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.
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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