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Territorial Youth Department announces Standard of Achievement winners.
Each year, the Territorial Youth Department recognizes outstanding corps youth programs by presenting Standard of Achievement awards for corps cadets and junior soldiers.
The awards are organized into three levels: blue, red and yellow, based on how many students are in the brigade, with blue having the largest number. Corps receive a plaque with an engraved star plate to display.
Here are the 2010-2011 Standard of Achievement winners.
Corps cadets
Corps cadet brigades earn points for conducting a Corps Cadet Sunday, wearing uniforms, taking excursions, turning in lessons, or for their leaders participating in a training event.
Blue: San Pedro, Calif. (Southern California)—3,730 points; Spokane Citadel, Wash. (Northwest)—3,545; El Cajon, Calif. (Sierra del Mar)—3,475; Torrance, Calif. (Southern California)—3,454; San Diego Citadel, Calif. (Sierra del Mar)—3,355; Gresham, Ore. (Cascade)—2,175; Vancouver, Wash. (Northwest)—2,030; Kalispell, Mont. (Northwest)—1,870; Pendleton, Ore. (Cascade)—1,810; Great Falls, Mont. (Northwest)—1,575.
Red: Kauluwela, Hawaii (H&PI) —1,710; Albuquerque Temple, N.M. (Southwest)—1,640; Fort Collins, Colo. (Intermountain)—1,415; Bay Communities, Ore. (Cascade)—1,390; Guam (H&PI)—1,190; Mesa, Ariz. (Southwest)—1,160; Homer, Alaska (Alaska) 1,070; Casa Grande, Ariz. (Southwest)—1,040; Riverside, Calif. (Sierra del Mar)—1,025; Phoenix S. Mountain, Ariz. (Southwest)—1,020.
Yellow: Rita (H&PI)—1,955; Hilo, Hawaii (H&PI)—1,590; Las Vegas Citadel, Nev. (Southwest)—1,510; Kroc Center, Hawaii (H&PI)—1,500; Tucson S., Ariz. (Southwest)—1,320; N. Las Vegas, Nev. (Southwest)—835; Fresno, Calif. (Golden State)—780.
Junior soldiers
Requirements for junior soldiers include membership, attendance, uniforms, singing company and/or participation in the worship service.
Blue: Denver Citadel, Colo. (Inter-mountain); Kalispell, Mont. (Northwest); San Francisco Kroc Center, Calif. (Golden State); Merced, Calif. (Golden State); Mesa Citadel, Ariz. (Southwest); Pendleton, Ore. (Cascade); Phoenix S. Mountain, Ariz. (Southwest); Rita (H&PI); Riverside, Calif. (Sierra del Mar); San Diego Citadel, Calif. (Sierra del Mar); San Pedro, Calif. (Southern California).
Red: N. Las Vegas, Nev. (Southwest); Tucson Korean, Ariz. (Southwest).
Yellow: Albany, Ore. (Cascade); Albuquerque Citadel, N.M. (Southwest); Albuquerque Temple, N.M. (Southwest); Anaheim Temple, Calif. (Southern California); Eugene, Ore. (Cascade); Pasadena Tabernacle, Calif. (Southern California); Pomona, Calif. (Southern California); Portland Tabernacle, Ore. (Cascade); Sheridan, Wyo. (Intermountain); Spokane, Wash. (Northwest); Denver West Adams, Colo. (Intermountain).
