Cascade Pacific Council Alumni Association
Eagle Scout Scholarships
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT!
By achieving the rank of Eagle, you become eligible to receive financial assistance from many groups including: the Cascade Pacific Council Eagle Scout Scholarship, National Eagle Scout Association (NESA), educational institutions, community and religious organizations. By no means is this a complete list of those opportunities and research for additional Eagle Scout Scholarships is highly encouraged.
Cascade Pacific Council Eagle Scout Scholarships
The Cascade Pacific Council offers annual scholarships to outstanding Eagle Scouts residing in the Cascade Pacific Council who have distinguished themselves in accordance with the Scout Oath and Scout Law.
Eligibility:
- Eagle Scout residing in the Cascade Pacific Council service area.
- Current high school senior with minimum 3.0 grade point average (Current cumulative GPA) or 2024 high school graduate who earned Eagle rank after January 2024 and did not previously apply for CPC scholarships.
Scholarship Application Criteria:
- Application: Fully completed, typed application form. Download the REQUIRED fillable form.
- Essay: One-page typed essay discussing how Scouting has influenced your life and developed your character.
- Copy of “Eagle Scout Service Project REPORT Pages A-C” from Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook
- Demonstrated leadership.
Scholarship Timeline:
- Friday, December 13, 2024 — Application portal opens.
- Friday, January 24, 2025 — Final application deadline.
- Week of February 17-21, 2025 — Finalists notified of interview schedule.
- Week of February 24, 2025 — Finalists interviewed to compete for top scholarship.
Put Scholarship Application & Upload your Application Here. Need to change application form, please contact Shelley Staudinger.
2025 CPC Eagle Scout Scholarship Winners
Ryan Jones, Pacific Trail – Troop 240
Top scholarship received $5,000 and will be attending Brigham Young University in Provo, UT.
Josie Abbott, Spirit Lake – Troop 5479
Received a $1,000 scholarship will be attending Carroll College in Helena, MT.
Reece Lewallen, Rivers Edge – Troop 530
Received a $1,000 scholarship and will be attending Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR.
Elijah Vennebush, Cascadia – Troop 24
Received a $1,000 scholarship and will be attending Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH.
Andrew Washburn, Pacific Trail – Troop 618
Received a $1,000 scholarship and will be attending Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR.
Royden M. Bodley Eagle Scout Scholarship
Another local scholarship available for Eagle Scouts in the council is the Royden M. Bodley Scholarship. To be eligible, you must be an Eagle Scout from Cascade Pacific Council, attend an institution of higher education in Oregon, and pursue an education in forestry, wildlife conservation, environmental science or similar fields that will continue your interest in the outdoors. This scholarship is available for up to four years, though an application must be completed annually.
Applications are available online at oregonstudentaid.gov beginning in October with an absolute deadline of March 1st for submission.
National Eagle Scout Association Scholarships
The National Eagle Scout Association offers several scholarships that may interest you, including the Eagle Scout Project of the Year Award!
Visit the NESA Scholarship website for deadlines and applications. Be aware that some of the NESA scholarships require the Eagle Scout to be a member of NESA to apply.
2025 NESA Scholarship Winners
Meagan Benson, Cascadia District - Troop 5351
Meagan Benson is the recipient of a one-year $7,000 Hansen & Mary Hall Scholarship. She has been in scouting for the last 13 years and joined Troop 5351, Cascadia District, on the first day girls were allowed to join the program. Prior to this she was in an all-girls Explorer club. This fall she will be starting her freshman year of college.
Meagan feels so fortunate to have been awarded this scholarship to help pay for college and she is so excited for this new chapter. Meagan wants to encourage all college or trade school bound Eagle Scouts to consider the National Eagle Scout Association scholarships.
Hudson “Noah” Aarhus, Spirit Lake - Troop 393
Noah is the recipient of a one-year $6,000 from the Lester S. McElwain Eagle Scholarship. Noah joined scouting at the age of 12 and his first memory of scouting was summer camp at Camp Meriwether which got him hooked! Through his years in scouting, he learned that he enjoys leading others and organizing fun activities. He especially enjoys when new younger scouts joined the troop so he can mentor them and make them welcome which he realized he would like to become a teacher.
Noah is planning to attend Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN in the fall to study Elementary Education. As like Meagan, he encourages new Eagle Scouts going to college or trade schools to apply to Eagle Scout scholarships.
Previous National Eagle Scout Association Scholarships Recipient Winners
2023 – Emma Lianna Eakins – National Eagle Scout Association Scholarship
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Contacts
Robert W. McDonald
Council Alumni Co-Chair | Interim NESA Chair
alumni.chair@cpcscouting.org
Mason R. Lewallen
Council Alumni Co-Chair
Young Adult Member
Robert Yokoyama
Interim NESA Co-Chair
Chris Bartell
Council Director of Marketing & Innovation
chris.bartell@scouting.org