At the 2026 Scouting America National Scout Jamboree, Rotary District 7730 presented the Cliff Dochterman Award to Dr. Mike Matzinger for his outstanding service to Scouting America and the Rotary Club of The Friendship Knot.
Named for a past Rotary International president and Eagle Scout, the Cliff Dochterman Award honors Rotarians for distinguished service to Scouting.
For his Eagle Scout service project, 16-year-old Jacob Delveaux of Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) designed and built freestanding dryers for firefighters’ bunker gear and donated two of them to the Greensboro Fire Department.
Turnout coats can be washed, but a regular commercial dryer damages them, so wet gear can take 12 to 24 hours to air-dry. Jacob’s dryer pushes air through the gear and has valves so firefighters can switch on only the spots they are using, whether that is one coat or several. It dries a full coat in about two hours. Each machine cost about $1,000 in materials, a small fraction of what a commercially made gear dryer would cost.
Fast drying matters because firefighters keep a second set of gear ready for the next call, and each set costs thousands of dollars. Jacob is also sharing his plans with the department so it can build more dryers for its 27 fire stations across Greensboro.
FOX8 WGHP shared Jacob’s story in October 2026.
Mike Matzinger, founding Scoutmaster of Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC), was selected for the Silver Antelope Award, a territory Scouting America honor for distinguished volunteer service to youth. Scouting America presented the award at its 2025 National Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The High Point Enterprise reports that Mike, a Scout as a youth, returned to Scouting as a volunteer when his sons joined, and he continues working to improve the outdoor program for Scouts and welcome more families into Scouting.
Read the full story at the High Point Enterprise.
Stewart Chipman, an Eagle Scout with Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC), earned the National Medal for Outdoor Achievement, one of Scouting’s highest outdoor honors. Only a small number of Scouts nationwide receive it.
Stewart worked toward the medal for three years. Along the way, he earned National Outdoor Achievement Award segments in camping, aquatics, hiking, and conservation; became a Leave No Trace Trainer; and earned his Wilderness First Aid certification. He has camped more than 125 nights and hiked over 200 miles, including treks at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, and his aquatics training includes lifeguarding, SCUBA diving at the Florida Sea Base, and mile swim.
Stewart has also given back as a leader. He has served Troop 600 as Senior Patrol Leader, Quartermaster, and now Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, worked on the aquatics staff at Camp Cherokee, and is a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. His Eagle project, a flag collection and retirement center at Oak Ridge Town Park, won the Old North State Council’s 2020 Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award.
Stewart started Scouting as a Cub Scout in first grade and is the third Eagle Scout in his family.
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Richard Stanislawscyk, an assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC), received the Boy Scouts of America Medal of Merit, which honors Scouts and leaders whose actions go well beyond what is expected. During a Scouting event in the fall of 2022, he used the Heimlich maneuver to help a choking Scout from another troop. The Old North State Council presented the medal at its Volunteer Recognition Banquet on March 16, 2023, in Greensboro. Since then, Richard has encouraged Scouts and leaders to learn first aid, CPR, and AED skills so they are ready to help when it counts.
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Eagle Scout Mike Matzinger, founding Scoutmaster of Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC), received the National Eagle Scout Association Outstanding Eagle Scout Award at the Old North State Council banquet in 2022. He founded the Troop in 2006 and has been involved in Scouting for more than 50 years.
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Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) Eagle Scout Holden Pardue is the first Scout on the autism spectrum to receive the Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award.
Read the full story at Greensboro News & Record.
Scott Bennett was honored with Boy Scouts of America’s Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award in 2022. Mr. Bennett is a teacher at Northwest High School and a volunteer with Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC).
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The BSA National Blog, On Scouting, shares how Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) Scouts use an honor bell throughout the year to honor those in their community and beyond.
Read the full story at Scouting Magazine – Bryan on Scouting.
Davidson University tells about the one hundred year connection between the first BSA Council President in North Carolina, a Davidson alumni, and the Scouts of Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC).
Read the full story at Davidson College.
WGHP shares the story of how a Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) member becomes an Eagle Scout and how one family found a life-changing experience in Troop 600. The Troop is known nationally for its inclusiveness; two assistant Scoutmasters and the Scoutmaster have received the Torch of Gold Award, and the Scoutmaster has earned the Special Needs Service Award.
Watch the video on WGHP FOX8 (YouTube).
Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) Eagle Scout Landon Hodgin earned Scouts BSA’s highest award, the National Medal for Outdoor Achievement. Only a small percentage of scouts nationally receive this award.
Read the full story at YES! Weekly.
For some Gold Star families in the Triad, Memorial Day means honoring loved ones at events or privately reflecting at home. Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) invites Gold Star families to an annual ceremony where their loved ones are honored.
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The BSA national blog, On Scouting, tells why Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) is known in the community as “The Troop of Servant Leaders.”
Read the full story at Scouting Magazine – Bryan on Scouting.
Troop 600 (Oak Ridge, NC) Eagle Scout Stewart Chipman won the Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award (2020) for a flag retirement center and unserviceable flag collection box.
Read the full story at YES! Weekly.