Cascade Pacific Council Alumni Association
Awards & Recognition
Open to all current adults and former members of the Scouting America residing in Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Awards and Recognition!
Scouting Alumni gives several awards at both the local and national levels for leadership, service, and professional accomplishments. These include the:
- Alumni Award;
- Alumnus of the Year (Council, Territory, National)
- Distinguished and Outstanding Council Alumni Committee Award;
- Scouting Alumni Service Commemorationand;
- Council Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Alumni Awards Deadline Dates
Note – Please review Scouting Alumni website to confirm the deadline dates. Awards do not carry over, so you will have to resubmit if not turned in by the deadline dates.
- Alumni Award – No Deadline.
- Alumnus of the Year Awards (Council, Territory, National) – Dec 31st of each year.
- Distinguished and Outstanding Council Alumni Committee Award – Dec 31st of each year.
- Scouting Alumni Service Commemoration – No Deadline
- Council Distinguished Alumnus Award – Dec 31st of each year.
Alumni Award
A recognition program to encourage participation and work in council alumni relations programs, including NESA activities; areas of work include alumni identification/promotion, alumni engagement, personal participation, and education. Presented to Scouting alumni who promote continued engagement with the Scouting America.
Eligibility
Registered adult Scouters may submit a completed application for approval by the local council alumni committee. Approved applications are forwarded to the National Scouting Alumni Relations Committee. Those approved will be sent a certificate that can be used to purchase a square knot and/or lapel pin from the Scout shop.
Alumnus of the Year Awards
The Alumnus of the Year Award is Scouting Alumni’s highest recognition. This award was established to recognize alumni of Scouting America who, over a sustained period, have used the skills and values they learned through their association with scouting to make significant and long-lasting contributions to the scouting alumni movement, to scouting in general and their communities. This is not meant to be another Person of the Year, Good Citizen, or general Philanthropist award. There are three levels of this award – national, territories and council – that may be granted for alumni service.
The Council Alumnus of the Year Award is given for exceptional service to the alumni movement on a council-wide basis. Each council may select one nominee for this award annually. The council must notify the national office of their selection allowing accurate record keeping and current website information. The national office will forward a Certificate to be signed locally for a formal presentation at a public event.
The Territories Alumnus of the Year Award is given for remarkable service to the Alumni movement above the Council level. A total of four awards are presented annually. To arrive at 4 awards the CST will be grouped together into four different groupings to select one Territories Alumnus of the Year. These groups are: Territories 1, 2, 3. Territories 4, 5, 6, 9. Territories 7, 8, 14, 15, 16. Territories 10, 11, 12, 13.
The National Alumnus of the Year Award is given for exemplary service to the alumni movement on a national level. One award is presented annually.
For more information on any award, including previous recipients, click the corresponding button below.
Distinguished and Outstanding Council Alumni Committee Awards
These Awards were developed to both promote and recognize new and existing Scouting Alumni Committees within the Council.
Scouting Alumni Service Commemoration
Those of us who live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law understand the importance of Scouting. We became Scouting volunteers because we believe in the character-building experience that the Scouting Movement provides youth. Scouting Alumni has developed a commemorative medallion to celebrate the years of service provided by Scouting alumni.
This Commemoration serves to recognize Scouting alumni for service to youth via their community, their profession, their religion, and other youth-serving organizations, as well as to Scouting. This is not an award per se, but rather a recognition of service. Thus, there are no forms, no record keeping, no signatures or review, and no approval. It represents and celebrates the good deeds of recipients, the contributions that take many different forms: serving in national, regional, council, district or unit capacities, supporting the movement through financial donations or donations in-kind; and living an extemporary life guided by the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Calculating years of service is on the “On my honor” system and begins when one first enters the Scouting program as a youth or an adult.
Because of the deep impact of Scouting, this commemoration recognizes that duty and service to others by recipients is based in part on training, experience and challenges that Scouting provides. This very special medallion features the founder of Scouting, Lord Baden Powell, and service to youth.
The idea behind this tribute is to allow units, districts, or councils to present them in a public setting, but without a formal process. Presentations should be simple, with honor, respect and dignity.
Council Distinguished Alumnus Award
Scouting teaches many things to not only the Scouts participating within the program but also to those who help those young people along the way. Once learned, many take these skills and apply them to their daily lives, especially their vocation and other avocations in life.
The Council Distinguished Alumnus Award is granted by Scouting Alumni, through recommendation of the local council’s Alumni committee. This prestigious recognition honors those alumni who have demonstrated and inspired others through their positive actions, accomplishments and devotion to their profession, hobby, community, and beliefs. In other words, it recognizes Scouting alumni who use the skills they have learned from Scouting to make a positive impact in the community.
The Council Distinguished Alumnus Award is primarily for those Alumni who have distinguished themselves in their vocation or advocation. The Council Alumnus of the Year is primarily for those who have given service to the Alumni Effort.
Eligibility
Nominations are submitted to the local council to go through a council-run selection process and once selected, subsequently submitted to Scouting Alumni to be confirmed. The Council’s Scout Executive, President and Scouting Alumni Chair must endorse the nomination before it is submitted to Scouting Alumni. In very rare cases, Scouting Alumni may originate nominations.
Each recipient’s record of service and accomplishments should elevate the public stature and reputation of Scouting overall by the nominee’s association with Scouting. Service to Scouting is not required. Many worthy recipients may not have been involved since their time as a young person.
Quick Links
Contacts
Robert Wayne McDonald
Council Alumni Chair
alumnichair@cpcscouting.org
Chris Bartell
Director of Marketing & Innovation
chris.bartell@scouting.org