Adult Honors

Silver Beaver Award

The Silver Beaver Award was introduced in 1931 and is a council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of 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. 

Below are the Troop 339 adults who have received this prestigious award.

2004

Bill Guglielmi


2007


Fraser Hale


2009


Patricia Guglielmi


2020


Benson Porter

Michael Eldert


2021

Matthew Cordani

Silver Alligator

The Silver Alligator Award is a Troop 339-level award which is given to adults who have provided service above and beyond to Troop 339 and its youth.  Recipients are chosen by secret ballot vote of all committee members.

Below are the recipients of this unique award.

Mark Nusekabel

Bill Guglielmi

Benson Porter

Ken Renton

Karen Bachman

Bob Donaghey

2016 - Mike & Laurie Cesseroni

2017 - Katie Sheffield

2018 - Jay Schwizgebel

2019 - Matt Cordani

2020 - Paul Dahlke

2021 - Katie Cordani

2022 - Gil Brooks

2023 - Archie Hill

Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor

The Vigil Honor is the highest honor that the Order of the Arrow can bestow upon its members for service to lodge, council, and Scouting.  Membership cannot be won by a person's conscious endeavors.

The Vigil Honor is a high mark of distinction and recognition reserved for those Arrowmen who, by reason of exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, have made distinguished contributions beyond the immediate responsibilities of their position of office to one or more of the following:

1992 - Thomas Kochansky

1992 - James Farley

2004 - Bill Guglielmi

2006 - Fraser Hale

2006 - Raymond Keebler

2018 - Rick Dean

2021 - Michael Eldert

2022 - Katie Sheffield

2023 - Matt Cordani

2023 - Benson Porter


District Award of Merit

The District Award of Merit is awarded by a District to volunteer and professional adults for service to youth in the District. Normally, the award is presented for service to youth in excess of five years. 

2008 - Mark Nusekabel 

2016 - Mike Eldert

2017 - Matt Cordani

2017 - Katie Sheffield

2020 - Benson Porter

2020 - Ken Renton

2021 - Sylvia Garza-Pickard