The personalized Silver Squirrel certificate, ready for signatures and framing.

The Silver Squirrel on the green and yellow neck ribbon.

The Silver Squirrel embroidered knot, a green and yellow double carrick bend on white.

The Silver Squirrel Award has no official standing with the Boy Scouts of America, and is given to individuals solely on the authority of the unit committee.  The neck medal and embroidered knot (a double carrick bend, not a square knot) are NOT authorized for official wear with the uniform.  Official status for this award will not be sought in the future, as the originators wish Silver Squirrel to continue as  a recognition of front-line Scouters by front-line Scouters.  The Silver Squirrel Award is being offered to other units as a way to offset the costs of producing the awards, and as a convenience to other units who want to recognize their own Scouters.  When the original costs have been satisfied, any proceeds from further sales of the Silver Squirrel will go to the Troop 923 treasury.

Unit-based Recognition for Troop, Pack, Crew and Ship Scouters

Need a way to acknowledge that dedicated but uncelebrated Scouter?  You know the one- the person that's always there when they're needed?  The person that makes your program work, but will never be considered for the District Award of Merit or the Silver Beaver?  Here's the answer!

The Silver Squirrel Award was developed to recognize Scouters in a Chicago Boy Scout Troop who had given of their time and effort over the years, providing the support needed to keep troop program functioning smoothly.  Since these Scouters had devoted all their efforts at the unit level rather than  the district or council level, there was little chance that they would ever be nominated for the District Award of Merit, or the Silver Beaver.  The troop committee felt that these individuals should be recognized in a manner consistent with recognition at higher levels, and decided to institute the Silver Squirrel Award.   The Silver Squirrel was first  awarded in 2005.

The Silver Squirrel Award is being made available to any unit that wishes to recognize their own Scouters in a manner consistent with the history of the award. It has been awarded to Scouters in Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Venture Crews, and Sea Scout Ships.  The Silver Squirrel has been awarded by camp staff to Camp Rangers as well.

The Silver Squirrel Award is $30.00, plus $5.00 shipping and handling. (The price increase after 6 years is due to an increase in the manufacturing cost.)

We accept your unit check, personal check or money order made payable to Boy Scout Troop 923.  

Sorry, no credit card orders accepted.  (This is not a commercial enterprise, and the cost of the arrangements for accepting credit cards is simply too high.)

Please print and complete the order form found at the link at the upper right.  Please follow the instructions on the form.  This form requires Adobe Acrobat, a free utility which can be obtained by going to:

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