DCA Burlington County 2024

Award Ceremony, Reception and Dinner

Monday, June 3, 2024

Burlington County 2024

Craig Greenwood Honoring...

Bill LaVan and

Event Program

Reception

Buffet Dinner

Welcome

Chip Miller, Event Chair

Opening Ceremony: Pledge, Scout Oath and Law

Scout Troop 2020, Birchwood Lakes Colony Club, Medford

Invocation

Rev. Andrew Hanyzewski, St. Andrew’s Episcopal, Mt. Holly

Scout Speaker Remarks:

Nathaniel Kazunas, Eagle Scout Troop 2020

Garden State Council President Remarks

Tim Guim, Eagle Scout, President-PCH Technologies

Recognition of Committee & Sponsors

Good Scout Award Presentation & Remarks

Craig Greenwood

Good Scout Award Presentation & Remarks

Bill LaVan

Garden State Council Scout Executive Remarks

Patrick Linfors, Eagle Scout

Closing Remarks

Chip Miller, Event Chair

The “Good Scout” Award

The Distinguished Citizen Good Scout Award is presented to community leaders who exemplify in their daily lives the ideals of Scouting America as expressed in the Scout Law and Scout Oath. The recipients are chosen for their outstanding service as evidenced by the interest and leadership they have provided to many worthwhile organizations, as well as the respect and esteem in which they are held by their colleagues.

The Scout Oath

On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

The Scout Law

A Scout is: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent

History of the “Good Scout” Award Statue

The Good Scout Award statuette is patterned after the statue of a Scout that stands before the Rowan Scout Resource Center in Westampton. Here is the story behind the statue and its significance in Scouting History.

The Sculptor was Dr. R Tait McKenzie. In 1914 at the request of Dr. Charles D. Hart, President of the then Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America, McKenzie created a statuette of the ‘Ideal Boy Scout.’ His model, selected in competition of Scout parades, was 12-year old Franklin Willamson Hoover. Ten bronze, 18 inch high statuettes were cast as apart of the Boy Scout Friends of Scouting Program. The edition was closed and Dr. McKenzie presented the copyright to the Philadelphia Council.

Plaster, bronze and epoxy reproductions were sold, beginning in 1916. Later, smaller copies sutiable as desk ornaments were made availiable and are highly popular. In 1930, when the Philadelphia Council moved from 916 Walnut Street to 22nd and Winter Streets, it was hoped Dr. McKenzie would create a life-size statue to stand before the new building. He obliged, not by reproducing the small figure, but with a restudied statue with many changes, incorporating the new Scouting insignia.

Scout Douglas Shannon was the ‘Model in Chief’ with Scout Joseph Straub in reserve, but several other Scouts also served as models for the head, body and various detailed studies. The statue was unveiled June 12th 1937 and Dr. McKenzie made the presentation address. Many life sized copies are exhibited throughout the United States and in other countries around the Scouting world.

Garden State Council presents “The Ideal Boy Scout Statue” to the Distinguished Citizen because it embodies the meaning of Scouting found in the Scout Oath and Law. These same principles are found in this year’s honorees.

2024 Burlington County Distinguished Citizens of the Year Awards

Scout Speaker: Nathaniel Kazunas

Nathaniel Kazunas

Eagle Scout

Troop 20, Medford

Nathaniel Kazunas is a rising senior and Head of School Scholar at St. Augustine Prepatory High School in Richland, NJ. He enjoys playing Rugby 7’s and 15’s for the school and was captain of the JV Rugby 7’s team this past year. He also volunteers for the campus ministry and is a lector for the weekly mass.

In 2022, Nathaniel became the 96th scout to earn the rank of Eagle Scout for Medford Troop 20. Nathaniel is also a two-time recipient of the National VFW Patriots Pen Contest for Medford and Burlington County, and was a finalist for the state of NJ. He has also published an article in the local newspaper regarding a Troop 20 cleanup project which exemplifies giving back to the community and ‘leaving no trace’.

Nathaniel is currently using his entrepreneurial skills to grow his landscape business in Ocean City, NJ which he started as a freshman. Along with his business, he will be working an internship this summer at an engineering manufacturing firm in Vineland, NJ. Nathaniel has a penchant for chemistry and plans to study chemical engineering in college.

2024 Burlington County Distinguished Citizens of the Year Awards: Event Sponsors

Dinner Underwriters

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

2024 Burlington County Distinguished Citizens of the Year Awards:

Committee

Allens Oil & Propane, Inc.

Doris Alaimo

Richard A. Alaimo

Lee Bealuk

Brad Denn

Gary Gardner

Craig Greenwood

Richard W. Hunt

Bill LaVan

Jill Peterson

Jim Wujcik

SOUTH JERSEY PORTS

Since 1903, The First National Bank of Elmer has been committed to serving the community, supporting local businesses, and helping our neighbors reach their financial goals.

