Awards & Recognition

Scouts work hard to achieve their goals. And we recognize that dedication with a series of awards. While the benefits of rewarding our Scout and volunteers is vast, these are the top three.

CELEBRATION

Awards show the value in setting and achieving individual goals, a fundamental lesson of Scouting. And this extends beyond the members of our troops: we celebrate the achievement of adult leaders as well. We all strive to be better and we all work as hard as we can. The validation of the time invested is a powerful tool.

MOTIVATION

A by-product of receiving an award is the motivation to set even higher goals as a way to continue to be awarded for achievements. Recognition amongst your peers is a powerful motivator for everyone, not just the award recipient. Scouts push themselves and each other equally.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Scouts are never complacent. That’s even more true when there is the motivation for ongoing recognition. Perhaps it’s learning how to take on a larger leadership role, mentoring a fellow Scout or developing a risk-taking mindset that allows Scouts to better serve their communities in times of crisis. It can even be as simple as identifying and overcoming blockers an adult leader routinely faces. Scouts never settle.

Special awards & Recognition

for distinguished service

Silver Beaver Award

To recognize registered Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service within a council.

The Silver Beaver Award was introduced in 1931 and is a council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Recipients of this award are registered Scouters who have made an impact on the lives of youth through service given at the council level.

Mail To:

Montana Council Service Center

820 17th Avenue South
Great Falls, Montana 59405-5939

Listed in the adjacent links are the Silver Beaver recipients since the inception of the Montana Council in 1974. We are grateful for the contributions of these men and women and all the lives they have impacted.

Montana Council Silver Beavers

2020 – Present

2024
Wayne Thares
Beth Mazanec
Tom Sward

2023
Alan Lohoff
Fabie Wavrant
Bill Rutten

2022
Mike O’Donnell
Mike Walz
Doug Wheeler

2021
William “Brad” Isbell
Anthony “Tony” Pecarina
Diane Stovall

2020
Travis Deaton
David Eubanks
Tom Lynch
Kyle Roberts
Mike Wade
John Yeager

2010 – 2019

2019
Drew Burkenpas
Josey Quinones
Billy Andrews
Brad Weaver
Chris Servheen
Sue Olinger

2018
Kory Bortz
Libby Brindley
Cammie Edgar
David V. Gray
Jeff Green
Frances Heppler
Lynn Heppler
Andrew Liebmann
Kelly Schmidt

2017
Earlene Carney
Lee Holmer
Rex Jewitt
Robert (Bob) Keiser
Mike Lukas
Walt McIntosh
Robert (Bob) Morefield
Randle Ockey

2016
Melanie Best
Peter Gray
Paul Grosvold
Joe Goss
Todd Malone
Jim Morin
Bill Otto
Gregory Raymond

2015
Kim Bortz
Robert Edgar
Charles Jennings
Tina O’Donnell
Cordell Olson
Caroline (Kee) Ostler
Patti Scanlan
Spencer Zaugg

2014
Greg Beach
Loren Brown
Ellis Hawks
Tony Higuera
Larry Johnson
Garth Kallevig
Thomas Loch
Fritz Snyder
Frank Votapka

2013
Kathi Schweigert
Steve Liebmann
Scott Jourdonnais
Patrick Claytor
Jerry Blythe
Aaron Weissman
Kurt Krueger
Albert Grobe
Deb Kemper

2012
Lance Ercanbrack
Lora Ercanbrack
Elizabeth “Betsy” Eubanks
Craig Haynes
Sam Montayne
Michael Richards
Ray Wahlert
John Wiegand

