Boy Scouts of America

Whitewater Rafting BSA

Overview

Whitewater Rafting BSA provides an introduction to whitewater rafting skills and safety procedures and serves as a program opportunity for Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scouting units in camp or out. Mastery of Whitewater Rafting BSA skills is a first critical step towards satisfying Safety Afloat guidelines for safe whitewater rafting excursions. This patch is earned after meeting safety and paddling skills supervised by a professionally trained or licensed rafting guide.

Who Can Earn This Award?

Earned by Scouts BSA members, Venturers, Sea Scouts, and Explorers, and adult leaders in these programs.

How To Get the Award

Purchased by counselor to present at completion of course.

Supply Item Description & Uniform Placement

Blue background with blue/red lettering and graphic of a whitewater raft, worn on swim trunks, left leg side.

Supply/BIN Item Number

Scouts BSA Whitewater Rafting Emblem, No. 641565; Whitewater Rafting BSA pocket certificate, No. 641564

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.