Boy Scouts of America

TRUST Award

Trust is an essential aspect of our relationship with others – both
personally and corporately. Learning to trust is the challenge. Today
young people live in an increasingly pluralistic society made up of
multiple nationalities, cultures, and religions. One way to work toward a
safe future is to learn to get along and work together. Understand is a
good start toward trust. While working on the TRUST Award, Venturers
will learn more about themselves, their communities, their religion and
culture, as well as those of others.

  • Help Venturers learn about their own religion and how it affects their lives.
  • Give Venturers the opportunity to pursue understanding and knowledge of cultures other than their own.
  • Promote understanding and tolerance.
  • Learn how to resolve conflicts both internally and externally, with positive outcomes.
  • Understand how other world religions work and how multiple religions can work together.
  • Learn about religion and culture within the context of the BSA.
  • Develop highly trained Venturers who may become a training
    and leadership resource to dens, packs, and troops, religious
    organizations, the community, schools, and families.
  • Provide Venturers a variety of practical, hands-on experiences while having FUN.

Five Areas of Requirements (each has required sections and electives):

  • Tending your Faith
    • Learn about your own religious journey, and earn the religious emblem for your faith group.
  • Respecting the Beliefs of Others
    • Learn about freedom of religion in the US and learn about religions other than your own in your community.
  • Understanding other Cultures
    • Learn about the historical significance of cultures in the US and study one cultural group in detail.
  • Serving your Community
    • Complete a community service project and learn about organizations in your community that serve youth.
  • Transforming our Society
    • Learn counseling skills, conflict resolution, peace and reconciliation, and how to apply them in your own life.

Procedure

Venturers who have completed the requirements should have their Advisor review the completed requirements, verify completion of the award, and order the award and certificate through the local Scout shop.

Recognition

The TRUST medal features the world enveloped in a pair of silver hands. The world has been a symbol of Scouting, communities, and religions for many years. The silver hands are a representation of the caring, nurturing, and understanding that the TRUST Award instills in a Venturer. The medal is suspended from a ribbon with a solid field of purple. The purple represents both the color of the Religious Life programs of Venturing and is a historic color of religion and royalty for much of the world.

National Religious Scouting Organizations

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.