Heroism Award

Heroism Award Knot

Heroism Award Meadl


The Heroism Award is presented to Scouts and Scouters that have saved a life at little or no personal risk. In the past, those persons would receive a Certificate of Heroism from the local Council. Today, those previous holders of Certificates of Heroism as well as present Scouts, Explorers or Scouters are honored with the present Medal.

Mike Walton (Settummanque) has prepared a sample Script of a presentation ceremony for awarding these Medals and/or Certificates. Click Here to download a file containing the script, which can be opened in most word processing programs. (RTF file - 5 KB)

For more information on the Medal of Merit, Honor Medal, or Heroism Award and the nominating process for the awards, see the following page on the BSA website:  http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-521.html or http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/pdf/02-521.pdf

The form for recommending someone for the Medal of Merit, Honor Medal, or Heroism Award, is an 8 page form, BSA Form No 92-104, entitled "Recommendation for Lifesaving or Meritorious Action Awards.  It can be downloaded in PDF format from the following location:  http://www.tac-bsa.org/lifesaving_meritorious_action_award.pdf and other council web sites. (Try searching for the term "Recommendation for Lifesaving" on Google.)


Page updated on: August 28, 2008



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