Awards Banquet/ Etowah Creek District/ Y'all Come!
Here is your opportunity to Get the Word out!

Have you thanked your Volunteers?
Is there someone that you know that goes above and beyond?

2014 Etowah Creek District Volunteer Awards

Online Nomination Form

  Download your Nomination forms for
Volunteer of the Year (Scouter/Unit Leader/Advisor/Commissioner/Family of the Year) PDF
A Scout Is ... Award (for a deserving youth exemplifying a tenet of the Scout Law) PDF
Shield of Service (One awarded per unit per year) PDF
District Award of Merit for service to the District 

Please complete one form for each nomination and submit it via email or fax to Billy Griffin (Fax 933-8648) or District Chairman Jerry Hilbish. You may also drop it by the Scout Office or bring it to the February Roundtable.

All Nominations must be filed by February 28, 2014

Or you can fill out the online nomination form below for Volunteer of the Year
(Please note: Shield of Service Award, A Scout Is ... Award, and District Award of Merit are not included in the online form -- see above for form links for those awards)
See you all at the  District Volunteer Awards Recognition Banquet 

Recognition Celebration:   March 13, 2014  6:30 p.m.
Ashland United Methodist Church
2600 Ashland Rd
Columbia, SC


This online form is intended for nominating those Scouters deserving the special recognition "Volunteer of the Year" for their respective category.

Award winners will be presented at our District Volunteers Recognition Celebration on March 13, 2014.

Online Form for Volunteer of the Year Nominations

  1. All form fields must be completed.
  2. Only ONE Nomination per form. Fill out another form for each nominee.
  3. Shield of Service Awards are to be completed by the Chairman of the Unit Committee or Unit Leader and received by  Jerry Hilbish  by February 28, 2014



Unit Type (Choose One)






Nominated By:
If the answer is yes, please download this form and contact Jerry Hilbish at chairman@etowahcreek.com
Please Click the button to Submit the Form!
Questions or offers of assistance should be directed to Jerry Hilbish (w) 777-6629 or (h) 750-0626 or e-mail chairman@etowahcreek.com  

Make plans now to attend this annual event. Please email Jerry at chairman@etowahcreek.com with your Unit Number and approximate number of attendees.

Google Map to Awards Program Location


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How to Get To the Ceremony

    From Downtown Columbia,
  • 1. take I-126 West to Spartanburg/Greenville.
  • 2.Take the St. Andrews Road West Exit. Cross the freeway, continue through 2 lights. approx. 1. mile. At the McDonalds, take a left at the light (Ashland Rd.). Ashland United Methodist Church is on the left, a little less than 1/4 mile down the road.
    From Irmo/St. Andrews Rd.
  • Head down St. Andrews Rd. towards Columbia. Go past the St. Andrews Cinema and Bo Jangles to the next light (Ashland Rd). Turn right, go down a little less than 1/4 mile on the left.
    From Charlotte or Florence:
  • Take I-20 West to the second I-26/I-126 exit. Go West towards Spartanburg/Greenville. Follow Step 2 above.
    From Augusta,
  • take I-20 to the I-126 exit. Take I-26/I-126 West to Spartanburg/Greenville (the 2nd exit). Follow Step 2 above.
    From Charleston (I-26 West):
  • Stay on I-26 towards Spartanburg/Greenville. (I-26 and I-126 are the same in this area, fondly known locally as Malfunction Junction). Go past the intersection of I-20. Continue West and follow Step 2 above.
    From Spartanburg/Greenville
  • take I-126 towards Columbia. Take the St. Andrews Rd Exit. At the light take a right past the BP Station. Continue as in Step 2 above, through 1 more light, left at McDonalds, etc.
    From Lexington
  • Take Hwy 6 across the Lake Murray Dam. At the 1st light (Old Bush River Rd.) take a right. Go to St. Andrews Rd and turn right again. Head down St. Andrews Rd. towards Columbia. Follow Irmo directions, above.

See You There!

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