Who Fills Out A Bsa Service Star Certificate

Been involved in Scouting for more than than a year? You get a golden star.

All youth or adult leaders who have reached 1 twelvemonth of tenure with the Boy Scouts of America are eligible to brainstorm wearing service stars. The stars are an underused outward symbol of how long yous've been involved and a quick fashion for new Scouts, parents and leaders to come across who has Scouting experience.

Anyone tin simply walk into a Watch Shop (or get to scoutstuff.org) and purchase the pins and color groundwork. There'south no application.

Scouters and Scouts are trustworthy, then the BSA trusts someone born in 1960, for example, non to buy and clothing a 60-year pin.

Stars offset at one year and go upwardly to an impressive 90 years (though you can combine multiple stars to send that number even higher). They're worn with a especially colored backing that corresponds to the appropriate Scouting program.

But what if your Scouting tenure spans several programs, includes time spent in Scouting as a youth or has a gap of several years? That's when things go a little trickier — but not much. I'll answer those questions after the jump.

Which numbered service star practice I wear?

Beginning, figure out your registration date with the unit. At the year anniversary of that engagement, yous're eligible to habiliment a 1-yr service star. Echo that every year. Most units will wait to award their service stars at a court of honour or special ceremony.

Hither's how the stars break down for Scouts and Scouters. Annotation that at that place are differences in the mode Scouts wearable them and the mode Scouters do.

For Scouts

The Guide says: "If an individual'south main registration is in i phase of Scouting and after in another, divide stars with the appropriate background and numerals may be worn simultaneously."

Example i: A boy was in Cub Scouting for three years then crossed over into Boy Scouting and has been there for two years. He would vesture ii stars. One 3-yr (with aureate backing) and i ii-year (with green backing). More than on backings later.

Instance 2: A boy was in Cub Scouting for 4 years, spent 5 years Male child Scouting and now has been a Venturer for a yr. He would wear three stars. I 4-twelvemonth (gold backing), one v-year (green backing), 1 1-year (red bankroll).

Example three: A boy joined Boy Scouting two years ago, and is still involved. He would wear one 2-year star (light-green backing).

Example four: A daughter joined iii years agone and is still involved. She would wear one 3-year star (red bankroll).

Example 5: A male child was in Cub Scouting for a year, left the program, and returned to Boy Scouting, where he's been registered for 2 years. He would wear ii stars. One 1-year (gold bankroll) and one 2-yr (green backing).

To be clear, the boys in Examples one, 2 and 5cannot combine their time in split up programs into one pin. And so the boy in Example 2 would wearable iii separate pins every bit explained to a higher place, not one 10-year pin.

For Scouters

Adult leaders are a different story. TheGuide says: "Leaders may combine youth and developed tenure into one or two stars with blueish backgrounds."

Leaders are immune to represent their time spent as a youth in Scouting separately through an additional pivot or pins as mentioned above. But I imagine most volition desire to show the total time they've spent in the plan. That means they get to clothing a larger number, after all.

Case 1: An developed was in Cub Scouts for four years and Boy Scouts for vi. Now he's been a registered adult leader for ten years. He would wear a 20-year star (blue backing). (Or he could wear a iv-twelvemonth star with gold backing, a half-dozen-year star with greenish backing and a ten-year star with blue bankroll.)

Example 2:An developed was a Venturer for 3 years and has been a Venturing counselor for four. She would wear a 7-year star (blue backing). (Or she could wear a 3-year star with crimson backing and a 4-year star with blueish backing.)

Example 3:An adult was in Boy Scouts for five years and has been registered as an adult leader for 30 years. In that location's no 35-yr star, and then he would vesture a xxx-year star and a v-year star — xxx+5 = 35 (blueish backings on both). (Or he could wear a 5-year star with green backing and a 30-twelvemonth star with blue backing.)

Example 4: An developed was in Boy Scouts for two years and so wasn't involved in Scouting for 10 years. At present he'due south back and has been a Scouter for two years. He would vesture a 4-yr star (blue backing). (Or he could wear a 2-year star with green backing and a ii-twelvemonth star with blue backing.)

Instance v: An adult was in Male child Scouts for five years and has been registered every bit an adult leader for 71 years. He would vesture a 70-yr star and a 6-twelvemonth star — 70+six = 76. Or, I suppose, a 75-year star and a 1-yr star — 75+1 = 76. And he should become a parade in his award immediately. (Or he could wear a 5-year star with light-green backing and a 70-year and ane-twelvemonth star each with blue backing. 3 stars total.)

Example half dozen: An adult wasn't involved in Scouting equally a youth but has been a volunteer leader for v years. He would wearable a five-year star (blue backing).

Case vii:An adult wasn't involved in Scouting equally a youth. He's been registered the past 5 years with a pack and the past three with a troop. Those years overlapped, so his full time with Scouting has been v years. He would wear a 5-yr star (blueish backing).

The pins themselves

The numbered golden pins include every digit from 1 to 10 and jump by 10s from there: xx, 30, xl, 50, lx and 70. After that the gap is every five years: 75, 80, 85, xc. With those terminal few you're getting into rarified air.

Hither are the pins along with their Supply number. Protip: The number makes it easy when searching at ScoutStuff.org. Just enter the number in the search box, and you've saved yourself a few steps.

one-year service star, No. 71.
2-year service star, No. 72.
three-twelvemonth service star, No. 73.
iv-year service star, No. 74.
5-yr service star, No. 75.
6-year service star, No. 76.
7-year service star, No. 77.
8-yr service star, No. 78.
9-year service star, No. 79.
10-year service star, No. 80.
twenty-year service star, No. 68.
30-yr service star, No. 69.
twoscore-twelvemonth service star, No. seventy.
50-year service star, No. 81.
60-twelvemonth service star, No. 82.
seventy-year service star, No. 83.
75-yr service star, No. 1182.
lxxx-year service star, No. 1183.
85-twelvemonth service star, No. 1184.
90-yr service star, No. 1185.

Yous can present them with the certificate seen here (Supply No. 34396).

That ensures that the star isn't lost earlier you're able to nowadays information technology to the Watch or Scouter.

Virtually units will pin the star to the certificate and present information technology all as one.

What colored backing practise I wear?

The stars must exist worn with a colored background.

For Scouts, that background represents the stage of Scouting in which the service was
rendered:

Golden backs (No. 63) are for youth Cub Scouting service (Tigers, Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts).

Light-green backs (No. 66) are for youth Boy Scout service.

Dark-brown backs (No. 67) are for youth Varsity Watch service.

Red backs (No. 65) are for youth Venturing service.

For adults, the aforementioned backings are used regardless of program. And as I explained in a higher place, an adult may combine youth and adult service to come up up with one number of full service to Scouting.

Blue backs (No. 64) are for adult Scouter service.

Where are the service stars worn?

Service stars are worn centered above the left pocket, well-nigh three-eighths of an inch to a higher place the seam/flap.

If a medal or an embroidered knot is worn, service stars are worn above the left pocket a quarter-inch to a higher place the medal or knot.

The source

This data came from Page 63 of the BSA'due south Guide to Awards and Insigniaand was verified past Peter Cocky, team leader with quango support here at BSA.

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H/T: Thanks to Peter Self and to Scouter Brandon Kleimann for suggesting the web log post idea.

Source: https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/04/02/service-stars-for-scouts-and-scouters-pins-with-a-point/

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