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The Gold Medal of Achievement (GMA) is a medal of great
distinction and honor. It was first offered in 1963 with the
first recipient completing its requirements in 1964. In its
40 year history the GMA has been earned by over 5000 boys
ages 12 through 17 years of age.
Click here to see the list of recipients from the
State of New Jersey.
The average age of a boy earning the GMA is approximately 16
years of age. This indicates that a boy has been involved in
Royal Rangers for at least 4-5 years before earning his GMA.
At this time, slightly least than 1% of the boys involved in
Royal Rangers each year earn the GMA. As a result of its
challenging merit trail, it is truly a coveted award for any
Royal Ranger boy.
GMA recipients must:
- Be at least 12 years (and at least in the 6th
grade), but less than 18 years old.
- Have been a Silver Medalist for at least 3 months
- Have completed 24 merits, 16 of those chosen from a
required list and 8 personal choice.
- Have served in a leadership (junior) position for at
least 6 months
- Have written a 500 word essay on “The Value of Royal
Rangers to Me”
- Have completed a Christian Service Project
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Presently there are two
applications available. They
are the standard GMA
application and the
Transition GMA
application. The
standard GMA application
became available in March
2003 with the release of the
Adventure Rangers program
materials. The Transition
GMA application will only be
valid until December 31,
2004. It may be used by
those boys who have earned
the Royal Rangers program
merits available in the old
Pioneer and Trailblazer
programs.
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* More to Come! Please email any corrections to
rskinner@njrr.org.
We are also looking for testimonies & photos to publish from
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