​2009 Beacon Award Recipients

• Pack 30 -- aided in the logistics of running events for the Anna House (in St. Louis), a retirement home for Roman Catholic nuns
• Pack 355 -- provided uniformed color guard for St. Peters Church’s 9 a.m. mass
• Pack 391 -- highlighted in The Elsberry Democrat for activities throughout the past year
• Pack 854 -- participated in the annual Operation Clean Stream
• Pack 911 -- conducted flag ceremony at all services on Scout Sunday in addition to having a display in church lobby all morning
• Pack 918 -- received highest award in local Cub Scouting, the Outstanding Chaplains Award, at the Cathedral Basilica Saint Louis presented by His Excellency, Bishop Robert J. Herman
• Pack 918 -- recognized in St. Louis Post-Dispatch for receiving the Outstanding Chaplains Award
• Pack 977 -- conducted outdoor flag-raising ceremony on Veteran’s Day at Rock Creek Elementary
• Troop 911 -- conducted a flag ceremony at all services on Scout Sunday in addition to having a display in church lobby all morning
• Troop 968 -- visited the board of aldermen meeting

• Pack 43 -- participated in Sikeston’s Cotton Carnival Parade; float won 2nd place
• Troop 76 -- developed, marketed and sold T-shirts as fundraiser celebrating teamwork of Malden, Mo., community during winter storm 2009
• Troop 272 -- cleaned up Crowley’s Ridge State Park at Walcott, Ark., as a way to give back to the community and surrounding areas

Egyptian

• Troop 28 -- replaced American flag at Benton Civic Center

Gravois Trail

• Pack 25 -- donated 65 stuffed stockings to Truman's Adopt a Family program
• Pack 661 -- donated items to deployed military personnel; wrote letters and drew pictures to send with donated items
• Pack 821 -- participated in Pinewood Derby, as noted in South County Times
• Troop 165 -- participated in the Memorial Day Good Turn at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery, as noted in the South County Times
• Troop 331 -- volunteered to staff six game booths at a Halloween hayride and fun night sponsored by city of Sunset Hills; booths and games constructed as Eagle Scout projects

• Pack 41 -- planted trees on courthouse lawn in honor of Red Ribbon Week activities throughout the Vienna community
• Pack 251 -- raised flag and recited Pledge of Allegiance at Unity Point School
• Troop 4 -- conducted Christmas toy drive for 200 Southern Illinois needy Hispanic migrant children who remained in the area

• Crew 361 -- produced insert for church bulletin distributed on Scout Sunday
• Pack 361 -- produced insert for church bulletin distributed on Scout Sunday
• Pack 604 -- adopted friends at the Oak Forest Skilled Care Center; participated in Halloween party and made holiday cards for residents and purchased gifts for those residents who did not have family members
• Pack 922 -- had a pinewood derby car float in the Eureka Days Parade and was awarded second place trophy in the youth organization division
• Troop 352 -- served as color guard at U.S. Short Track Speed Skating event in Chesterfield
• Troop 361 -- produced insert for church bulletin distributed on Scout Sunday
• Troop 782 -- spent a Saturday assembling kits containing materials for Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual Shamrock campaign

• Pack 882 -- passed out bags of food into truck while participating in Scouting for Food Drive in November, as noted in North County Journal
• Troop 942 -- participated in a Christmas service project making cards and scarves for residents at St. Sophia Nursing Home

• Pack 444 -- participated in annual Scouting for Food drive, collecting 2,178 cans of food
• Pack 452 -- participated in church services at their charter organization, First Presbyterian Church of Washington

• Pack 417 -- provided uniformed color guard for the "Fall Rocks" program at the Missouri Mines State Historic Site
• Pack 468 -- performed flag opening at Ste. Genevieve High School Basketball game
• Pack 563 -- advertised School Night for Scouting at Desloge Auto Wash
• Troop 483 -- provided color guard at 2008 Relay for Life at Mineral Area College

• Troop 11 -- helped carry food for children and elderly at annual Thanksgiving Dinner; also cleaned up area and stacked tables and chairs
• Troop 769 -- performed flag ceremony at Bikers for Babies at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

• Pack 416 -- Webelos, as part of their citizenship belt loop, volunteered time and efforts to Lafayette Industries in Manchester; spread approximately 2 tons of landscaping rock for Lafayette’s picnic/outdoor lunch area over approximately 1,000 sq. ft.
• Pack 430 -- participated in Arnold Day Parade in October, and sang Christmas carols at the Woodland Nursing Home
• Pack 547 -- led I-55 Raceway in Pevely in Pledge of Allegiance before races
• Troop 535 -- performed flag-retirement ceremony for the Corps of Engineers

• Pack 16 -- helped with River City Heritage Music Festival held in downtown Cape Girardeau; also handled cleanup
• Troop 224 -- assisted local VFW post with Memorial Day ceremony, and helped place flags on veterans’ graves at local cemeteries

• Pack 78 -- visited interesting places and held membership drive/swimming and pizza party, as featured in The Berni Banner

• Pack 62 -- conducted clean-up of Tilles Park on Hampton Ave. in preparation for the Tilles Park Neighborhood Association’s Easter egg hunt
• Troop 115 -- hosted flag collection site at St. Mary Magdalene Parish