Arthur M. & Berdena King Eagle Scout Scholarship
Open
to all Eagle Scouts who are currently registered in an active unit and have
not reached their 19th birthday during the year of application. (The
application year is the calendar year, 01 Jan. to 31 Dec.) The year that
Eagle was awarded is not restricted. College plans do not need to be
completed in order to receive the cash scholarship. Three cash scholarship
awards are given: As the National First Place winner - $8,000.00; Runner-up
- $4,000.00; 2nd runner-up - $2,000.00. You may apply more than one year if
you meet the age requirements but no more than $8,000.00 total may be
granted to any one Eagle Scout.
Entrants need to complete only one application -- the
one for the chapter competition. If it is a winner it is then used for the
state competition, and if it is a winner again it is used for the national
competition.
The application consists of:
1. The two page application form
2. The Four Generation ancestor chart.
3. The 500 word essay
Application Deadline: 31 December 2010
The Patriotic Theme should be
approximately five-hundred words or less. Some suggestions you may want to use
for your theme follow:
Signer of Declaration of Independence
Military or naval service
Battle of Point Pleasant, October
10, 1774
Service from April 19, 1775 to
November 26, 1783
Civil service under the Colonies
from April 19, 1775 to
November 26, 1783, inclusive Patriotic
service by men or women during the Revolutionary period including- Member of
committees made necessary by the war, such as Committee of Correspondence,
Inspection and Safety; Committee to care for soldiers' families; including
Committees from six months before the Battle of Point Pleasant which furthered
the cause of the Colonies.
Any pledge to support the cause of
the Colonies, such as signing the Oath of Fidelity and Support, the Oath of
Allegiance, Articles of Association, or the Association Test.
Members of all Continental
Congresses.
Furnishing a substitute for
military service.
Signers of Mecklenburg
Declaration, 1775; Albemarie, Virginia Declaration; and similar declarations.
Signers of petitions addressed to and recognizing the authority of the
provisional and new state governments. Persons accepting obligations or acting
under direction of the provisional and new state governments, such as persons
directed to hold elections, to oversee road construction, to collect provisions,
etc.
Members of Boston Tea Party;
Kaskaskia Campaign; Galvez Expedition; Cherokee Expedition; Edenton Tea Party.
Physician, Surgeon, nurse or
others rendering aid to the wounded and ministers known to be in sympathy with
the Colonies, either by sermon, speech or action.
Defenders of forts and frontiers;
Rangers.
Prisoners of war, including those
on British ship "Old Jersey" and other prison ships.
Rendering material aid, such as
furnishing supplies with or without remuneration; lending money to the colonies,
munitions makers and gunsmiths; or anything which furthered the Cause.
A battle or campaign during the
Revolution, Valley Forge; some interesting episode in the life of an
ancestor.
State Level Prize Money
1st
Place............................$300 + a Bronze desktop Eagle statue
2nd
Place...........................$200
3rd
Place............................$100
NEO Chapter Prize Money
1st
Place.............................$100
2nd
Place............................$50
3rd
Place.............................$25
The dead line for completion of
application form, ancestor chart and 500 word essay is 31 Dec. 2010.
Refer any
questions to Compatriot Jim Gilbert
jgilbert7@windstream.net 440-224-0252
“2009” winner was Eagle
Scout Corey Merritt
Eagle Scout Corey Merritt is presented an SAR
Eagle Scout Award by Compatriot Troy Bailey in recognition of his participation
in the Chapter SAR Eagle Scout Essay
