Council Volunteer and Scout Recognition
SAVE THE DATE! Council NESA and Silver Beaver Recogniton Banquet will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Atrium Health Stanly in Albemarle. 2025 Central NC Council Recognition Banquet | Central North Carolina Council
Silver Beaver Award
The Silver Beaver Award was introduced in 1931 and is a council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. This award is presented to adults who have significantly contributed to the Scouting program over a longer period of time in a manner showing an exceptional personal commitment to youth and Scouting. The award is normally given for service at the Council level, especially in leadership roles.
Do You Know a Scouter Who You Feel is Deserving of Consideration?
Then submit a nomination on their behalf. Please don’t assume that someone else will nominate that Scouter for the Silver Beaver. If a person is not nominated, they will not be considered for recognition.
To download a fillable PDF version of the Silver Beaver nomination form, please go to http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/92-103.pdf. Nominations must be received at either the Central NC Council Office or email to Richard Shields at thecarolinatrader@yahoo.com by Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA)
The NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA) was established during the BSA’s 100th Anniversary in 2010 with the first recipient to receive the award a year later. The award was created to recognize notable Eagle Scouts who had either performed distinguished service at the local, state, or regional level or who were known nationally, but had not yet met the 25-year tenure as an Eagle for the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. Often, worthy candidates for the NOESA have inspired others through their actions and have devoted a lifetime to their profession, avocation, community, and beliefs, at great sacrifice to themselves and their families.
The NOESA has gained prominent standing among Scouting recognitions. Previous recipients include famous authors, explorers, television personalities, military flag officers, scientists, government officials, and prominent businessmen.
Each NOESA recipient receives the above medal and a device to wear on their Eagle Scout uniform knot.
The selection of recipients is made by the local council NESA committee (which may utilize a NESA awards sub-committee), Scout executive, and council president. Each recipient’s actions and accomplishments should elevate the stature of Eagle Scouts in the public eye. Therefore, not all nominations are acted upon, and a substantial percentage of nominations are declined.
For more information on the NOESA award, click here: NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award - The National Eagle Scout Association
Nominations must be received at either the Central NC Council Office or email to Daniel Holden at daniel.holden@scouting.org by Friday, January 17, 2025.
Glenn A. & Melinda W. Adams Service Project of the Year Award
The National Eagle Scout Association established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award (ESSPY) to recognize valuable service of an exceptional nature by an Eagle Scout candidate to a religious institution, school, community or other entity through completion of an Eagle Scout project.
For more information on the ESSPY award, click here: Service Project of the Year Award - The National Eagle Scout Association
To submit a nomination, please email council banquet committee member, Justin Fisher at fisherj00@gmail.com by Friday, January 31, 2025.
NESA Eagle Scout Scholarships - Opens December 1, 2024 though January 31, 2025
For more information on NESA and NESA scholarships, click here: New Eagle - The National Eagle Scout Association and the attached scholarship form below.