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Eagle Scout: 3-5

Eagle Scout, NESA Lifetime Award, Distinguished Eagle Scout, Adams Service Award

Hornaday 6

Devices 7

Cub Scouts Leader Awards: 8-14

Tiger Leader, Den Leader, Webelos Leader, Den Leader Coach,

Pack Trainer, Cubmaster, Cub Scouter, Arrow of Light

Scouters (Cub, Boy, Venture, Sea, Varsity, District, Commissioner): 15-16

Scouters Training Award --- Scouters Key

Unit Leader Award of Merit: 17

James E West 18

William Boyce 19

Speakers Bank 20

Philmont Training Center 21

Alumni Award 22-23

Service to specific Scout areas: 24-27

Whitney Young, Asian American , Vale La Pena

International Scouting 28-29

Sea Scouting 30-31

Quartermaster, Sea Badge

Venturing 32-38

Religious Awards 39

Order of the Arrow 40

Community Organizations 41-71

Masons, Elks (BPOE), American Legion, Dept. Defense, Military Branches,

Alpha Phi Omega, Lions Club. Rotary, Ruritan, US Power Squadron,

Veterans of Foreign Wars Robert E. Burt (Sons of the American Revolution)

AM VETS, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance,

The Special Needs Scouting Service Award 72

Woods Services Award 74

TORCH OF GOLD AWARD 75

George Meany Award 76

The American Indian Scouting Association’s 77

Grey Wolf Award.

Commissioners 78-82 Doctorate of Commissioner Science, Distinguished Commissioner

Commissioner Award of Excellence in Unit Service

Lifesaving/Meritorious Action 83-85

Award of Merit, Honor Medal, Heroism, Heroism with Crossed Palms

Recognition of Service to Scouting 86-91

District Award of Merit, Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Fawn,

Silver Buffalo, Silver World Service

Exploring 92-94

Silver/Gold, ACE, Spurgeon

Antarctica Award 95

Professional Training Award 96

Eagle Scout Award

Description: Square knot made up of the ribbon colors: red, white and blue, intertwined as one rope. Ends showing blue tips are worn to wearer's right.

Worn by: Male Scouters

The Eagle Scout Badge is the highest youth rank in the Boy Scouting program. It is earned by Boy or Varsity Scouts or by Venturers or Sea Scouts whom complete a number of merit badges, including several which are from a required list of badges for the rank, a series of successful leadership positions in a unit, a series of service projects including a cumulating project in which he must plan, prepare, execute and evaluate, and personal appearance before a review board at the local Council level. Youth members DO NOT wear the knot. They wear the Eagle Scout rank patch (shown left) on their uniform in the places prescribed for the wearing of the Award. Eagle Scouts may earn and wear Bronze, Gold and /or Silver Palms on the Knot or on the ribbon of the medal for the completion of additional merit badges, leadership experiences and tenure since Eagle. These palms are worn in the highest combination which illustrate the number of merit badges over Eagle in multiples of five. Unofficially, Eagle Scouts may wear the Palms on the center portion of the Eagle Scout cloth badge; this was a National policy several years ago, but officially has been abandoned.

NESA Life Member

NESA Life members may purchase and wear a special version of the Eagle Scout Square Knot with a silver mylar border, as illustrated below.

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

Description: Square knot is red, white and blue intertwined rope, with blue tips worn toward wearer's right and with the addition of the gold Eagle Scout device in the center of the knot emblem.

Worn by: Male Scouters

Nominative

This square knot/device combination is worn by those Eagle Scouts honored by the BSA with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, a special gold Eagle suspended from a red, white and blue neck ribbon. First awarded in 1969, the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recognizes Eagle Scouts whom have attained a high level of recognition or personal achievement in their chosen career field or employment over a 25-year or longer period of time. The Award SHOULD NOT be presented during a BSA event (unless the person being honored is a BSA professional or employee) but rather during a event of the employer or national organization of the Eagle Scout's career or work field (for instance, during the Association of the United States Army's annual conference in the case of Army military personnel being honored with the Award.)

The Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams

National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award

Bronze Device Gold Device Silver Device

The National Eagle Scout Association has established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award to recognize valuable service of an exceptional nature by a Scout to a religious institution, a school, community, or other entity. The award recognizes the Scout for his Eagle Scout leadership service project, which is part of the requirements for earning the Eagle Scout Award. Each local council will choose a council-level winner, and from that pool, each region will pick a region-level winner.

A national winner then will be selected from the four regional finalists.

Each council NESA committee will choose one winner from among the council nominees. The winner will receive a certificate and a bronze device for the Eagle Scout embroidered knot from the National Eagle Scout Association. All council winners will be considered for the Regional Eagle Scout Project of the Year Award. Regional Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. Regional NESA committees will select one winner . Regional award winners will be considered for the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. All regional winners will receive a certificate and a gold device for the Eagle Scout embroidered knot. The national award winner will receive a certificate, a silver device for the Eagle embroidered knot,

W.T. Hornaday Award

Description: Badge is either Gold, Silver or Bronze, with a beaver on the wearer's right, a flying bird making the top part of the bar, and a large fish making the left side of the bar. In the center is a wilderness scene above a small bar with the lettering "BSA" and below this, on the Silver and Bronze Awards, the lettering "William T. Hornaday Award". The square knot is made up of green, white and blue strands intertwined as one rope. Ends showing blue tips are worn to wearer's right.

Worn by: Boy/Varsity Scouts, Male and Female Venturers, Male and Female Scouters

The William T. Hornaday Award recognizes Scouts, Venturers and Scouters for their service to conservation and ecology efforts in their communities. Prior award holders only earned a gold version of the Silver Award medal, and were instructed to wear the Badge in the same manner and location as other square knots. Present Bronze and Silver Medalists now wear the square knot; present Gold Medallion holders may wear the Gold Badge or the square knot; and those whom have earned the Badge as a group (Den, Patrol, Crew or Squad), may wear the Badge. To earn the Hornaday Award as an individual, youth members must earn a series of merit badges followed by a concentrated series of conservation and/or environmental education projects to be conducted in the member's community or nearby, under the advisement of a trained conservation, naturalist, or environmental engineering expert. The present adult Gold Award is nominative in nature, and extends over at least a ten-year span of working in or with conservation or environmental education/reclamation efforts in the community, state or nation. Bronze and Silver Awards are Rare. Gold Awards are Very Rare.

The William T. Hornaday Gold Medal is presented to an adult Scouter for unusual and distinguished service in natural resource conservation and environmental improvement at the regional, national, or international level during a period of at least twenty years.

KNOT DEVICES

When an award is given to a Scout or Scouter that also has a related square knot, the knot may be worn by itself on the uniform or with one of the devices depicted above to indicate the program phase where the award was earned. For example, a Unit Commissioner that earns the Commissioner Key (same knot as the Scouter Key) would wear the Commissioner device. If a Scout or Scouter earns a subsequent award represented by the same knot, the Scout or Scouter should wear a device for each program phase where the knot was earned (you do not wear multiple issues of the same knot). In particular, a Scout that earns a sequence of religious emblems would wear ONE universal religious emblem knot and up to four devices, as described below.

·  Wear the CUB SCOUT device for the first level emblem (God & Me, Maccabee, etc.) earned as a Tiger Cub or Cub Scout;

·  Wear the WEBELOS SCOUT device for the second level emblem (God & Family, Parvuli Dei, Aleph, etc.) earned as a Cub Scout or Webelos Scout;

·  Wear the BOY SCOUT device for the first level emblem (God & Church, Ad Altare Dei, Ner Tamid, etc.) earned as a Boy Scout;

·  Wear the VENTURING device for the second level emblem (God & Life, Pope Pius XII, Etz Chaim, etc.) earned as an older Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, Sea Scout, or Venturer.

Note that Webelos Scout and Venturing devices are used to designate the second level emblems described above, EVEN IF the boy isn't a Webelos Scout and/or Venturer when the member earns the appropriate religious emblem.

There are two additional devices, shown above, that are worn on the James West Fellowship Knot, to recognize major donors, the 1910 Society pin and the Founders Circle pin. Those devices and the qualifications for them can be seen on the page that describes the James West Fellowship Knot, by clicking here.

