Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros baseball team, will be host to Eagle Scouts of all ages on May 12, at 6:00 p.m. Plans are being made for one thousand to attend.

Eagle Scouts in the Greater Houston Area are invited to join other Eagle Scouts for “The Gathering of Eagles 2009 -- From many walks of life, one rare achievement and a common calling” at Minute Maid Park. “Although it is a small percentage of all men who were in Scouting, this is a sizable group of men in the Houston area who have achieved the rare accomplishment of Eagle Scout, and we are glad to be able to open one of Houston’s greatest venues to honor them,” said Drayton McLane Jr. McLane, chairman of the Houston Astros, serves as a member of the national board of directors for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

Distinguished Eagle Scout and NASA astronaut Michael Fossum will be the keynote speaker. Other confirmed speakers for the event include Eagle Scouts Frank D. Tsuru, president and CEO of Momentum Energy and chairman of The Gathering of Eagles Association, Larry Kellner, president and CEO of Continental Airlines and a founding member of The Gathering of Eagles, the Rev. Monsignor Frank Rossi, Vicar General for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and Pastor at St. Michael Church, and Stan Stanley, Council Commissioner for the BSA. Giff Neilson, retired sports news director and Houston Oilers quarterback, will emcee the event.