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Laura Dellaca...
After 11 years of leading Troop 990 at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Chicago, she and her boys are looking for a new home and new equipment. "She goes out of her way to make sure that the program is viable for these young boys," says her former scouting colleague Andy Witt, who worked with Dellaca for nearly nine years. "She finds the necessary resources so that the programs can continue. I've known a couple of occasions where she has spent her own money to make sure they happen."
Dellaca originally got involved with scouting as a sometime volunteer because her son, who has emotional and behavior disturbance, "needed some kind of outlet that wasn't too physical because he didn't know how to control his anger."
She's been at it now for 23 years, and hundreds of boys have passed through her troop. Not surprisingly, Dellaca says the rewards of her labors are tremendous.
"I love when a kid learns something new," she says, "and you can see it in their face."
Mike Thomas
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