Re: Congressional Awards
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Sat, 13 Mar 1999 12:05:00 -0600
Kris Swank <dswank@SAT.NET> asked:
>A friend told me about the Congressional Awards that young people
>can earn and they sound intriguing. I was wondering if any of you
>have a Scout that has done any of the 3 awards.
No Scouts, but two Explorers from my former Explorer Post were
honored with a Gold Congressional Medal a while back.
>Were they able to use their Scouting Service Projects to fulfill
>the voluntary Public Service requirements? What were some of the
>things done as volunteer service?
Yes, they were able to use their participation and/or planning for
their Explorer Achievement Award as part of the requirements for
the service aspect as well as for the personal growth and the
physical fitness aspects.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of the specific service
projects they did for the award but I can recall that they
participated with us with several "recounting Scouting history"
oral history projects co-done with the University's History
department and a couple of book drives.
>To find out more about the award check out
>http://www.isu.edu/~nickcrai/congressional_award
Thanks for the link...I'll be adding it to the Leaders' Online (tm)
site later on this weekend (once I slow down a bit and stop trying
to remember what to take and what to leave behind for Hondurus!!)
Settummanque!
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