Homenetmen Glendale `Ararat’ Chapter first Scout Leader honored with
Silver Beaver Award
16.01.2010 16:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Varooj Mirzaians, one of the founding members of
Homenetmen Glendale `Ararat’ Chapter and its first Scout Leader, will
receive the 2009 Silver Beaver Award from Boy Scouts of America, the
Verdugo Hills Council.

The Silver Beaver is one of the highest awards a council can present
to a member. Silver symbolizes the hair color of the wise scout who
receives the award.

Varooj held an instrumental role in joining Homenetmen Western Region
as a district in the Verdugo Hills Council, creating more membership
in the Council, while establishing a permenant presence for Homenetmen
members in the Boy Scouts of America.

Varooj earned his Wood Badge beads in 1989. Later he joined the Wood
Badge staff and continued his activities with the Verdugo Hills
Council where he became the Course Director in 1997. Varooj was
nominated by his fellow scouts who fully appreciate his
accomplishments and recognize him worthy of this prominent award. He
is the first scout from Homenetmen to receive such an honor for his
unyielding dedication to scouting and community service, over the past
thirty years.

The Silver Beaver Award will be presented at the Verdugo Hills Council
Annual Banquet on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the La Canada Country
Club.