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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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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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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