Eagle Congratulation Letters

When sending notes to people asking for letters of commendation, please include:

The Scout's FULL NAME (not just "Sparky" or "Jimmy" but "Samuel James Jackson" or "James Ray Morrison")
The Scout's TROOP NUMBER AND COUNCIL NAME (the Troop number is that white number on the red background on his left shoulder; the Council; the Council name appears on that patch right above it), and
A SHORT DESCRIPTION of the Eagle Scout Service Project.
It is also courteous to include a self addressed stamped envelope when writing to private individuals or organizations. That is usually not necessary when writng to government officials.

Many people writing a letter to acknowledge an Eagle Scout would also like to know how the person earned the badge. This gives them more than just a "congratulations, Johnny, on your achievement" line and also can allow the letter to be a bit more personalized than boilerplate letters.

Remember that the purpose of a congratulatory letter is to honor the Scout and that each person you write may be getting many, many requests. This is not a race or a contest to see who can get the most letters. Often a few letters are more meaningful than a scrapbook full of letters that ends up on a shelf. Sometimes the best thing is a letter or two from an admired prominent person, a state official like a governor, a local official like a mayor, and letters from local prominent people that the Scout knows or who know the Scout.

Please pick and choose so that people who are willing to write a letter do not get overwhelmed and decide to stop accepting requests.

In the tables below, incumbents who will be leaving office as a result of an election, resignation, or other reasons, are shown in RED, while "Acting", "Elect", or newly appointed (but, as yet unconfirmed or installed) officials are shown in GREEN.

US Government Officials Due to security measures which can delay receipt of letters sent through the US Mail, we recommend using e-mail whenever possible when contacting US Government officials. For Congressional offices, mail to local offices may also get a faster response than mail sent to the Capitol.
President and Mrs. Barack H. Obama The White House Attn: Greetings Office 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 e-mail: Click Here	Vice President and Dr. Joseph Biden Old Executive Office Building Washington, DC 20501
Cabinet Members
Hon. Thomas J. Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture 14th St. and Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20250 e-mail: Click Here	Hon. Penny Pritzker Secretary of Commerce 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230
Hon. Charles T. Hagel Secretary of Defense The Pentagon Washington, DC 20301	Hon. Arne Duncan Secretary of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202-0100 e-mail: Click Here
Hon. Ernest Moniz Secretary of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585	Hon. Kathleen Sebelius (Resigned) Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell (Nominee) Secretary of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20201
Hon. Jeh C. Johnson Secretary of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528	Hon. Shaun Donovan Secretary of Housing & Urban Development 451 7th St., SW Washington, DC 20410
Hon. Sally Jewell Secretary of Interior 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240	Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 e-mail: Click Here
Hon. Thomas E. Perez Secretary of Labor 200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20210	Hon. John Kerry Secretary of State 2201 C St., NW Washington, DC 20520
Hon Anthony Foxx Secretary of Transportation 400 7th St., SW Washington, DC 20590 e-mail: Click Here	Hon Jacob J. (Jack) Lew Secretary of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20220
Gen. Eric K. Shinseki Secretary of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20420	Hon. Gina McCarthy Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460
Other Department of Defense Officials - Branch Secretaries and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hon. John M. McHugh Secretary of the Army	Gen. Ray Odierno Chief of Staff of the Army
Click here for an on-line application for letters from the Army Secretary and Chief of Staff http://www.goarmy.com/ycr/ (Mail applications will not be honored)
Hon. Michael B. Donley Secretary of the Air Force	Gen. Mark A. Welsh III Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Click here for an on-line application for letters from the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff https://scouts.airforce.com/ (Mail applications will not be honored)
Hon. Ray Mabus Secretary of the Navy The Pentagon Washington, DC 20350	Adm. Jonathan Greenert Chief of Naval Operations 2000 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350-2000
Please include the full name of the scout, Troop number, date of Court of Honor ceremony and return address. In order to expedite your request, please consolidate multiple awardees into ONE (1) troop request. Please allow 4 - 5 weeks for processing.
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 9999 Joint Staff Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20318-9999	Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The Pentagon Washington, DC 20301
Please include the full name of the scout, Troop number, date of honor ceremony and return address. Return postage is not required. In order to expedite your request, please consolidate multiple awardees into one (1) troop request. Due to mail handling procedures, allow 4 - 5 weeks for processing.
Gen. James F Amos Commandant of the Marine Corps Send requests to the USMC Recruiting command (see below)	General Frank J Grass Chief of the National Guard Bureau The Pentagon Washington, DC 20301

