Leo Greaney, Pinelands District Scouter, receives the Silver Beaver Award, April, 2022

Leo Greaney hails from South Jersey with a brief stint in Paris, Texas. He and his brother Fran grew up in Scouting. He earned his Arrow of Light with Cub Pack 76 (Mount Laurel). His mother Betty served as a Den Leader. He and his brother joined Troop 61 (Moorestown). Their father Leo enjoyed the Troop’s traditional Father/Son Campouts. Fran earned his Eagle rank and Leo achieved Star Scout. Leo also has two sisters: Margaret and Mary.

Leo graduated from Lenape High School, Mount Laurel, in 1976, and earned a Computer Science degree from Rutgers University in 1983. Right out of college he started as a software engineer with RCA, which though his 28 years of employment became GE/Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin/L-3 Communications. Since 2012, Leo has served as the “Fix-it Dude”/Systems Manager for Johnson’s Corner Farm/ Johnson’s Locust Hall Farm. He also volunteers for the Wildflowers at Medford Homeowners Association as a Board Member-Grounds Maintenance.

Upon graduation from high school, Leo also became an Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 61, a position he held until 2004 when he become the Scoutmaster. He continues to serve the Troop as Scoutmaster to this day.

Leo’s service to Scouting extended to the Council level. He served the former Burlington County Council on the Technology Committee, 2nd Generation Website Development Team. For Garden State Council, he has served on the Membership and Marketing Committees. He has also served as Camp Cook during the 2013 Webelos Resident Camp. He has also served on the National Jamboree Staff for two Jamborees (2005, 2010). Currently, Leo serves Scouting on the Council level on the Farm Fair Committee and the “Thursday Crew” for Pine Tree Education & Environmental Center.

His total weeks spent at summer camp, when combining youth and adult tenures in Scouting, number approximately 50 weeks. Add to that the weeklong summer trips taken with Troop 61 – approximate 15 – and countless weekend camping trips, and he can fill over two years’ worth of camping nights with his outdoor experiences. (“just 1 hour a week”)