Comet and Kreckman Receive the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award on January 28th, 2024 On January 28th, 2024, Rob Comet and Paul Kreckman were presented with the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA) at Richmond’s First Baptist Church.  There to make the presentation was Rick Bragga, and Mark Larson spoke to the congregation from the pulpit in [...]

Area Scouts Innovate with LEGO Scouts from the Heart of Virginia Council, Boy Scouts of America, which serves over 5,800 youth (spanning elementary, middle and high school ages) and 2,800 adult volunteers, are embracing the world of STEM education through engaging activities involving everybody’s favorite construction bricks – LEGO.  In addition to the timeless tradition [...]

Fitzpatrick and Conover Receive the Herbert G. Horton Service to Youth Award We’d like to extend our sincere congratulations to Scouters Jonathan M. Fitzpatrick (pictured left) and John Conover, Jr. (pictured right), December 2023 recipients of the Herbert G. Horton Service to Youth Award. Both are Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) and [...]

IRS issues standard mileage rates for 2024; mileage for Scouting events falls under the 14 cent rate since the Heart of Virginia Council is a charitable organization.  Per the International Revenue Service website, in an article dated December 14th, 2023: “The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2024 optional standard mileage rates used to [...]