Burlington DCA Program Booklet 2024

Garden State Council, Scouting America Presents...

Burlington County 2024

Honoring...

Craig Greenwood and

Bill LaVan

Award Ceremony, Reception and Dinner Monday, June 3, 2024

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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 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.

Nathaniel Kazunas Eagle Scout Troop 20, Medford

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.

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2024 “Good Scout” Award Recipient 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 Greenwood

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.

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2024 “Good Scout” Award Recipient 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.

Bill LaVan

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

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*

2004 Peter J. and Stephen J. Hovnanian

1987 Jirair S. Hovnanian*

2003 Irvin E. Richter

*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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