Richard Mendelssohn of Boy Scout Troop 1776 in Pennington was awarded the District Award of Merit by the Mercer Area District of the Boy Scouts.
Mr. Mendelssohn served as Scoutmaster of Troop 1776 for four years. He also has been an Assistant Scoutmaster of the troop and was the advisor to Venturing Crew 99 for two years.
For three years he was been a member of the Mercer Area District Commission staff, serving as advisor for four other Scouting units. He is a member of the Campmaster Corps at Ockanickon Scout Reservation.
In addition, Mr. Mendelssohn was chairman of the Battle of Rosedale fall camporee.
