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1LT TOM MARTIN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

HIGH ADVENTURE SCHOLARSHIP

The 1LT Tom Martin Memorial Foundation is named in honor of 1LT Tom Martin who served with distinction in the

United States Army and was killed in action in Iraq on 14 October 2007. 1LT Martin began his military service as an

enlisted member of the United States Army and later was accepted to and graduated from the United States Military

Academy at West Point. 1LT Martin was also a graduate of the United States Army Ranger School (Airborne).

In his youth, Tom Martin earned the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting’s Highest Rank, as a member of Troop 201 of Cabot,

AR. He worked as a staff member at Camp Nile Montgomery (now Camp Rockefeller) where he served as a member of

the COPE (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience) Instruction Team and also the Waterfront Staff. He attended many

treks at Philmont Scout Ranch (Cimarron, NM) and canoed, portaged, and camped the entire length of the Buffalo

National River during his Scouting career. These adventures fostered his love for these and other outdoor challenges.

Because of Tom’s love of Scouting, the outdoors, and specifically the high adventure bases and programs of Scouting,

the 1LT Tom Martin Memorial Foundation has partnered with the Quapaw Area Council, Inc. to fund an annual $1000

scholarship for a Quapaw Area Council Boy Scout that posseses the same love of the outdoors and adventure and who

has a financial need.

Applications for this scholarship will be accepted in January 1

through April 1

of each calendar year. An

independent body of Scouting Volunteers will select the scholarship winner(s) and announce the winner by April 30

annually. Scouts that apply should demonstrate through their application that they possess a financial need, excellent

Scout Spirit through their local troops, and should explain in detail why they wish to attend the high adventure activity

for which they are requesting the scholarship. Activities to be considered for funding will include: Philmont Scout Ranch

Treks, Northern Tier High Adventure Base Treks, Florida Sea Base Programs, Bechtel National Scout Reserve Programs,

or local high adventure programs offered by the Quapaw Area Council. Scouts may also request that funding be used for

activities not listed here but they must be related to High Adventure, be an official Scouting function, and satisfy the

selection committee in their scope and program offerings. (These funds will not be awarded for Boy Scout Summer

Camp.)

Scholarship recipients will be required to submit a letter or note of thanks to the 1LT Tom Martin Memorial

Foundation Board of Directors along with any individual information about how the funded experience positively

impacted their Scouting career and life. Recipients and their guardians also agree to allow the 1LT Tom Martin

Memorial Foundation to contact them to discuss their experience and how it benefited them.

For questions about the scholarship process, please contact:

Blake Cole, CFRE

Director of Support Service

Quapaw Area Council

e-Mail:

Phone: 501.664.4780 x277

High Adventure Scholarship Application Form