The Bachelor.”

Meet and greet the following Champ Car drivers: Bruno Junqueira, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Oriol Servia, and Mario Dominquez. This past weekend, Junqueira had a great 5 th place finish at the Indianapolis 500.

Bridgestone will be awarded the Motorsports Company of the Year. Bridgestone is the Champ Car Presenting Sponsor and a founder of the U.S. Motorsports Program. Bridgestone tires are the official tires of this Portland event.

Mike Nealy, founder and president of Global Events, will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Nealy joined G.I. Joe’s in 1978 to bring motorsports racing to Portland and has continued this effort for more than 18 years. Through Nealy’s leadership over 10,000 spectators attend the checkered flag event, which translates into a $12 million economic impact to the Portland metro area each year.

The Rolla Vollstedt Award will be presented to Harold Sperb who helped pioneer Track Roadster racing in the Pacific Northwest and built a winning Gordon Johncock Indianapolis 500 racecar in 1982.

The Chairman’s Award will be received by Market Transport, Ltd., a locally owned, full-service, asset based logistics provider and a proud supporter and sponsor of the motorsports event.

An official Portland Rose Festival sanctioned event, the Motorsports Breakfast is expected to attract a crowd of more than 600 people. Attendees of the event will have the opportunity to get up close and personal to award winners and have the opportunity to meet the Champ Car drivers listed above. Corporate tables and advertisements in the program are also available. Tickets ($65 each) to the Motorsports Breakfast are available at the Boy Scout office, 2145 SW Naito Parkway in Portland. Phone 503-225-5748 for more information. A portion of the ticket is tax deductible.

Now in its fifteenth year, the breakfast event will kick off the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland. Event proceeds help support local Scoutreach efforts. The mission of Scoutreach is to partner with organizations that are dedicated to serving diverse youth in communities that are challenging to reach because of cultural, lingual, and socio-economic issues. In fact, proceeds from this event have provided more than $300,000 to the local council over the past thirteen years, resulting in an opportunity to provide the Scouting advantage to over 7,000 at-risk kids each year.

Photos available of racecar drivers and award recipients upon request.

Media representatives may attend event free of charge. RSVP to Sherry McVey by noon June 15 by calling 503-225-5704.

About the Cascade Pacific Council, Boy Scouts of America

The Cascade Pacific Council ranks among the nation’s largest Scout councils (out of 319) in terms of membership. The Cascade Pacific Council serves more than 47,889 youth in 18 counties in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington, and is supported by more than 15,902 adult volunteer mentors.

Local Boy Scouts of America Accomplishments

This last year (2003) Scouts of the Cascade Pacific Council reached out to the community and achieved the following outstanding accomplishments:

 Goodwill/Good Turn – Scouts collected 362,895 pounds of usable clothing and household goods for Goodwill Industries in 2004. Over the past ten years, 4.2 million pounds have been collected.

 Camping Program – The Cascade Pacific Council has one of the strongest outdoor camping programs in the country, camping 11,000 boys at seven summer resident camps and ten day camps last year.

 Scouting for Food – Scouts collected 519,766 pounds of food for local hunger relief agencies through the Scouting for Food drive in December 2003.

 Guy Miller Tree Plant – Over 2,500 youth and family members planted nearly 37,500 tree seedlings in our forests and neighborhoods in support of the Guy Miller Tree Plant program. Since 1977, this program has accounted for the planting of more than 2 million trees.

 Violence Free Spring Break – In partnership with the Portland Police Bureau, the Police Activities League, Multnomah County, Boys and Girls Club, and other organizations, the Cascade Pacific Council has planned, coordinated and staffed special events like “Violence Free Spring Break.” Over 375 youth were served for this event alone. These events use Scouting facilities and curriculums to deliver positive, values-based programs.

Outreach – Over $29,930 in scholarships was awarded to over 536 youth members for summer camp.

Boy Scouts of America - Connecting youth with communities and families.