{"id":5161,"date":"2020-07-20T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/how-your-scouts-can-earn-the-james-m-stewart-good-citizenship-award\/"},"modified":"2020-07-20T07:00:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:00:42","slug":"how-your-scouts-can-earn-the-james-m-stewart-good-citizenship-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/how-your-scouts-can-earn-the-james-m-stewart-good-citizenship-award\/","title":{"rendered":"How your Scouts can earn the James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"James<\/p>\n

We could use a few more Jimmy Stewarts in the world.<\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning actor, philanthropist and military officer was a Scout in Troop 3 of Indiana, Pa. — about an hour east of Pittsburgh. As an adult, he was a dedicated friend of Scouting and received the Silver Buffalo Award<\/a>, the BSA’s top honor for adult volunteers.<\/p>\n

In a 1980 speech, Stewart called the Scout Oath, “40 words … that can make an awfully big difference.”<\/p>\n

Stewart died in 1997, but his spirit of citizenship endures in a number of tangible ways, including the James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award<\/a>, available to members of Scouts BSA.<\/p>\n

The award, launched in 2003, was created through a partnership between the BSA, the James M. Stewart Museum Foundation, the Stewart family and the BSA’s Penn’s Woods Council (now part of the Laurel Highlands Council).<\/p>\n

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How to earn the James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award<\/h2>\n

Registered Scouts can earn the James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award by completing all of the following requirements:<\/p>\n