Shofar Award nominations

To the Western Los Angeles County Council Scouting Community:

Nominations are now being sought, and will be accepted in writing only until December 15, 2008, for the Shofar Award of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting.

The National Jewish Committee on Scouting established the Shofar Award to recognize outstanding service by adults in the promotion of Scouting among Jewish youth. Just as the Shofar (Ram's Horn) calls people to the service of G-d, so the Shofar Award is a recognition of the individual who has answered the call to serve Jewish youth in Scouting.

All information and forms for the nomination are available online. (Please note that the Western Los Angeles County Council Jewish Committee on Scouting obtains and pays for the award. You will not need to send money with the application. )

Send your written nominations by US Mail for receipt by December 15, 2008 to:

David I. Karp
Shofar Award Subcommittee Chairman, Council JCOS
13818 Cumpston Street
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401-5818

After December 15, 2008, a committee comprised of Shofar Award recipients in Western Los Angeles County Council will meet and decide on the next class of Shofar Award recipients. After private letters of congratulations are sent to the awardees, the new recipients' names will be publicized. The awards will be presented at the recipient's synagogue or at an appropriate Scouting function.

Yours in Scouting,

David I. Karp
Shofar Award Subcommittee Chairman, Council JCOS