Congress
House of Representatives	Senate
Hon. John A. Boehner, Speaker House of Representatives U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515	Hon. Patrick Leahy President Pro-Tempore U.S. Senate U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510
Hon. Eric Cantor Majority Leader House of Representatives U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515	Hon. Harry Reid Majority Leader U.S. Senate U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510
Hon. Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader House of Representatives U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515	Hon. Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510
For other Congressmen (Representatives), check the official US House of Representatives web site for the address to use, which will be in the form: Hon. __________ ____ _______ House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 or simply address your letter to: Hon. ____________ U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 There is no central listing of public e-mail addresses for House members. If a member has a public e-mail address, it can be found on the member's website, or there may be a form which can be used directly on the member's website.	For other Senators, check the official US Senate web site for the address to use, which will be in the form: Senator __________ ____ _______ Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 or simply address your letter to: Senator ____________ U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 e-mail addresses: Click Here
Other Government Officials and Programs
Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr. Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW Washington, DC 20593	Mary L. Schapiro Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20549
Mr. Robert S. Mueller III, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20535	Hon. Samantha Power United States Representative to the United Nations United States Mission to the United Nations 140 East 45th Street New York, N.Y. 10017 http://archive.usun.state.gov/Issues/Contact2.html
Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A. Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service Dept of Health and Human Services Rockville MD 20857	Valerie Brown National Park Service Youth Programs 1201 Eye Street NW 11th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 valerie_brown@nps.gov Persons requesting NPS recognition should be sure to submit their requests at least one month in advance of the date when the certificate is needed. In addition, scout leaders who have multiple scouts for whom NPS recognition is requested are encouraged to include all of the names within one single email. Separate emails are not necessary.
Marine Corps Recruiting Command Advertising (Code M) 3280 Russell Road Quantico VA 22134-5102
United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996 Click here for an on-line application (Mail applications will not be honored) (If you have recently applied through mail, please re-apply here to ensure receipt of a certificate.)	Superintendent United States Naval Academy 124 Blake Road Annapolis, MD 21402-5000 The Superintendent, in conjunction with the USNA NESA Chapter requests 45 days advance notice and requires an online application from their web site at: http://www.usna.edu/NESA/letters.html
US Air Force Academy The web address we had is no longer working, and attempts to contact the AFA have been unsuccessful We have been told that mail applications will not be honored, so at this point we know of no way to get letters from them.
Superintendent United States Coast Guard Academy Click here for an on-line application (Mail applications will not be honored)

Past Presidents and their Wives

President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter
The Carter Center
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
Attn: Correspondence Office

President Carter wants all requests
in writing to the above address,
or by FAX to: (404) 331-0283

President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush
10000 Memorial Drive, Suite 900
Houston, TX 77024

President William J. Clinton
and Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton
55 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027-4516

President and Mrs. George W. Bush
Post Office Box 259000
Dallas, Texas 75225-9000

