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International Spirit Award as a Woodbadge Diversity Ticket Item

Five Scouts and Scouters in the Arbuckle Area Council were recently awarded their International Spirit Award. For Harry Miller District Chairman Barbara Wilson (left picture) and Troop 4 Scoutmaster John Paul Townsend (right) earning the award was a part of their Woodbadge work. Troop 4 scouts Harrison Townsend (second from left) and Kaegan Dunn (second from right) also earned the award. They are pictured with council international representative Pat Fountain (left). Scout Jonathon Black (not pictured) also earned the award.

As Harry Miller District Chairman Barbara Wilson and Troop 4 Scoutmaster John-Paul Townsend went through Woodbadge they both wanted to do ticket items that were attainable and useful. Both had a desire to help scouts better understand the world in which they live and to understand that scouting was a worldwide organization. With the help of Arbuckle Area Council International Representative Pat Fountain, both incorporated the international sprit award into their diversity ticket item.  

Townsend’s ticket item was to earn the international spirit award and help at least two scouts earn the award. Throughout the spring and fall of 2021 Troop 4 members learned about scouting in different countries and different regions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from those working on the award. Townsend explained the process of obtaining a passport to the scouts and helped them conduct a world friendship fund drive and visit with scouts in other countries via the internet.

Wilson used the award to inform a large troop’s scouts and parents about a number of topics at a Court of Honor/Parent’s meeting. She was the “program” at the meeting and used a PowerPoint presentation to inform the group about the organization of WOSM and scouting in some different countries of the world.  At the meeting she talked about the world friendship fund and took up a collection for the fund. She helped her grandson’s den (led by her son) get on the internet and visit with scouts in several countries.

Both Townsend and Wilson agreed the award helped them achieve their goals. Both were happy they used the award to help themselves and others understand the diversity of scouting and that it is more than a local organization.

 

 

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.