SYRACUSE -- Steven Forbes will be the keynote speaker at this year's annual Boypower dinner sponsored by the Hiawatha Seaway Council of the Boy Scouts.   Forbes is the founder of Forbes Inc. and has twice sought the GOP presidential nomination.

The Boypower Dinner is a major fundraiser for the council .  Some 1,800 people attended the event last year, which makes it the largest Boy Scout Dinner in the United States, and one of the largest charity event sin upstate New York.  it will be held May 6th at the OnCenter Convention Center.