EAGLE CONGRATULATION LETTERS When sending notes to people asking for letters of commendation, please include:    The Scout's FULL NAME (not just "Sparky" or "Jimmy" but "Samuel James Jackson" or "James Ray Morrison") The Scout's TROOP NUMBER AND COUNCIL NAME (the Troop number is that white number on the red background on his left shoulder; the Council; the Council name appears on that patch right above it), and A SHORT DESCRIPTION of the Eagle Scout Service Project. Many people writing a letter to acknowledge an Eagle Scout would also like to know how the person earned the badge. This gives them more than just a "congratulations, Johnny, on your achievement" line and also can allow the letter to be a bit more personalized than boilerplate letters. Remember that the purpose of a congratulatory letter is to honor the Scout and that each person you write may be getting many, many requests. This is not a race or a contest to see who can get the most letters. Often a few letters are more meaningful than a scrapbook full of letters that ends up on a shelf. Sometimes the best thing is a letter or two from an admired prominent person, a state official like a governor, a local official like a mayor, and letters from local prominent people that the Scout knows or who know the Scout. Please pick and choose so that people who are willing to write a letter do not get overwhelmed and decide to stop accepting requests. In the tables below, incumbents who will be leaving office as a result of an election, resignation, or other reasons, are shown in RED, while "Acting", "Elect", or newly appointed (but, as yet unconfirmed or installed) officials are shown in GREEN. US Government Officials President and Mrs. Barack H. Obama The White House Attn: Greetings Office 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 FAX: 202-456-2461 e-mail: Click Here Vice President and Dr. Joseph Biden Old Executive Office Building Washington, DC 20501 Cabinet Members Hon. Thomas J. Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture 14th St. and Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20250 e-mail: Click Here Hon. Gary Locke Secretary of Commerce 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230 1 Hon. Robert M. Gates (Retiring) Hon. Leon Panetta (Nominee) Secretary of Defense The Pentagon Washington, DC 20301 Hon. Arne Duncan Secretary of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202-0100 e-mail: Click Here Dr. Steven Chu Secretary of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 Hon. Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20201 Hon. Janet Napolitano Secretary of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Hon. Shaun Donovan Secretary of Housing & Urban Development 451 7th St., SW Washington, DC 20410 Hon. Kenneth L. Salazar Secretary of Interior 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 e-mail: Click Here Hon. Hilda L. Solis Secretary of Labor 200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20210 Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State 2201 C St., NW Washington, DC 20520 Hon. Raymond H. LaHood Secretary of Transportation 400 7th St., SW Washington, DC 20590 e-mail: Click Here Hon. Timothy F. Geithner Secretary of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20220 Gen. Eric K. Shinseki Secretary of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20420 Hon. Lisa P. Jackson Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 2 Other Department of Defense Officials Hon. John M. McHugh Secretary of the Army The Pentagon Washington, DC 20310 Gen. George Casey Chief of Staff of the Army The Pentagon Washington, DC 20310 Click here for an on-line application for letters from the Army Secretary and Chief of Staff http://www.goarmy.com/ycr/ (Mail applications will not be honored) Hon. Michael B. Donley Secretary of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 Gen. Norton A. Schwartz Chief of Staff of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 Click here for an on-line application for letters from both the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff https://secure.airforce.com/scouts/index.php (Mail applications will not be honored) Hon. Ray Mabus Secretary of the Navy The Pentagon Washington, DC 20350 Adm. Gary Roughead Chief of Naval Operations 2000 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350-2000 Please include the full name of the scout, Troop number, date of Court of Honor ceremony and return address. In order to expedite your request, please consolidate multiple awardees into ONE (1) troop request. Please allow 4 - 5 weeks for processing. Adm. Michael G. Mullen Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The Pentagon Washington, DC 20301 Gen. James F Amos Commandant of the Marine Corps HQ US Marine Corps 2 Navy Annex Washington, DC 20380-1775 Congress House of Representatives Senate Hon. John A. Boehner, Speaker House of Representatives U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 Hon. Daniel Inouye President Pro-Tempore U.S. Senate U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510 3 Hon. Eric Cantor, Majority Leader House of Representatives U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 Hon. Harry Reid Majority Leader U.S. Senate U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510 Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader House of Representatives U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 Hon. Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510 For other Congressmen (Representatives), check the official For other Senators, check the official US House of Representatives web site US Senate web site for the address to use, which will be in the form: for the address to use, which will be in the form: Hon. _________ _________House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Senator _________ _________Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 or simply address your letter to: or simply address your letter to: Hon. _________ U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Senator _________ U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Other Government Officials and Programs Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr. Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW Washington, DC 20593 Mary L. Schapiro Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20549 Mr. Robert S. Mueller III, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20535 Hon. Susan Rice United States Representative to the United Nations United States Mission to the United Nations 140 East 45th Street New York, N.Y. 10017 http://archive.usun.state.gov/Issues/Contact2.html 4 Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A. Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service Dept of Health and Human Services Rockville MD 20857 National Commander Civil Air Patrol Headquarters Building 714 105 South Hansell St Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332 Marine Corps Recruiting Command Advertising (Code M) 3280 Russell Road Quantico VA 22134-5102 Boy Scout Program Manager National Park Service 1849 C St, NW Washington DC 20240 US Air Force Academy Click here for an on-line application (Mail applications will not be honored) Office of the Superintendent United States Military Academy West Point NY 10996 Superintendent United States Coast Guard Academy 15 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320-1800 Superintendent United States Naval Academy 124 Blake Road Annapolis, MD 21402-5000 Past Presidents and their Wives President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter The Carter Center 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA 30307 Attn: Correspondence Office President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush 10000 Memorial Drive, Suite 900 Houston, TX 77024 President Carter wants all requests in writing to the above address, or by FAX to: (404)331-0283 President William J. Clinton 55 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027-4516 President and Mrs. George W. Bush Post Office Box 259000 Dallas, Texas 75225-9000 Governors Gov. Robert Bentley State Capitol Room N-104 600 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36130 Gov. Sean Parnell Governor's Office P.O. Box 110001 Juneau, AK 99811-0001 5 Gov. Jan Brewer Office of the Governor 1700 West Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007 Gov. Mike Beebe 250 State Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201 Gov. Jerry Brown State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Gov. John Hickenlooper 136 State Capitol Denver, CO 80203-1792 Gov. Dan Malloy Governor's Office State Capitol 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Gov. Jack Markell Legislative Hall Dover, DE 19901 Gov. Rick Scott The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 Gov. Nathan Deal State Capitol Building Constituent Services Room 111 Atlanta, GA 30334 Gov. Neil Abercrombie Executive Chambers Hawai'i State Capitol Honolulu, HI 96813 Gov. C. L. Butch Otter Office of the Governor 700 West Jefferson (Statehouse), 2nd Floor P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0034 Gov. Patrick J. Quinn Office of the Governor 207 Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 Gov. Mitchell Daniels Office of the Governor 206 State House Indianapolis, IN 46204 Gov. Terry Branstad Office of the Governor State Capitol Des Moines, IA 50319 Gov. Sam Brownback Office of the Governor State Capitol Second Floor Topeka, KS 66612 Gov. Steve Beshear Governor's Office 700 Capitol Avenue Frankfort, KY 40601 Gov. Bobby Jindal Office of the Governor P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004 