Governors
Gov. Robert Bentley State Capitol Room N-104 600 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36130	Gov. Sean Parnell Governor's Office P.O. Box 110001 Juneau, AK 99811-0001
Gov. Jan Brewer Office of the Governor 1700 West Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007	Gov. Mike Beebe 250 State Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201
Gov. Jerry Brown State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814	Gov. John Hickenlooper 136 State Capitol Denver, CO 80203-1792
Gov. Dan Malloy Governor's Office State Capitol 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106	Gov. Jack Markell Legislative Hall Dover, DE 19901
Gov. Rick Scott The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001	Gov. Nathan Deal State Capitol Building Constituent Services Room 111 Atlanta, GA 30334
Gov. Neil Abercrombie Executive Chambers Hawai'i State Capitol Honolulu, HI 96813	Gov. C. L. Butch Otter Office of the Governor 700 West Jefferson (Statehouse), 2nd Floor P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0034
Gov. Patrick J. Quinn Office of the Governor 207 Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706	Gov. Mike Pence Office of the Governor 206 State House Indianapolis, IN 46204
Gov. Terry Branstad Office of the Governor State Capitol Des Moines, IA 50319	Gov. Sam Brownback Office of the Governor State Capitol Second Floor Topeka, KS 66612
Gov. Steve Beshear Governor's Office 700 Capitol Avenue Frankfort, KY 40601	Gov. Bobby Jindal Office of the Governor P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004
Gov. Paul LePage Office of the Governor #1 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0001	Gov. Martin O'Malley State House Annapolis, MD 21401
Gov. Deval Patrick Office of the Governor State House, Room 360 Boston, MA 02133	Gov. Rick Snyder Office of the Governor P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 Online Request Form
Gov. Mark Dayton 130 State Capitol 75 Constitution Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55155	Gov. Phil Bryant Office of the Governor P. O. Box 139 Jackson, MS 39205
Gov. Jay Nixon Missouri Capitol Building, Room 216 P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0720	Gov. Steve Bullock Office of the Governor State Capitol Helena, MT 59620-1901
Gov. Dave Heineman Office of the Governor P.O. Box 94848 Lincoln, NE 68509-4848	Gov. Elect Brian Sandoval Capitol Building Carson City, NV 89701
Gov. Maggie Hassan Office of the Governor State House Concord, NH 03301-4990	Gov. Chris Christie 125 West State St P.O. Box 001 Trenton, NJ 08625
Gov. Susana Martinez State Capitol Building Santa Fe, NM 87503	Gov. Andrew Cuomo State Capitol Albany, NY 12224
Gov. Pat McCrory Office of the Governor 20301 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-0301	Gov. Jack Dalrymple Governor 's Office 600 E. Boulevard Ave. Bismarck, ND 58505-0001
Gov. John Kasich 77 South High Street, 30th Floor Columbus, OH 43215	Gov. Mary Fallin State Capitol Bldg. 2300 N. Lincoln, Suite 212 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Gov. John Kitzhaber State Capitol Building Salem, OR 97301-4047	Gov. Tom Corbett 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, PA 17120
Gov. Lincoln Chafee Office of the Governor 222 State House Providence, RI 02903-1196	Gov. Nikki Haley Office of the Governor P.O. Box 11829 Columbia, SC 29211
Gov. Dennis Daugaard Office of the Governor 500 East Capitol Pierre, SD 57501-5070	Gov. Bill Haslam Office of the Governor State Capitol Nashville, TN 37243-0001
Gov. Rick Perry Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-2428	Gov. Gary R. Herbert Office of the Governor 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Gov. Peter Shumlin 109 State St, Pavilion Montpelier, VT 05609	Gov. Elect Terry R. McAuliffe Gov. Bob McDonnell Office of the Governor State Capitol, 3rd Floor Richmond, VA 23219 Click here for an on-line application
Gov. Jay Inslee Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002	Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Office of the Governor State Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305
Gov. Scott Walker 125 State Capitol Madison, WI 53702	Gov. Matt Mead Governor's Office Wyoming State Capitol Cheyenne, WY 82002

Mayor Vincent C. Gray Washington, DC 20004 Requests should be submitted online - Click Here.	Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla BMB 110202 Calle San Gustos San Juan, PR 00901-1711
Gov. Eddie Calvo PO Box 2950 Hagåtña, Guam 96932	Gov. John deJongh, Jr. 21-22 Kongens Gade Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, VI 00802
Gov. Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga Office of the Governor A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799	Gov. Benígno Fitial Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Juan A. Sablan Memorial Bldg. Capital Hill Caller Box 10007 Saipan, MP 96950

