Lifesaving Track star

I'm looking at 1996's Lifesaving award figures, which hangs by my desk.

11 Honor Medals W/ Palms
51 Honor Medals
142 Lifesaving medals
118 Medal of Honor
77 Certificate of Merit

That's 399 awards, unless my headache is causing me to add wrong. Out of a
reported 5.6 million youth and adult members. You want to ask whether or not
the youth gets whatever he wants for an award ceremony? 2% Eagles, 4 %
Religious Awards (or something like that), .007125% lifesaving awards?

Scoutmaster isn't the only one who can put the youth up for the award. Someone
notify the council advancement committee so they form their special board and
get started and don't let the unit or his lack of attendance slow anything
down.

And whichever award he is presented - and once it gets to National they get
final say - then worry about the ceremony.

A hint though - don't let up on it. Some council's don't know what to do with
the info as it comes in (I had one give it all to a DE who didn't know it had
to go someplace else - wound up driving all over the state to get copies of
police reports, etc., to meet the 6 month deadline and when the DE left months
later they brought in a file full of stuff and asked what I wanted them to do
with it), so don't depend on them to get it right. Go straight to the
advancement committee. If something has to be sent to the council make sure it
is addressed to whoever the professional advising that committee is, not just
anybody.

Someone is actually worried about the Scout not being active? Who would be
that foolish?

Tom Petrik

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