Jan L. Wouters of Rumson to receive Good Scout Award for Committment to Young People

RUMSON RESIDENT JAN L. WOUTERS TO RECEIVE GOOD SCOUT AWARD FOR COMMITMENT TO YOUNG PEOPLE

(May 10, 2013) – For decades, Jan L. Wouters or Rumson has dedicated his “free time” to promote positive programs and opportunities for young people in our community.   On Wednesday, May 29, the Twin Lights District of Monmouth Council Boy Scouts of America will present Wouters with the 2013 Eastern Monmouth Good Scout Award for his “Outstanding commitment to helping young people in our community,” during a special reception at the Rumson Country Club from 6-8 p.m. 

The “Good Scout” Award is presented annually to an individual who exemplifies the ideals of the Boy Scouts of America and demonstrates this commitment in their daily lives.  Recipients are chosen for outstanding contributions to scouting and/or service and leadership to their community.

“Jan Wouters  is a strong community leader and a dedicated  volunteer,”  said Monmouth Council Scout Executive Lee Marconi.  “He has worked for years to promote programs like Scouting and Big Brothers/Big Sisters that encourage young people to expand their horizons and ‘Do Their Best’ in all aspects of life as proscribed by the Scout Law.”

“I am honored to have been selected for this award,” said Wouters.  “Scouting is an amazing program that offers so many opportunities for young people to learn and grow.  I don't know of any other organization that could have better prepared me to serve my family, my job and the community than the Boy Scouts of America.”

Wouters, an Eagle Scout, has served as a volunteer on all levels of the Scouting program.  He was a past President for Monmouth Council BSA from 2002–2005. He is a former Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 201 in Rumson, a 2005 Silver Beaver Award recipient, an Order of the Arrow Vigil Member, and earned his Wood Badge Beads.  An avid outdoorsman and conservationist, Wouters is also an active member of the Camp-Fire Club of America.

He is an active member of the Board of Trustees for the Big Brother/Big Sisters of Monmouth and Middlesex County and serves as counsel for the organization.   

Wouters is a partner and attorney with the Law Firm of Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf in Lakewood, N.J.   He holds a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law and is admitted to practice before the New Jersey Bar, the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, and he a member of the New York State and District of Columbia Bars.

Wouters resides in Rumson with his wife Cynthia. They have two grown children, Jonathan an Eagle Scout from Troop 201, and Alexandra Kuhns a Venturing Crew member who worked at the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.

Tickets for the reception and advertising space in the Good Scout Program Journal are still available.  For information go to www.monmouthbsa.org and click on “Scout Receptions” tab, or go directly to: http://monmouthbsa.doubleknot.com/event/eastern-monmouth-good-scout-reception-2013/1329896