Boy Scouts of America

How Do We Get Started on These Programs?

  1. Youth members must obtain the specific booklet for their religion.
  2. Check with your council store or contact the religious organization directly (see the chart on this site).
  3. Each youth member needs his or her own booklet to document progress.
  4. Some religions offer adult manuals for counselors and mentors.
  5. Parents must review the program guidelines.
  6. Some programs require participants to be official “members” of the religious institution.
  7. Age/grade requirements vary from program to program.
  8. Each program sets its own guidelines as to who may serve as counselor. Some programs require clergy to serve as counselors; other programs allow parents or other family members to serve as counselors.
  9. Families should talk to their religious leaders and show them the booklet before beginning any program.
  10. Most programs require that they be completed under the auspices of that religious organization.
  11. Many programs require the signature of the local religious leader.
  12. The youth member needs to complete the requirements, obtain the proper signatures, and follow the instructions to order the emblem.
  13. These emblems are not available from your local council store (follow the instructions in your booklet).
  14. The emblem should be presented in a meaningful ceremony, preferably in the member’s religious institution.

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.