High school graduates receive $2,000 in scholarships from National Catholic Committee on Scouting

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The National Catholic Committee on Scouting awarded a total of nine Scouts, and two of them are from Minnesota high schools. Both students are Eagles boys, Paul Kariuki of Academy of Holy Angels and Matthew Korf of St. Thomas Academy.

Minnesota Awardees 

The awardees are acknowledged through their service and leadership in four areas: church, community, school, and Scouting.

Kariuki serves three roles in the church and religious activities. And through these, he managed to earn three out of four religious emblems available from NCCS. He participated in various school groups like campus ministry and many more. These programs enable students to be practically skillful in business, career, and finance, according to a source

He is also a leader when it comes to Scouting. He also redesigned and implemented a classroom for his parish's religious education preschool program as part of his Eagle Scout task. 

Matthew Korf is one of the top students in his class and has become part of various school and community programs. He is a facilitator at Minneapolis-based Pab’s pack and Coon Rapids-based Feed My Starving Children.

He also plays different roles in Scouting as a leader. He is helping children with ADHD through horticulture therapy and through. He also helped the STEM program of St. Ambrose School to have a raised bed garden.

NCCS Scholarships 

The National Catholic Committee on Scouting awarded $25,000 to nine students this year. The program, which began as the Emmett J. Doerr Memorial Scout Scholarship, will now be known as the NCCS Scholarship Program.

Interested applicants can submit one application to be recognized for all awards. Scholarships are given to service-oriented high school seniors who are Catholic Scouts in a BSA program and are planning to attend college.

Bill and Kay Davies have been part of NCCS since the 1990s and served high positions in the programs for several years. A $2,000 additional amount for the scholarship had started through their initiative and kindness. They have strong faith in Catholic Scouting, and it made them decide to donate the $2,000 scholarship every year. 

Bankruptcy in Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy had led to an agreement with BSA, and this decision rescinded its opposition to its suggested reorganization plan, according to lawyers presenting Catholic entities in the Boy Scouts of America. The agreement stated that every Roman Catholic organization in the country 

related to Scouting is considered part of the bankruptcy. The Catholic entities would relinquish their claims under any plans offered by the settlement insurers.

According to the lawyers of the Roman Catholic committee, BSA’s plan denied the rights of churches and civic groups. Therefore, the BSA plan is mistreating them and exposing them to future case charges. 

Representatives of ten Catholic dioceses and archdioceses, as well as the Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, a church-affiliated non-profit organization that insures hundreds of dioceses, religious orders, and organizations, agreed to collaborate with the Boy Scouts to keep improving and endorse Scouting until at least 2036.

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