District Awards

	District Award of Merit
	Family of The Year
	Couldn't Have Done it Without You
	Leader Training Awards
	Veterans Award (an Acrobat Fill-in Form)

The Freedom Trail District Adult Court of Honor is May 11, 2005. This is a time for the adult leaders in the Pack, Troop, Crews and District to get together to recognize and honor our leaders for the service given to the youth in Freedom Trail District.

There are many recognitions that evening including presentations of awards leaders earned such as Veteran Awards and Training Knots and others for which the recipient is nominated including the District Award of Merit, Family of the Year and Couldn't Have Done it Without You.

The District Award of Merit is presented to Scouters in our District who give outstanding service. Nomination deadline is January 15, 2005. Nominations are submitted to the District Advancement Committee which Leslie Hague Chairs.

The District Scouting Family of the Year Award, presented by the Freedom Trail District, is available to any Scouting Family who renders service of an outstanding nature to a Cub Scout or Boy Scout unit and its youth members. All members of the family must be registered in Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Venturing or Girl Scouts. Nomination deadline is January 15 2005. Nominations are submitted to the District Advancement Committee which Leslie Hague Chairs.

Every troop, pack or crew has at least one adult in their organization who has made it possible for some part of their program to happen. These people deserve recognition. The most public recognition we have for them is the Couldn't Have Done it Without You award. The District is happy to recognize anyone the unit feels has earned the award with a certificate and our thanks. The one thing we request is nomination before April 1, 2005 and a brief explanation "no more than two short paragraphs" to include in the citation. Nominations are submitted to the District Advancement Committee which Leslie Hague Chairs.

This is also a wonderful time to review the service of your leaders and recognize them with their knots. Most of these awards require one to two years of Tenure, attending training for the position and other activities these leaders are already doing. The recognition knots are for Tiger Den Leader Award, Den Leader Award, Webelos Den Leader Award, Cub Scouter Award, Cubmaster Award, Boy Scout Leader Training Award, Scoutmaster's Key, etc. You can see a full list of these awards and the requirements at http://www.scouting.org/forms/ starting with "Progress toward Tiger Den Leader Award". Applications for these training awards are submitted to Terri Washburn, District Training Chair. Applications may be submitted at any time of the year but should be submitted by April 1st to be presented at the Adult Court of Honor.

Veteran Awards are presented to registered leaders beginning at their 5th year of service and every 5 years after that. Applications for the Veterans Award are submitted to the DelMarVa Council Service Center. Applications may be submitted at any time but should be submitted by April 1st to be presented at the Adult Court of Honor.