The Silver Beaver Award was introduced in 1931 and is a council-level distinguished service award of Scouting America. Recipients of this award are registered Scouters who have made an impact on the lives of youth through service given at the council level. This nomination form must be sent to the local council.

To prevent embarrassment, the candidate should not be notified of this nomination.

I confirm that the nominee lives by the principles of the Scout Oath and Scout Law in word and deed, and is exemplary in his/her personal, family, and professional activities.

* ONLY NECESSARY IF NOMINEE IS SELECTED

Please list registered adult positions in Scouting America with dates listed chronologically. Indicate unit number, chartered organization, and district where appropriate.

(Attach additional page if needed)

Please indicate which training courses the nominee participated in and/or staffed with year completed.

Please list organization, position held, recognition received and year(s) involved or awarded.

Information covering the nominee’s standing in the community, citing activities in which he/she is most active in business, professional, civic, religious, educational, fraternal, veterans, and other non-Scouting areas.

(Attach letters of recommendation if appropriate.)

1. Give the full name and titles (if any) of the nominee exactly as you want them to appear on the certifcate.
2. Furnish as much information as possible for each section.
3. Long-established policy limits the award of the Silver Beaver to adults 21 and older who are registered with Scouting America as volunteer Scouters.
4. Nominations will not be considered for current or former professional Scouters within five (5) years of their leaving employment with Scouting America. Other council employees (part time or full time) are eligible to receive the Silver Beaver Award based on their volunteer service, not employed service.
5. Nominations cannot be considered for posthumous awards.
6. Order Silver Beaver insignia using the regular Supply order form from the Supply Group distribution center.

The Boy Scouts of America, acting through the National Court of Honor, may award the Silver Beaver for distinguished service to youth upon the following basis and procedure:
a) Each council may process its own annual allotment of Silver Beaver awards and must send a list of Silver Beaver recipients honored each calendar year to the National Court of Honor no later than January 31 of the following year.
b) The award is made for noteworthy service of exceptional character to youth by registered Scouters within the territory under the jurisdiction of a local council.
c) As evidence of the award there will be presented: a suitable certificate, duly authenticated by the Boy Scouts of America, pursuant to the action of the National Court of Honor; and a miniature silver beaver suspended by a blue, white, and blue ribbon to be worn around the neck.
d) No public announcements may be made by the local council in advance of action by the National Court of Honor with reference to names presented for consideration.
e) These awards may be made to the recipients by the local council concerned in connection with its annual meeting or other public function.
f) Each duly chartered local council is entitled to one nomination. Councils having more than 60 units are entitled to further nominations on the basis of one for each additional 60 units or fraction thereof in their territory, as of December 31 preceding the nomination, according to the records of the National Service Center.
g) Councils not using their full allotment in any year may accumulate the unused portion for use in any subsequent year.

In extraordinary cases, the Silver Beaver Award may be made by the National Court of Honor to a Scouter upon the recommendation of the duly constituted Scouting authorities having supervision of one or more units of the Boy Scouts of America located outside of the United States and not under the jurisdiction of a local council.

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