2011
David Fleming
Arnold Foust
Karla Larsen
Raymond Leopold
Tim Locke
Robert Moore
John Slaugh
Susanne Vining

2010
Jim Atkinson
Mike Costle
Mary Jo Cramer
Tony Etherington
Kenneth Dale Getz
Eric Larsen
Lori Wilkinson

2000 – 2009

2009
Stuart Beagles
Ellen Bumgarner
Mark Bumgarner
Robert Dowdy
Susie Maris
Dale Olinger
Claudia Schwandt
Mary Westover

2008
Kevin Brooks
Dann Crist
John Flynn
Keith Head
Tony Lehner
Jon Marshall
Flo Parmelee
Thomas Russell
Ralph Shirts

2007
Cheri Cusson
Lyle Cusson
Bea Eder
Donna Flynn
Cory Keith
Frank Kisselbach
Jeff Kouba
Dan Riddle
Scott Woodland

2006
Richard Ellwein
Steven Gardner
Dave Lauwers
Mary Matelich
Fr. Leo McDowell
Ronald Parmelee
Earl “Mel” Rauch
Libby Stanhope
Mary Ellen Szafranski

2005
Dr. Gerald Diettert, M.D.
Kellie Gardner
Alan Godfrey
Howard Haslam
Vicki Hasler
Randy Keith
Kerry Ketchum
Wayne McMichael
Mark Riffey

2004
Steve Bernbaum
Kyle Boyce
Kevin Katzenberger
Col. John J. Keefe
Earl Koester
David Nash
William Rich
Charles Wilson

2003
Scott Allred
Raymond “Tom” Burkhart
Jory A. Dellinger
Charles Eubank
Cora Nadeau
Andrew Olson
Joyce Parsons
Mack D. Williams

2002
Elanor Bartholomew
Daniel Ferguson
Daniel J. Korn Jr.
Randy Mineer
Lawrence E. “Larry” Mires
Brett F. Parmenter
Marc M. Spratt
Roger Wihlborg

2001
Michael Carney
Randall C. Collins
George Felsch
Bill Goodridge
Jack Hihnala
Raymond Schwandt
Robert D. Stubbs
Herb Waltermire

2000
Don Brown
Bill Forrester
Shelby Goodman
Nicholas Gray
Tessa M. Hill
Alan Leech
Joe O’Berg
David Pals
Steve Schumacher

1990 – 1999

1999
Paul Ames
David S. Brown
Gregg Holt
Steve Johnston
Bill Norsby
George Schmidt
Jack Schmidt
Diane Sherick
Gus Wilkins

1998
Frederick A. Flint
Maria A. Hall
Garett Johnson
Rod Parker
Fred Parson
David Roy
Tracie A. Stahl
William Wise

1997
Lynn Bunch
Jerry Dietrich
Paul Faulhaber
William D. Hurd
William McBrearty
Cheryl McCann
Stuart Nicholson
Judith O’Boyle
William Weber

1996
Lee Cannon
Larry Epstein
Robert C. Frost
Ron Gebhardt
Fred Gloshat
Carla Hanson
Dan Moore
Sharlene Oltrogge
Samuel T. Pappas
Eugene R. Thomas

1995
John Crough
David Gray
Bill Harp
Alvin Maddler
Tom Mazanec
Vanona F. Olsen
Stephen Smith
Louise VanNice

1994
Earl “Butch” Crowder
Allen Hollingshead
Kathy Holmer
Richard Kracht
Richard Larsen
Scott Olsen
Keith Stokes
Ron Tewalt

1993
Edward Arensmeyer
Roger Bardsley
Woody Germany
Steve A. McCann
David Mikulecky
David Miller
Jean Musselman
Allen Rustad
Ann Sears

1992
Terri Crough
Albert “Ross” R. Cunningham
Victor L. Douglas
John Morgan
William Morgan
Blake Richardson
Fred Shauer
Merlon Tolman
Bill Wallace

1991
Opal Borske
Michael Brown
Fred Kazmierski
William Kickert
Sam Marshall
Wayne Maughan
Patricia Miller
Raymond Shearer

1990
Cheryl Bolton
Clarence Borske
Ernest B. Corrick
Thomas E. Hendricks
William Hoffman
Joseph Maheras
Jerry Mehus
James H. Peterson
Randle R. Romney
Gail Tesarek