BENSON, N.C. — Members of BSA Pack 19 Cub Scouts helped launch the Town of Benson’s new Youth Pledge Program by leading the Pledge of Allegiance during the Benson Board of Commissioners meeting.
The new initiative is designed to encourage young people to become involved in local government while giving them an opportunity to participate in the town’s public meetings.
The June 23 meeting began with an invocation by the Rev. Donald Sadler of Elevation Methodist Church, who was serving as the first guest pastor through the Benson Area Ministerial Association’s new guest invocation program…