Personal Deposit Accounts

Consumer Loans

Business Banking Services

Commercial Loans

And more

Proud to Support the Garden State Council

Boy Scouts of America

Congratulations to this year’s Burlington County

Distinguished Citizen of the Year honorees

Craig Greenwood and Bill LaVan

THE FIRST NATIONAL

Banking

since 1903.

2024 “Good Scout” Award Recipient

Craig Greenwood

Craig Greenwood

A lifelong Burlington County Resident, Craig Greenwood is a Senior Account Executive at The Barclay Group/Braddock Agencies. He’s served with the company since 2006.

Craig is married to his beautiful wife, Anne and they have two daughters, Abby and Samantha. Craig has a granddaughter, Hannah and a soon-tobe son-in-law Joe Wagner. Outside of work, Craig is an active sailor and a member of the Riverton Yacht Club. He actively races his Pearson 30 on the Delaware River. He also enjoys making homemade wine with friends like Scouting supporter, Paul Villari.

Throughout his work in the community, Craig has been a supporter of Scouting and the Garden State Council for more than 15 years. He actively serves on the fundraising committees for the Burlington Distinguished Citizens of the Year and the Garden State Golf Classic. He was inducted into the Councils “President Circle” in 2022. Craig also dedicates his time to the Riverside Turners, helping raise money for scholarships and holiday dinners for those in need.

CraigGreenwood’s Pearson 30

2024 “Good Scout” Award Recipient

Bill LaVan

Bill LaVan

Bill LaVan is a successful entrepreneur who cares deeply about mentorship of young people, and this is why he has been a significant supporter of Scouting for more than a decade.

Committed to and invested in real life, handson work, Bill put all of his focus into a business venture he began in high school. After several years, he launched what would become Impact Environmental, an environmental consulting and remediation firm. Foreshadowed by his senior yearbook quote “The only thing that failure cannot stand is persistence,” Bill was then driven to become the success that he is today.

Invited by Jim Brennan, Bill has been an active supporter of Scouting in Burlington for years, helping provide resources to further the character education programs of Scouting, and to ensure, more youth benefit from the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

In addition to supporting organizations that provide quality mentorship opportunities for youth, Bill is also active in supporting military Veterans, and was recently awarded The American Patriot Award by The Patriot Fund, Inc. for his work on behalf of Veterans.

Past Burlington County Distinguished Citizens Honorees

2023 Lee Bealuk and Brad Denn

2022 Kristi Howell and Jill Peterson

2019 Hon. Barry Parker and Robert C. Silcox

2018 Hon. Mary Ann O’Brien and Hon. Jean E. Stanfield

2016 Calvin H. and Orsula V. Knowlton

2015 John A. Latimer

2014 Jim Brennan Jr.

2013 Charles S. Miller

2011 Frank Giordano

2010 Robert C. Halgas

2009 Brigadier General

James J. Grant

2008 Mary Wells* and Hon. John A. Sweeney

2007 James K. Wujcik

2006 William S. Haines Jr.

2005 Jerald R. Cureton, Esq. and Richard J. Cureton

2004 Peter J. and Stephen J. Hovnanian

2003 Irvin E. Richter

2002 JoAnn Winzinger and Hon. Philip E. Haines Esq.

2001 Franco Harris

2000 Glenn R. Paulsen

1999 Hon. Martha Bark* and Dennis Flanagan

1998 Hon. Diane Allen and Craig W. Yates

1997 Renee L. Borstad* and Hon. Vincent R. Farias

1996 Dr. Robert C. Messina Jr.

1995 Hon. Martin L. Haines*

1994 Dr. Carmine DeSopo

1993 Hon. H. James Saxton

1992 James E. Palmer

1991 Robert C. Shinn Jr.

1990 Thomas P. Foy*

1989 Richard A. Alaimo

1988 J. Garfield DeMarco*

1987 Jirair S. Hovnanian*

*Deceased

Garden State Council Impact

The vision of the Garden State council is to offer exciting, fun and value based experiences of the highest caliber to the greatest number of youth possible. The mission is to deliver the highest quality youth program of character development and leadership training, and to prepare young people to make ethical decisions, so they can reach their full potential and better serve their family, community and country.

Scouting was put to the test over the three years when Tufts University worked with youth to measure character attributes of both Scouts and non-scouts. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, nearly 1,800 Cub Scouts and nearly 400 non-scouts under the age of 12 were measured through both interviews and survey data.

What you can do to help:

It costs the Garden State Council about $200 per member annually to deliver Scouting to the young people in the 6+ counties we serve. We invite you to consider an annual gift of support to keep Scouting the most cost-effective, comprehensive youth development program on the planet. This QR code will take you to our Friends of Scouting Campaign.

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Congratulations

2024 DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS

Craig Greenwood Bill LaVan

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Distinguished Citizen s!

Craig Greenwood & Bill LaVan