Scouting, Volume 65, Number 3, May-June 1977 Page: 46
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SPECIAL
OPPORTUNITIES
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HONOR UNIT AWARD FOR GOOD
TROOPS. During this program year,
your troop can earn the Honor Unit
Award of the Boy Scouts of America if
your program and leadership are up to
standard.
The award is a large, bright red flag
streamer with "Honor Unit BSA" print-
ed on it in gold. The troop will get the
streamer if it meets the "10 Tests for
Successful Troops" at the time of your
charter renewal.
To earn the Honor Unit Award, the
troop must:
1. Reregister on time and conduct a roll
call (membership inventory) and uni-
form inspection at least two months
before the charter renewal date.
2. Have one or more assistant
Scoutmasters.
3. Have a Scoutmaster who has com-
pleted training.
4. Have held at least four progress
reviews and four courts of honor dur-
ing the past year.
5. Have attended summer camp.
In addition, the troop must pass at
least two of these five tests:
6. At least 40 percent of your Scouts
must have had 10 days and nights of
camping during the year.
7.100 percent of troop families receive
Boys' Life.
8. Troop uses the troop budget plan.
9. Adult leaders and committee hold
regular meetings.
10. Troop held at least one service
project or community service program.
The procedure for earning the Honor
Unit Award is tied in with the troop's
charter renewal date.
About four months before that date,
your district executive will visit the
head of your chartered organization
and discuss with him or her the troop's
condition and the responsibilities of
both the chartered organization and
the local council to the pack.
About three months before the
charter renewal date, the district ex-
ecutive will meet with a key person in
your troop to give him or her the
charter renewal kit, which includes all
forms necessary for a new charter and
for applying for the Honor Unit Award.
The troop's key person might be the
troop committee chairman or a com-
mittee member in charge of mem-
bership.
Included in the charter renewal kit
will be three copies of a computer
printout of all boys and adults regis-
tered in your pack during the past year,
a uniform inspection sheet for each
Scout and uniformed leader and in-
structions for the troop's roll call and
uniform inspection.
The roll call and inspection should
be held at least 60 days before your
charter expires. Ten days earlier, each
Scout and uniformed leader is given a
copy of the uniform inspection sheet to
take home and check his uniform and
placement of insignia. He brings it to
the roll call and inspection meeting.
At this meeting, boys' and leaders'
uniforms are inspected and graded on
the inspection sheet. In addition, as
part of the roll call, the following infor-
mation is gathered for each boy:
Whether he is active or inactive, par-
ticipates in the outdoor program and
whether he has advanced in rank dur-
ing the year.
Troop leaders meet after the roll call
and inspection to place this informa-
tion beside the boy's name on the
troop's copy of the computer printout
roster. (The other printout is for the
local council.)
At least 30 days before the charter
renewal date, the troop's adult leaders,
the head of the chartered organization
and its Scouting coordinator meet with
the unit or troop commissioner to hold
a charter review meeting.
At this meeting, the results of the roll
call are reviewed and troop leaders
complete the troop's copy of the print-
out roster (including data on members
who were absent at the roll call and
inspection). The results will determine
whether the troop has passed the "10
Tests of Successful Troops" and
qualifies for the Honor Unit Award.
At the same time, troop leaders set
goals for the coming year based on the
"10 Tests." After the meeting, the
charter papers and the application for
the Honor Unit Award, No. 28-040,
must be sent or delivered to the council
office for processing. The troop keeps
its copy of the printout.
About two months later, the troop
committee conducts a charter presen-
tation ceremony to receive the troop's
new charter and the Honor Unit Award
if the troop has qualified for it.
HIGH ADVENTURE FOR OLDER
SCOUTS. Looking for something more
challenging than summer camp for
your leadership corps and older
Scouts?
If so, consider a high-adventure trip
next summer to one of the national
bases maintained by the Boy Scouts of
America. Planning should begin soon
because the quicker your reservations
are received, the more likely you are to
get the dates you want.
Scouting's high-adventure bases are:
Charles L. Sommers Wilderness Canoe
Base—Canoe voyages in northern
Minnesota and southern Manitoba,
Canada. Write Charles L. Sommers,
Wilderness Canoe Base, Box 509, Ely,
Minn. 55731.
Florida Gateway High Adventure—
Sailing, canoeing and underwater ex-
ploration. Write Boy Scouts of America,
Florida Gateway High Adventure, 2960
Coral Way, Miami, Fla. 33145.
Land Between the Lakes High Adven-
ture Gateway—Backpacking, sail
camping, canoeing, flattop houseboat-
ing, fishing, swimming and exploring
between Kentucky Lake and Lake
Barkley in western Kentucky and Ten-
nessee. Write Land Between the Lakes,
720 Franklin Square, Suite 200A,
Michigan City, Ind. 46360.
Northern Wisconsin National Canoe
Base—Canoe camping, fishing and
exploring in northern Wisconsin and
Michigan. Write Northern Wisconsin
National Canoe Base, 720 Franklin
Square, Suite 200A, Michigan City, Ind.
46360.
Maine National High Adventure
Area—Backpacking, canoe camping,
cross-country treks. Write Maine Na-
tional High Adventure Area, Box 150,
Orrington, Maine 04474.
Philmont Scout Ranch and Explorer
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