Taughannock District Awards Nomination Form

Person Nominated: ______
Address:______
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e-Mail: ______
Unit: ______Community: ______or □ District Scouter

□Spark Plug Award - Does your unit have a registered leader who gives real "Spark" to the unit and its activities? Give leaders the recognition they deserve and tell them "Thank You!" No more than one or two per unit per year, please. You do not need to state below why they are qualified for this award.

□Rising Star- may be presented to "newish" leaders who have done special service in and for the District in the past year. Must be registered leader who has not received any of the awards below, and should be doing service beyond his/her own unit.

□Patriot Patrol - a group of currently registered Scouters who have done outstanding service for the District over the past year. Once again, this service should be more than providing leadership within one unit.

□Old Guard- may be presented to an Old F... we mean, "Distinguished Elder Scouter" who has been serving the District and/or units for many years.

□Old Scout- given occasionally to repeat members of the Old Guard

□Founders Award- awarded from time to time to Scouters – either at the Unit or District level - with especially long and distinguished service

□Order of the Gorget-may be awarded annually to an outstanding youth leader in a unit within the District. Also awarded, no more than once every five years, to a very long-term Scouter who has worked in the District for decades. Please include a written explanation of what the person has done over and above normal unit-level activities.

□Taughannock 76’er- may be awarded annually to one or more outstanding youth leaderswithin the District.

□Good Turn- awarded to a non-Scouting individual or organization that has done particular service to Scouting or to youth in general in the last year.

□Outstanding Unit - awarded from time to time to Scouting units - Packs, Troops, Crews, and Posts - who have delivered outstanding program to their youth members.

I think this individual is qualified for the award(s) because:

Nominated by:
Name: ______

Contact Info: Phone: ______E-Mail: ______

Signature: ______

Nominations must be submitted to Kathlene Gross by the roundtable before the District Recognition Dinner. Either hand nominations in to Kathlene Gross at Roundtable or e-mail to Please include this form with all nominations