Gov. Paul LePage Office of the Governor #1 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0001 Gov. Martin O'Malley State House Annapolis, MD 21401 6 Gov. Deval Patrick Office of the Governor State House, Room 360 Boston, MA 02133 Gov. Rick Snyder Office of the Governor P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 Online Request Form Gov. Mark Dayton 130 State Capitol 75 Constitution Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55155 Gov. Haley Barbour Office of the Governor P. O. Box 139 Jackson, MS 39205 Gov. Jay Nixon Missouri Capitol Building, Room 216 P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0720 Gov. Brian Schweitzer Office of the Governor State Capitol Helena, MT 59620-1901 Gov. Dave Heineman Office of the Governor P.O. Box 94848 Lincoln, NE 68509-4848 Gov. Elect Brian Sandoval Capitol Building Carson City, NV 89701 Gov. John Lynch Office of the Governor State House Concord, NH 03301-4990 Gov. Chris Christie 125 West State St P.O. Box 001 Trenton, NJ 08625 Gov. Susana Martinez State Capitol Building Santa Fe, NM 87503 Gov. Andrew Cuomo State Capitol Albany, NY 12224 Gov Beverly Perdue Office of the Governor 20301 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-0301 Gov. John Hoeven Governor 's Office 600 E. Boulevard Ave. Bismarck, ND 58505-0001 Gov. John Kasich 77 South High Street, 30th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Gov. Mary Fallin State Capitol Bldg. 2300 N. Lincoln, Suite 212 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Gov. John Kitzhaber State Capitol Building Salem, OR 97301-4047 Gov. Tom Corbett 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, PA 17120 7 Gov. Lincoln Chafee Office of the Governor 222 State House Providence, RI 02903-1196 Gov. Nikki Haley Office of the Governor P.O. Box 11829 Columbia, SC 29211 Gov. Dennis Daugaard Office of the Governor 500 East Capitol Pierre, SD 57501-5070 Gov. Bill Haslam Office of the Governor State Capitol Nashville, TN 37243-0001 Gov. Rick Perry Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-2428 Gov. Gary R. Herbert Office of the Governor 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT 84114 Gov. Peter Shumlin 109 State St, Pavilion Montpelier, VT 05609 Gov. Bob McDonnell Office of the Governor State Capitol, 3rd Floor Richmond, VA 23219 Click here for an on-line application Gov. Christine Gregoire Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002 Gov. Joe Manhin Office of the Governor State Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Gov. Scott Walker 125 State Capitol Madison, WI 53702 Gov. Matt Mead Governor's Office Wyoming State Capitol Cheyenne, WY 82002 Mayor Vincent C. Gray Executive Office of the Mayor John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20004 Gov. Luis Fortuño BMB 110202 Calle San Gustos San Juan, PR 00901-1711 Gov. Eddie Calvo PO Box 2950 Hagåtña, Guam 96932 Gov. John deJongh, Jr. 21-22 Kongens Gade Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, VI 00802 8 Gov. Togiola T.A. Tulafono Office of the Governor A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Gov. Benígno Fitial Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Juan A. Sablan Memorial Bldg. Capital Hill Caller Box 10007 Saipan, MP 96950 Other Prominent People and Organizations His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic Nunciature 3339 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20008-3687 Mike Rowe (star of Dirty Jobs) Eagle Scout Letter Pilgrim Films and Television 12020 Chandler Blvd, Suite 200 North Hollywood, CA 91607 Mr. Steven Spielberg DreamWorks 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, California 91608 http://www.mikeroweworks.com/scrap-yard/eaglescout-letter/ You MUST include a self-addressed, stamped 9x12 envelope with the request. Make sure it has the correct amount of postage ($1.05). Allow 12 weeks for Mike's response. Mr. James S. Brady c/o Handgun Control Inc. 1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 Mr. Pat Buchanan The American Cause 501 Church St. Suite 315 Vienna, VA 22180 Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani c/o Giuliani Partners, LLC 5 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Senator John Glenn Ohio State University 400 Stillman Hall 1947 College Road Columbus, OH 43210 Vice President Al Gore 2100 West End Ave Suite 790 Nashville, TN 37203 Mr. Rush Limbaugh 2 Penn Plaza, 17th Floor New York, NY 10021-0085 9 Mr. Sanford McDonnell Chairman Emeritus McDonnell-Douglas Corp. c/o Boeing Integrated Defense Systems P.O. Box 516 St. Louis, MO 63166-0516 Mr. James R. Moffett, Chairman/CEO Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. PO Box 51777 New Orleans, LA 70151 Mr. Bill Gates Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 Dr. Robert Schuller Crystal Cathedral Ministries 12141 Lewis St. Garden Grove, CA 