What is a Silver Beaver Award in Boy Scouts of America?
What is a Silver Beaver Award in Boy Scouts of America?
The Silver Beaver Award was introduced in 1931 and is a council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Recipients of this award are registered Scouters who have made an impact on the lives of youth through service given to the council.
How do you get a Silver Beaver?
The Silver Beaver Award is bestowed upon only those persons who have given continued, unselfish, and effective service to the community, usually through the program of the Boy Scouts of America, but not limited to Scouting.
What is the Silver Buffalo Award in Scouting?
The Silver Buffalo Award is awarded upon action of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America to volunteers Scouters and other individuals for outstanding service to youth on a national basis or over a significant period of national service to a youth agency or in actions affecting youth.
Was Ron Hubbard an Eagle Scout?
Hubbard joined the local Boy Scouts and later said that when he was 13, he became the “youngest Eagle Scout in the country”. The Boy Scouts of America has said that, at the time, it did not keep a record of the ages of its Eagle Scouts, only an alphabetical list of those who had received the award.
When do you get Your Silver Beaver Award?
Each council may process their own annual allotment of Silver Beaver awards and shall send a list of Silver Beaver awards and shall send a list of Silver Beaver recipients presented each calendar year to the National Court of Honor no later than January 31 of the following year.
What does a Silver Beaver medal look like?
The medal consists of a silver beaver pendant suspended from a blue and white ribbon worn around the neck. Recipients may wear the corresponding square knot, with a white strand over a blue strand, on the BSA uniform. Using the United States Military as the model, silver awards are the highest awards in the BSA.
Do you have to use all silver Beavers?
The respective Council is not required to award all or even any of the Silver Beavers they are allocated in any given year. If they do not use them they do not lose them. They are held in reserve and can be awarded at a later time if they choose to do so.
When was the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope created?
As far as distinguished service awards for Scouters, the Silver Buffalo came first, then the Silver Beaver and then the Silver Antelope was the third one created. The original intent of the award was very specific and different in 1931 than it is today.
