February 17, 2011 - During the Winter 2011 Mecklenburg Chapter membership meeting, Vice President Jim Wood announced that Christopher Scott Lawing is our chapter Eagle Scout winner for 2011! Christopher is a member of BSA Unit 355 sponsored by the Sharon United Methodist Church Men’s club. He earned his Eagle in April 2008 and to date has earned 69 merit badges.

(In photo above, Eagle Scout Christopher Lawing (at left) receives the 2011 Mecklenburg Chapter SAR Eagle Scout award and scholarship from chapter vice president Jim Wood.) He attended the 2005 and 2010 National Scout Jamboree as well as the 2007 World Scout Jamboree. He is a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. He has worked annually since 2005 in the Scouting Food Drive for Loaves and Fishes as well as the Room In the Inn Program He has earned his God and Country Award Series a 4 star recipient. He is a member of the National Honor Society at school as well as a graphic arts design winner.

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July 30, 2010 - During an especially hot eight days at the end of July, several SAR members, including our own Jim Wood, attended the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, VA, to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Boy Scouts.

The event idea was to promote the SAR Eagle Scout scholarship program. There were over 40,000 at the event, where we had a booth and talked to many thousand youth and adults, passing out brochures and patches to the youth. This was an initial event appearance for the SAR; we may repeat at the next jamboree in 2013 in West Virginia.

(Photo above - Mecklenburg Chapter Vice President and NCSSAR Eagle Scout Program Chairman Jim Wood discusses the SAR Eagle Scout Scholarship Program with one of thousands of scouts who visited the SAR booth during the 100 year anniversary of the BSA at the Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, VA on July 30, 2010.)

In the photo above, on February 18, 2010, Elizabeth Caine accepts the 2010 Eagle Scout Competition Award on behalf of her brother, Sam Caine, from Mecklenburg Chapter Eagle Scout Chairman Jim Wood (far left), NCSSAR State President Frank Horton (left) and Mecklenburg Chapter President Paul Callanan (right). Sam is a freshman attending VMI.

Congratulations to the 2009 State Eagle Scout Competition winner, Samuel Augustus Cain, II! Sam was our winner last year and was 3rd in the National competition in 2008.

(In photo above, Mecklenburg Chapter Vice President and NCSSAR Eagle Scout Program Chairman Jim Wood speaks with 2009 SAR Eagle Scout National Scholarship Recipient
Gerrit Bakker during the 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.)

Open to all Eagle Scouts who are currently registered in an active unit and have not reached their 19th birthday during the year of application. (The application year is the calendar year, 01 Jan. to 31 Dec.) The year that Eagle was awarded is not restricted.  College plans do not need to be completed in order to receive the cash scholarship.  

Three cash scholarship awards are given: As the National First Place winner - $8,000.00; Runner-up - $4,000.00; 2nd runner-up - $2,000.00.  You may apply more than one year if you meet the age requirements but no more than $8,000.00 total may be granted to any one Eagle Scout.

Entrants need to complete only one application — the one for the chapter competition.  If it is a winner it is then used for the state competition, and if it is a winner again it is used for the national competition. 

The application consists of the following three (3) parts:

1. The Eagle Scout Scholarship Application form (click here to download the application)

2. The Four Generation ancestor chart (click here to download the Ancestor Chart)

3. The 500 word patriotic theme (see theme guidelines below)

The Patriotic Theme should be approximately five-hundred words or less. Some suggestions you may want to use for your theme follow:

- Signer of Declaration of Independence
- Military or naval service
- Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774
- Service from April 19, 1775 to November 26, 1783
- Civil service under the Colonies from April 19, 1775 to November 26, 1783, inclusive Patriotic service by men or women during the Revolutionary period including - Member of committees made necessary by the war, such as Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety; Committee to care for soldiers' families; including Committees from six months before the Battle of Point Pleasant which furthered the cause of the Colonies.
- Any pledge to support the cause of the Colonies, such as signing the Oath of Fidelity and Support, the Oath of Allegiance, Articles of Association, or the Association Test.
- Members of all Continental Congresses.
- Furnishing a substitute for military service.
- Signers of Mecklenburg Declaration, 1775; Albemarle, Virginia Declaration; and similar declarations. Signers of petitions addressed to and recognizing the authority of the provisional and new state governments. Persons accepting obligations or acting under direction of the provisional and new state governments, such as persons directed to hold elections, to oversee road construction, to collect provisions, etc.
- Members of Boston Tea Party; Kaskaskia Campaign; Galvez Expedition; Cherokee Expedition; Edenton Tea Party.
- Physician, Surgeon, nurse or others rendering aid to the wounded and ministers known to be in sympathy with the Colonies, either by sermon, speech or action.
- Defenders of forts and frontiers; Rangers.
- Prisoners of war, including those on British ship "Old Jersey" and other prison ships.
- Rendering material aid, such as furnishing supplies with or without remuneration; lending money to the colonies, munitions makers and gunsmiths; or anything which furthered the Cause.
- A battle or campaign during the Revolution, Valley Forge; some interesting episode in the life of an ancestor.

Where to Submit Your Application & Written Theme

Mr. James H. Wood
12601 Long Cove Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277-4029

Where to Ask Questions

Click here to email your questions!

Prizes and recognitions may also be awarded at the SAR Chapter and State levels.