James E. West Fellows

The James E. West Fellowship Award is a national recognition for individuals who contribute $1,000 or more in cash or securities to the Blue Ridge Mountains Council endowment trust fund. This contribution is in addition to and does not diminish or replace the donor's annual gift to the Council's Friends of Scouting Campaign.

Organizations or individuals may contribute an award in honor of someone: an Eagle Scout, a Silver Beaver recipient, council president or district chairman, or in memory of a departed loved one, business associate or special Scouter.

The James E. West Fellowship Award is an attractive 8x10 inch certificate, personalized with the donor's name date of gift and council name. In addition, there is a distinctive lapel pin/charm and an embroidered square knot to wear on your uniform. While it is a national recognition, the James E. West Fellowship Award is authorized and presented by the Blue Ridge Mountains Council.

This award is named after the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America who exemplified Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation that "an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man." Scouting today is the "lengthened shadow" of more than three decades of the farseeing and dedicated leadership of Dr. James E. West.

Those who receive the James E. West Fellowship Award will cast their own "lengthened shadow" as they help ensure the Scouting legacy for future generations of young people and create the financial stability of the program in the Blue Ridge Mountains Council.

James E. West Fellowship Award Recipients
( Listed in alphabetical order by year.)
*Deceased

Last Updated: 10/03/06