There is also a special device for the Third level Philmont Training Center Masters Award. That device and the qualifications for it can be seen on the page that describes the Philmont Training Center Masters Award by clicking here.

Formerly NOW

Tiger Cub Den Leader Award

Tenure

Complete one year as a registered Tiger Cub Den Leader.
(Dates of service used to earn this award cannot be used to earn another key or award.)

Training

  1. Complete "The New Tiger Cub Den Leader (or Coach)" Fast Start training.
  2. Complete basic training for Tiger Cub Den Leaders.
  3. Complete Youth Protection Training.
  4. During your tenure for this award, participate in a Cub Scout leader pow wow or University of Scouting, or attend at least four roundtables.

Performance

Do all of the following:

  1. Conduct a Tiger Cub roundup for your pack with at least five new Tiger Cub boy/adult teams recruited.
  2. Contact the host team each month and provide support as needed for one year.
  3. Coordinate Tiger Cub den participation in three pack activities.
  4. Graduate a Tiger Cub den into Cub Scouts with at least 60 percent of the Tiger Cubs becoming Cub Scouts.
  5. Report on the progress of Tiger Cub dens at 75 percent of pack leader meetings

Cub Scout Den Leader Training Award

Tenure

Complete one year as a registered Cub Scout den leader
(Dates of service used to earn this award cannot be used to earn another key or award.)

Training

  1. Complete "The New Den Leader" Fast Start training.
  2. Complete basic training for Cub Scout den leaders.
  3. Complete Youth Protection Training.
  4. During your tenure for this award, participate in a Cub Scout leader pow wow or University of Scouting, or attend at least four roundtables.

Performance

Do five of the following:

  1. During at least one program year, have a minimum of 50 percent of the Cub Scouts in your den earn the rank for their grade or age (Wolf or Bear).
  2. At least once, reregister a minimum of 75 percent of the eligible members of your den as a part of pack rechartering.
  3. Graduate a minimum of 60 percent of the eligible members of your den into Webelos Scouting.
  4. Have an assistant den leader who meets regularly with your den.
  5. Have a den chief who meets regularly with your den.
  6. Take leadership in planning and conducting a den service project.
  7. Conduct at least three den meetings per month, 9 months per year or follow an optional meeting plan approved by the pack.
  8. Participate with your den in a Cub Scout day camp or Cub Scout resident camp experience.
  9. Explore three "Character Connection" activities with your den members in one year.
  10. Hold regular den meeting and den activity planning sessions with your assistant den leader

Formerly Now

Webelos Den Leader Award

Tenure

Complete 1 year as a registered Webelos den leader.
(Dates of service used to earn this award cannot be used to earn another key or award.)

Training

  1. Complete "The New Webelos Den Leader" Fast Start training.
  2. Complete basic training for Webelos den leaders.
  3. Complete Youth Protection Training.
  4. Complete outdoor training for Webelos den leaders.
  5. During your tenure for this award, participate in a Cub Scout leader pow wow or University of Scouting, or attend at least four roundtables.

Performance

Do seven of the following:

  1. During at least one program year, have a minimum of 50 percent of the Webelos Scouts in your den advance in rank (Webelos Badge or Arrow of Light Award).
  2. At least once, reregister a minimum of 75 percent of the eligible members of your den as a part of pack rechartering.
  3. Graduate a minimum of 60 percent of the eligible members of your Webelos den into Boy Scouting.
  4. Have an assistant Webelos den leader who meets regularly with your Webelos den.
  5. Have a den chief who meets regularly with your den.
  6. Take leadership in planning and conducting two Webelos overnight campouts or other outdoor den activities.
  7. Assist in planning and conducting a Webelos den / Boy Scout troop joint activity.
  8. Take leadership in planning and conducting a Webelos den service project.
  9. Conduct at least three Webelos den meetings per month, 9 months per year or follow an optional meeting plan approved by the pack.
  10. Participate with your den in a Webelos day camp or resident camp experience.
  11. Explore three "Character Connection" activities with your den members in one year.
  12. Hold regular den meeting and activity planning sessions with your assistant den leader

Den Leader Coach Award Pack Trainer Award Scouter’s Training Award

Discontinued Discontinued Now

Complete two years as a registered pack trainer.