Bill Kassel receives District Award of Merit - June 14, 2007

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     Bill Kassel has tirelessly served the youth and Scouting

program of the Diamond Rock District since 2001. He

serves as Advisor to Venturing Crew 73 of  Valley 

Forge Fire Company,  a position he has 

held since 2003 and since 2001 has served as an

Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 73.  Bill is also an

Assistant District Commissioner for Venturing,  the

Advisor for the Venturing Officers' Association

of Chester County Council and is currently a part

of the Council's Venturing Committee and  the

PowderHorn Committee.

    Bill took Wood Badge NE-IV-143 in 2002 and

served as quartermaster for Wood Badge NE-IV-163 in 2004.

    In 2003, he staffed, as quartermaster, and participated

in Chester County Council's first PowderHorn Course.

    Bill earned the Life rank from Phoenixville Troop 56 in 1968. He served as an

Assistant Scoutmaster for a special needs troop from Pennhurst for a few years

after graduating High School.

    Bill has been awarded the Advisors Key, Advisors Award of Merit, Venturing

Leadership Award and Training awards for both Boy Scouting & Venturing.

    For the last five years he has served on Youth Leadership Training staff (YLT) and

in 2006 was Course Director for the Patrol Leader Development Conference (PLDC).

He has also staffed IOLST and BALOO several times along with staffing 2 Council

camporees, 1 District Camporee & 1 District Klondike derby.

    His Venturing Crew staffed two Leave No Trace Camporees and one Klondike

Derby  for Octoraro District.