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EXPLORING'S AWARDS
AND SCHOLARSHIPS
WHO WILL BE singled out for the
exceptional honor of being the "No.
One Explorer in America" in 1983?
The answer to that question is still
more than a year away, but it could be
the top officer of your post or ship, so
it isn't too early to start thinking
about it right now.
Heading up an impressive array of
1983 awards and scholarships for
Explorers is the prestigious new
Youth Leadership in America Award,
which will honor scores of local and
regional winners before the national
winner is named next October.
The award was developed in 1981
by the BSA's National Activities Ser-
vice to recognize and encourage out-
standing youth leadership in Explorer
posts, and is available only to post
presidents or ship boatswains.
All persons receiving the award at
the unit level are eligible for council
competition to pick the top post leader
in each council. From that point,
council winners compete to become
one of six regional winners, who, in
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turn, become finalists for the national
award. In October, the finalists are
flown to the BSA national office in
Irving, Tex., for final interviews.
Whoever is ultimately chosen as
the national winner will receive a
$2,000 scholarship and an expense-
paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the
presentation of the BSA's Report to
the Nation in February 1984. Each of
the other five finalists will receive a
$1,000 scholarship for post-high
school educational expenses.
To compete for the award, post
presidents must:
(1) Exercise leadership in creating
and carrying*out a post service
project in the area of community ser-
vice, conservation, or handicapped
awareness with prior approval of the
post committee.
(2) Conduct a post officers' semi-
nar to develop a year-long plan of
action, including EPA activities to
encourage monthly officers' meetings
to achieve these goals.
(3) Demonstrate personal leader-
ship in planning and conducting a
post superactivity.
(4) Organize and lead the post in
individual post events, including
those with family involvement.
(5) Plan and conduct a firstnighter
for the post.
(6) Lead the post in at least one
district, division, council, area, or
national Exploring event or leader-
ship training.
(7) Tell in a personal or taped in-
terview "what my leadership expe-
rience means to me."
Local Scout council service centers
have applications for the Youth
Leadership in America Award pro-
gram, and the time to start working
on it is right away. Deadline for sub-
mitting completed applications to
council service centers is May 25,
1983.
An expanded list of other awards
and scholarships available to Ex-
plorers during the coming year in-
clude the following:
J. Edgar Hoover Scholarships—
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