American Legion and Scouting
Square Knot Award
This award is designed to recognize American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary,
or Sons of The American Legion members who are actively involved in the Scouting
program. This award is not meant to be a selective or limited award, but one that
is available to any American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, or Sons of The American
Legion member who completes the requirements for the award. The award is meant to
recognize dedication and work required by an American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary,
or Sons of The American Legion member to assist in furthering the Scouting program
in The American Legion.
The award consists of the gold on purple square knot badge with a gold
border and a suitable certificate.
It is expected that American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary or Sons of The
American Legion members will work to provide the maximum impact of The American
Legion’s support of the Scouting program and to achieve maximum visibility.
- Service
- Be a current member of The American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary
or Sons of The American Legion.
- Be registered in a Scouting leadership position at the Unit, District
or Council level; or as a Chartered Organizational Representative (COR);
or as a District/Council Member-at-Large; or as a Unit Commissioner.
- Training
If serving as a Unit Leader complete five of the following:
- Complete the Cub Scout Leader Basic Training course.
- Complete the Boy Scout or Sea Scout Leader Basic Training course.
- Complete the Venture Leader Basic Training course.
- Complete the Commissioner Basic Training course.
- Be current in “Youth Protection” training.
- Be current in American Red Cross “First Aid and CPR”.
- Earn the Scouter’s “Training Award”.
- Attend and complete a Woodbadge or Seabadge training program.
- Attend a Philmont training course.
If serving as a Chartered Organizational Representative (COR), or as a District/Council
Member-at-Large, or as a Unit Commissioner complete three of the following:
- 1. Attend a National Community Relationships Scouting training seminar.
- 2. Participate in a Chartered Organizational Representative (COR) training
course
- 3. Complete a BSA District staff -training course.
- 4. Attend a Woodbadge or Seabadge training program.
- 5. Attend a Philmont training course.
- Tenure
- Serve a total of three consecutive years in a Scouting leadership position
at the Unit, District or Council level; or as a Chartered Organizational
Representative (COR); or as a District/Council Member-at-Large; or as a
Unit Commissioner.
- Performance
While serving in a Scouting leadership position at the Unit,
District or Council level; or as a Chartered Organizational Representative (COR);
or as a District/Council Member-at-Large; or a Unit Commissioner complete a
minimum of five of the following:
- Serve a minimum of two years as a Post Chartered Organizational Representative
for Scouting and demonstrate success with your units in terms of growth
in program.
- Assist your Post, District or Department to raise funds to support Scouting.
Participate with a local BSA District or Council Friends of Scouting fundraising
effort.
- Participate as member of a BSA District or Council Membership/Relationships
committee and represent The American Legion.
- Assist in organizing or reorganizing a Cub Pack, Scout Troop, Sea Scout
Ship, or Venturing Crew chartered by an American Legion Post.
- Participate in the Eagle Scout of the Year program at the Post, District
or Department level.
- Make contact with Scout Troops and Venturing Crews in your area through
visits, roundtables or other means and solicit their participation in the
National High School Oratorical Contest, Junior Shooting Sports Program,
Boys State, American Legion Baseball and other Americanism programs and
document the results of your efforts.
- Recruit manpower from your Post or District to support a Scout activity
such as a camporee, bicycle rodeo, merit badge day or other related event
to help further American Legion recognition in support of the Scouting program.
- Develop and carry out or participate in an American Legion program to
recognize the leaders of Scouting programs in your Post, District or Department.
- Promote and coordinate the development of a network of Department American
Legion Scouting Team members to assist in the development of Scouting within
The American Legion.
- Earn the Cubmaster Award, Cub Scouter Award, Den Leader Award, Den Leader
Coach Award or Tiger Cub Coach Award.
- Earn the Scoutmaster Award of Merit.
- Earn the Crew Advisor Award of Merit.
- Earn the Scouter’s Key, Scouter’s Training Award, or Distinguished Commissioner
Service Award.
- Approval
- Submit appropriate documentation (membership card, photocopies of course
completion certificates, narrative of accomplishments, etc.) in order to
fully document the attainment of the requirements as outlined in sections
A, B, C, and D above.
- Obtain the written endorsements of your American Legion Post Commander,
American Legion Auxiliary Unit President or Sons of The American Legion
Squadron Commander and the Department Scouting Chairman, Department Adjutant
and Department Commander that you have satisfactorily completed the requirements
for this award.
- Submit the appropriate documentation and written endorsements to
National Americanism Commission
The American Legion
P.O. Box 1055
Indianapolis, IN 46206.
- Note: Application packets that lack the appropriate documentation or
written endorsements will be returned.
- Awarding Process
The Department would arrange for presentation of The
American Legion Square Knot, certificate and congratulatory letter at an appropriate
place and time.
A list of Department Headquarters addresses can be found on the last page of
the brochure at the following URL, to assist in obtaining the written endorsements
of the Department Scouting Chairman, Department Adjutant and Department Commander.
http://www.legion.org/documents/legion/pdf/squareknot_update.pdf
Page updated on:
May 23, 2014
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