EOCS - PRESS RELEASE

E.O.C.S. Outreach Coordinator Very Rev. John T. Bacon
Receives Boy Scout Silver Beaver Award
March 2, 2002

The Old Colony Council of the Boy Scouts of America presented the prestigious Silver Beaver Award on March 2, 2002 to Very Rev. John 1. Bacon of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at a dinner with over 300 in attendance. The Silver Beaver Award is presented by the National Boy Scouts and is the highest award that a local council can bestow on a volunteer for rendering outstanding service to Scout Youth.

 Father John is the official national representative of the Orthodox Church of America to the Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting as well as the EOCS Outreach Coordinator for New England. A long time dedicated volunteer Scouter whose scouting career goes back to his youth as a Cub Scout in pack78 and then crossed the bridge to Boy Scout troop 75 in Dennis, Massachusetts. He was the first Eagle Scout in troop 75 and continued his involvement in scouting as an adult for 30 years.

It is with great pride that the Old Colony BSA Council recognized the unusual community leadership and service to the Scout Youth by honoring Very Rev. John T. Bacon with the Silver Beaver Award.

Father John T. Bacon displays his Silver Beaver Award along with Past EOCS Chairman, Andy Yiannakos at his right and EOCS Chairman, George N. Boulukos at his left.