Neusiok District Banquet

When: Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 6:00pm

Where: Powhatan Original Free Will Baptist Church 3468 Powhatan Rd, Clayton, NC 27527

Check-in begins at 6:30 pm, with dinner at 7:00 pm catered by Powhatan Original Free Will Baptist Church, with the district awards presentation soon after.

Registration is now open!

$30.00 per person until Dec 8. No registrations will be accepted after this date without a late fee of $10.00, so please register as soon as possible.

Reminder: 

District Award Nominations are open until Oct 31, 2025. All nominations need to be completed on the appropriate nomination forms, scanned, & emailled to matthew.ghirarda@scouting.org Please see the attached documents to see what awards are open for nominations, National Scout training awards, and other recognitions. Some of these awards require letters nominating an individual, so please make sure to send those in if those apply to the recognition you are choosing to nominate an individual for. All nominations should remain confidential until the selection committee has notified the recipeints and made a official announcements.

District Awards For Nominations

Trailblazer Award:
The Trailblazer Award recognizes the volunteer that has devoted the most time and effort toward the advancement of scouting in the district and/or Council over the past year.
 
Fellowship Award:
The Fellowship Award recognizes the volunteer that has devoted the most time and effort toward the advancement of scouting in the District and/or Council over the past three to five years.
 
Scoutmaster of the Year:
This nomination is for a Scoutmaster that you think goes above and beyond in service. They stand out from the others.
 
Cubmaster of the Year:
This nomination is for a Cubmaster that you think goes above and beyond in service. They stand out from the others.
 
Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year:
This nomination is for a youth who completed their service project in the current Scouting year that you believe lead a service project that went above and beyond in demonstration of leadership skills, awareness of community needs, and otherwise stands out from other Eagle Scout Service Projects
 
Eagle Scout Continuous Service Award:
This nomination is for an Eagle Scout with five plus years since they have turned 21. They continue to show their skills they have learned and use it every day in life to help their local community.
 
Kip McDaniel Service Award:
This nomination will be for anyone that goes above and beyond in service. They stand out from the others in a more profound manner in service not only to their unit but to their surrounding community as well. This award is like CM & SM of the year but open to all volunteers


National Awards and Recognitions Forms 

Click here to view all National awards from Scouting America

District Awards of Merit 

The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts in the same manner that the Silver Beaver is a national award presented by councils. The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level. The award is made available annually on the basis of 1 for each 25 traditional units or fraction thereof. The district need notpresent all the awards to which it is entitled each year.
It is not appropriate to nominate a Scouter who has already received this award. A professional Scouter or other council employee may not receive this award based on employment service. However, a professional Scouter or employee who also serves as a volunteer Scouter may be eligible, based on volunteer service.

Nomination Form for District Award of Merit - Click Link

National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year

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. 

Examples of projects that have been selected for the ESSPY include projects that benefited underprivileged children, recognized veterans, were international in nature, and have required significant time and resources. 

Selection of recipients begins at the local level and is conducted through the Council NESA committee. The Council NESA committee selects a recipient for their respective Council from the list of submitted nominations and then forwards a worthy candidate to the National Eagle Scout Association for Council Service Territory (CST) consideration.

Nomination form for the Eagle Scout Service Project of the year - Click link

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