BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Driving a uniquely decorated RV and wearing the familiar green uniform of Boy Scout adult leaders, a team of volunteers from Michigan are said to bring A Century of Values road tour to Bakersfield on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 at 3:30 pm at the Bakersfield Ice Sports Center – 1325 Q Street, to help local Boy Scouts council officials and volunteers preview central California’s celebration of Boy Scouting’s 100th Anniversary.

Scouting celebrates its centennial in 2010.

Bakersfield will be the 20th stop on the Michigan team’s ambitious 45,000 mile, yearlong nationwide road tour.

Composed of six adult Scout volunteers each, each of the teams will crisscross a portion of the United States with the RV and minivan chase vehicle.

On their route, teams will stop at each of the more than 300 Boy Scout council headquarters in communities from Maine to California.

According to A Century of Values Advisor Frank Mallon, the visits are designed to than local officials and volunteers for their commitment and dedication to the community’s youth while highlighting the positive impact that Scouting’s traditions have had during the past 100 years. “Our goal was to celebrate the values instilled in young people which were developed by adults through training, example, and the Scout Oatch and Law,” he said.

A Century of Values road tour kicked off February 8, 2000 in Laingsburg, Michigan, population 1225.

It will end February 8, 2010 with a special presentation at the National Boy Scout Museum in Irving, Texas.

“The teams will also present each Council Scout Executive with a special 24” x 36” mural depicting important individuals, events, and symbols from Scouting history,” Mallon explained. “The special mural was created by Eagle Scouts and professional illustrator Bill Morrison.”

Morrison is part of the team that creates and markets “The Simpsons”.

More information about A Century of Values is available at www.acenturyofvalues.org.