Other Prominent People and Organizations
NASA Public Communications Office NASA Headquarters Suite 5K39 Washington, DC 20546-0001SA NASA has an on-line form which can be used to request Eagle Letters of Recognition at http://www.nasa.gov/about/contact/boy_scout_page.html	Mike Rowe (star of Dirty Jobs) Eagle Scout Letter 3727 West Magnolia Blvd., Suite 300 Burbank, CA 91505 http://www.mikeroweworks.com/scrap-yard/eagle-scout-letter/ You MUST include a self-addressed, stamped 9x12 envelope with the request. Make sure it has the correct amount of postage ($1.90) (one request per envelope please) Allow 12 weeks for Mike's response.
Mr. James S. Brady c/o Handgun Control Inc. 1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005	Mr. Pat Buchanan The American Cause 501 Church St. Suite 315 Vienna, VA 22180
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani c/o Giuliani Partners, LLC 1251 Avenue of the Americas 49th Floor New York, NY 10020	Mr. Steven Spielberg DreamWorks 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, California 91608 We have had reports that requests have not been honored recently.
Vice President Al Gore 3810 Bedford Avenue Suite 250 Nashville, TN 37215	Mr. Rush Limbaugh 2 Penn Plaza, 17th Floor New York, NY 10021-0085
His Holiness, Pope Francis I Apostolic Nunciature 3339 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20008-3687	Mr. James R. Moffett, Chairman/CEO Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. PO Box 51777 New Orleans, LA 70151
National Commander Veterans of Foreign Wars 406 West 34th Street Kansas City, MO 64111	National Commander American Legion PO Box 1055 Indianapolis, IN 46206
Sons of the American Revolution 1000 South Fourth Street Louisville, KY 40203 To request an Eagle Scout letter of commendation and or certificate of recognition for an Eagle Court of Honor, please visit the SAR website and contact the state Eagle Scout chairman from your state. Writing directly to the national office address above will delay the response. See: http://www.sar.org/Youth/Eagle_Scout_Contacts	Moose International Community Service Dept. Mooseheart, IL 60539-1126
	Mr. Bill Gates Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 We have had reports that requests have not been honored recently.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Scouting and Youth Coordinator Piper Holton PO Box 552 Hotchkiss, CO 81419-0552 Email: piperpspcea@aol.com	AMVETS National Headquarters Attn: Programs Department 4647 Forbes Blvd. Lanham, Maryland 20706 Download the required request form (PDF)
United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. PO Box 3870 Silverdale, WA 98383-3870 The USSVI requests 30 days advance notice and requires a specific form. Download the application form from their web site at: https://www.ussvi.org/Documents/Awards_Programs_Eagle_Scout_Award_Pgm.pdf	Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War PO Box 1865 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 The SUVCW requests 45 days advance notice and requires a specific form. Download and print the application form from their web site at: http://suvcw.org/eagle/
Marine Corps League P.O. Box 3070 Merrifield, VA 22116-3070	U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary See the information on their web page by clicking on this link: http://auxbdeptwiki.cgaux.org/index.php/Eagle_and_Quartermaster_Recognition Then send an e-mail with the appropriate information to: youthprograms@bdept.cgaux.org (Mail applications will not be honored)
Ms. Rosalyn Farb, Senior Vice President Wendy's Corporate Communications 4288 W. Dublin, Granville Rd. Dublin OH 43017	East Tennessee State University Military Science Department Enrollment and Scholarship Officer P.O. Box 70648 Johnson City, TN 37614
Jenn Schilling, Assistant Brand Manager Joy Cone Company 3435 Lamor Road Hermitage, PA 16148 Jennifer.schilling@joycone.com	Les Stroud (Survivorman) 692 Muskoka Road 3 N Huntsville, ON P1H-1C9 Canada
National Rifle Association: The NRA requests 3 months advance notice and requires a specific form. Download and print the application form from the NRA web site at: http://www.nrahq.org/youth/eagle_scout.pdf then mail or fax to: National Rifle Association Attn: Eagle Scout Coordinator Youth Programs 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, VA 22030 Fax: 703-267-3999	Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias 25 S. Morton Avenue Morton, PA 19070 (certificate & patch) http://www.pythias.org/scouts/eaglescout.html
	For Latter-day Saints Scouts: The Young Men's General Presidency The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 47 East South Temple St Salt Lake City UT 84150-1700
For Jewish Scouts: Northeast Region Jewish Committee on Scouting Stephen Allan Mintz 106 Sunnymeadow Lane Reisterstown, MD 21136-6148	For Jewish Scouts: National Jewish Committee on Scouting c/o The Relationships Division - S326 Boy Scouts of America PO Box 152079 Irving, TX 75015-2079 http://www.jewishscouting.org
For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Steven Wernick Executive Vice President United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 820 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017-4504	For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Eric Yoffie President Union for Reform Judaism 633 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017-6778
For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Bini Maryles Director of Synagogue Services Orthodox Union Eleven Broadway New York, NY 10004	For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Pesach Lerner Executive Vice President National Council of Young Israel 111 John Street, Suite 450 New York, NY 10038
For Jewish Scouts: Mr. Greg Byrne Jewish War Veterans of the United States 1811 R Street NW Washington, DC 20009	For Jewish Scouts: Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen Jewish Theological Seminary of America 3080 Broadway New York, NY 10027
The Eagle Scout Service / NESA no longer provides congratulatory letters from James A. Lovell. If a name or organization has been removed from this site, it is because we have had specific requests to NOT send letters to them. In particular, the following people and groups have asked that they be removed: The Central Intelligence Agency, The Justices of the US Supreme Court, NASA Johnson Space Center /Astronaut Office, US Air Force Recruiting Service, US Air Force Thunderbirds, Civil Air Patrol Headquarters, The Boeing Corp., The Cato Institute, Dr. William J. Bennett, Pat Boone, William F. Buckley, Sen. John Glenn, J. Willard Marriot, Mrs. Ronald (Nancy)Reagan, Allan H. "Bud" Selig.

Click here to see other special Special Eagle Scout Recognitions that can be requested.

Additional addresses for Texas based Scouts can be found at Scoutmaster Calvin Gray's website: http://www.troopcrew405.org/eaglelist/index.html

Eagle Congratulation Letters

US Government Officials

Cabinet Members

Other Department of Defense Officials - Branch Secretaries and the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Congress

House of Representatives

Senate

Other Government Officials and Programs

Past Presidents and their Wives

Governors

Other Prominent People and Organizations

Other Department of Defense Officials -
Branch Secretaries and the Joint Chiefs of Staff