928401 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War The SUVCW requests 45 days advance notice and requires a specific form. Download and print the application form from their web site at: http://suvcw.org/eagle/ National Commander American Legion PO Box 1055 Indianapolis, IN 46206 National Commander Veterans of Foreign Wars 406 West 34th Street Kansas City, MO 64111 Director Sons of the American Revolution 1000 South Fourth Street Louisville, KY 40203 Moose International Community Service Dept. Mooseheart, IL 60539-1126 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Scouting and Youth Coordinator Thomas E. McKibbon 1001 County Road HH Lamar, CO 81052 Email: [email protected] AMVETS National Headquarters Attn: Programs Department 4647 Forbes Blvd. Lanham, Maryland 20706 Download the required request form (PDF) NASA Public Communications Office NASA Headquarters Suite 5K39 Washington, DC 20546-0001SA NASA has an on-line form which can be used to request Eagle Letters of Recognition at http://www.nasa.gov/about/contact/boy_scout_page.h tml 10 Marine Corps League P.O. Box 3070 Merrifield, VA 22116-3070 Ms. Rosalyn Farb, Senior Vice President Wendy's Corporate Communications 4288 W. Dublin, Granville Rd. Dublin OH 43017 National Rifle Association: The NRA requests 3 months advance notice and requires a specific form. Download and print the application form from the NRA web site at: http://www.nrahq.org/youth/eagle_scout.pdf then mail or fax to: National Rifle Association Attn: Eagle Scout Coordinator Youth Programs 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, VA 22030 Fax: 703-267-3999 Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias 25 S. Morton Avenue Morton, PA 19070 (certificate & patch) http://www.pythias.org/scouts/eaglescout.html For Jewish Scouts: Northeast Region Jewish Committee on Scouting Stephen Allan Mintz 106 Sunnymeadow Lane Reisterstown, MD 21136-6148 For Jewish Scouts: National Jewish Committee on Scouting c/o The Relationships Division - S326 Boy Scouts of America PO Box 152079 Irving, TX 75015-2079 http://www.jewishscouting.org For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Steven Wernick Executive Vice President United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 820 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017-4504 For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Eric Yoffie President Union for Reform Judaism 633 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017-6778 For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Bini Maryles Director of Synagogue Services Orthodox Union Eleven Broadway New York, NY 10004 For Jewish Scouts: Rabbi Pesach Lerner Executive Vice President National Council of Young Israel 111 John Street, Suite 450 New York, NY 10038 For Jewish Scouts: Mr. Greg Byrne Jewish War Veterans of the United States 1811 R Street NW Washington, DC 20009 For Jewish Scouts: Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen Jewish Theological Seminary of America 3080 Broadway New York, NY 10027 For Latter-day Saints Scouts: The Young Men's General Presidency The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 47 East South Temple St Salt Lake City UT 84150-1700 11 Mayor Bob Foster 333 West Ocean Blvd., 14th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802 Mayor Larry Van Nostran 5050 Clark Ave. Lakewood, CA 90712 Senator Barbara Boxer 112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Senator Dianne Feinstein 331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Mr. Steven Spielberg DreamWorks SKG 100 Universal Plaza #601 Universal City, CA 91608 Mr. George Lucas Lucasfilm P.O. Box 29901 San Francisco, CA 94129 Mr. Steve Jobs Apple Computer Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 Mr. Bill Gates Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 Mr. Jeff Dunham Levity Entertainment, LLC. 6701 Center Drive West Suite 1111 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Mr. Robin Williams 1 Backfield Dr. Suite 409 Belvedere-Tiburon, CA 94920 Congresswoman Linda Sanchez 2423 Rayburn HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 The Eagle Scout Service / NESA no longer provide congratulatory letters from James A. Lovell. If a name or organization has been removed from this site, it is because we have had specific requests to NOT send letters to them. In particular, the following people and groups have asked that they be removed: Mrs. Gerald (Betty) Ford, J. Willard Marriot, William F. Buckley, NASA Johnson Space Center /Astronaut Office, Justices of the US Supreme Court, CIA, Pat Boone, Boeing Corp., Air Force Recruiting Service, Allan H. "Bud" Selig , Dr. William J. Bennett, Mrs. Ronald Reagan, US Air Force Thunderbirds, The Cato Institute. Click here to see other special Special Eagle Scout Recognitions that can be requested. 12