Eagle Scout Scholarship (Arthur M. & Berdena King)
 

Open to all Eagle Scouts who are currently registered in an active unit and have not reached their 19th birthday during the year of application.

 Congratulations! Through your dedicated personal efforts, with assistance from your family, adult leaders, and fellow Scouts, you have earned Scouting’s highest award, the Eagle Scout award. You have persevered and successfully completed the extensive requirements including the important leadership, citizenship, and community service projects. Only those young men who have a great amount of persistence and courage are able to gain the coveted rank of Eagle Scout. You can be very proud of your accomplishment. The Eagle Scout award is an honor. Be proud of it and what it represents. Use it as your guide and inspiration to reach other goals.  Members of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), who trace their ancestry to American Revolutionary War patriots, share with scouting these same ideals which are essential to the preservation and maintenance of a strong America.

 For many years the SAR has recognized the many common bonds of purpose and principles shared by the SAR and the Boy Scouts of America.

 You young men achieving the rank of Eagle Scout have demonstrated their belief in these common principles. For this reason, the SAR believes that Eagle Scouts are deserving of special recognition for their accomplishment and dedication.

 This is your invitation to participate in this recognition and scholarship program.  There are three levels at which you might receive recognition and/or monetary awards.

1. Local SAR Chapters present certificates, medals and in some cases, cash awards, to the winners of competition within a chapter territory or a local Boy Scout Council area.
2. The Washington State Society selects a winner who receives a handsome Eagle Trophy.
3. Washington State winner applications are submitted to the National SAR. An SAR National Eagle Scout Committee meets in February of each year to judge state winner entries, and from them to select the three top National Scholarship winners.

 

 NATIONAL SOCIETY AWARDS: College plans do not need to be completed in order to receive the cash scholarship. 

 * First place: $8,000 and is brought as our guest to the National SAR Congress, held in June or July each year, where the award is made and the Eagle presents his essay to the assembly.

* Second Place $4,000

* Third Place $2,000

 

Who may apply and deadlines for applications:

 This annual competition is conducted on a calendar year basis. Any Eagle Scout is eligible to apply who is still registered actively in a Scout unit provided that he does NOT reach his 19th birthday in the calendar year of application.

 An Eagle may apply more than one year, but no individual may be awarded more total dollars than the $8,000 First Place award. For example, if an Eagle applies one year and receives the National runner-up award of $4,000, and has not reached his 19th birthday in the following calendar year, he may apply the second year, but if he were the First Place winner, he would receive only an additional $4,000.

Applicant entry to Chapters:  31 Dec 

Chapter entry to State Society:  09 Jan 

State Society candidate to National Society:  15 Feb

 For additional information and to download forms, link to: http://www.sar.org/youth/eagle.html and Download and print:

• The Scholarship Application Form
• The Four generation Ancestry Form
• Instructions for the required essay

 

All applications must be submitted to a local SAR Chapter.  Do not mail to the National SAR.

Required Items For Application

• Completed application form signed by you and your parents
• The Four Generation Ancestry Chart
• Your original essay, not to exceed 500 words, written on an American Revolutionary Patriotic Theme.  Suggestions for a Patriotic Theme are contained on the backside of the four generation ancestry chart.

 Again, congratulations to you on attaining the Eagle Scout rank. We extend our best wishes for continued success in all your future endeavors. 

 Contest rules can be found at this link http://www.sar.org/youth/eagle.html.  For information and rules contact:

Don Wingerson
Wingerson@WASSAR.info