About this Award

Cooperation, development, and program are the key words in the recognition of Catholic chartered units in earning the National Catholic Unit Excellence Award - Pope Paul VI. The adult leadership responds to training not only in Scouting lores, but training in Catholic National Catholic Leadership Development, and religious counseling. The Scouts in each Pack, Troop, Team, and Crew/Ship respond by participating in the religious emblems program respective of their status in Scouting.

Eligibility

• Unit must be chartered by a Catholic institution.
• The award criteria is for one calendar year.

After completing the application, the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting will review all the applications in their diocese to determine the if the unit meets the criteria for this award. The unit leader will order patches, banners and certificates online, look for the Online Patch Order Link.

The NCCS Good Turn Service Project was instituted by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting® Religious Activities standing committee to recognize Catholic-chartered units for their service to the charter organization. The recognition includes a unit Certificate of Merit from the NCCS Religious Activities committee and a blank individual participant certificate that can reproduced locally. Outstanding projects may be summarized and listed in NCCS literature and/or posted on NCCS website. This national recognition is available to Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, and Venturing Crews. There are seven (7) steps to complete the project, starting with planning the project with the charter organization and ending with submitting the project for review and celebrating completion. The Good Turn Service Project Manual documents each step and includes templates and examples that can assist the project leader.

For more information, go to the National Catholic Committee on Scouting website.

Good Turn Service Project Manual