Golden West District Annual Dinner

Golden West District Annual Dinner 2025

Hi Leaders:

On Saturday evening, April 5th, the Goldenwest District held its annual awards dinner at the Lambertian Ministry Center in Garden Grove.

About 200 guests attended the Hawaiian Luau themed event and everything went off without a hitch, and everyone had a great time.

Of special note is that The Goldenwest District had three District Award of Merit recipients: Amanada Penaloza (Troop 660 boys & girls), Roger Tran (Troop 1930), and Jeff Giaccomi (Troop 671) for their outstanding contributions to Scouting in the Goldenwest District. We also recognized St. Irenaeus Church for its outstanding support of Scouting in our district by virtue of presenting two representatives for the Church, Father Binh and Rolly Arenz, with the Golden West Outstanding Community Service Award.

Sandy and John Vo - Silver Beaver 2025

GWD Adult Awards – District Dinner				Plaques:
GWD Adult Awards – District Dinner				Community Service Award:
DAOM	Unit	Status:	Notes:	Community Service Award:
Amanda Penaloza	T660B&G	Mat	Complete	Father Binh & Rolly Arenz
Roger Tran	T1930	Tan/Charlie	Complete
Jeff Giaccomi	T671	Mat	Complete	Youth Service Award:
				Dillon Vo
OCM	Unit	Status:	Notes:	Rock of Golden West:
Christina Hyunh	P901	Tan/Charlie	(can’t attend)	Brian Foy (Mat)
Bill DeWitt	P667	Dan	Complete	Brian Foy (Mat)

OSM	Unit	Status:	Notes:	Spouse of the Year:
Richard Davis	T440	Sandy	Complete	Loan Nguyen-Tu (Mat/Tan)
Russell Hirotsu	T578	Mat	Complete
Charlie Vu	T1004	Tan/Charlie	(maybe attending)
April Walker	T670G	Mat	(maybe attending)	* Unit Leader Award of Merit:
				Mike Bremser – T657
Unit Exceptional	Unit	Status:		Frank Tran – C299 (not attending)
Andy Duong	Crew 1299		Aiden Ho – T2519
Andy Gandera	Pack 667
Angelique Ersland	Pack 657
Brit Ramirez	Pack 735
Challen Carland	Troop 660B
Craig Asato	Troop 642
Daniel Pham	Troop 1789
David Sorrells	Troop 650
David Tran	Troop 1789
Donna Yuki	Troop 578
Dove Fordyce	Troop 660G
Duc Nguyen	Troop 1930
Ivan Wu	Pack 667
James Yuki	Troop 578
Jeff Klaus	Pack 660
Julia Fann	Troop 657
Khai Truong	Troop 1930
Larry Halfhill	Troop 642
Laura Hall	Troop 658
Maria Calderon	Pack 683
Matthew Vin Vu	Pack 1789
May Bonner	Troop 295
Michael Burton	Troop 657
Nikki Kenney	Pack 526
Ray Ibarra	Pack 735
Richard Birch	Troop 295
Sarah Fordyce	Troop 660B
Silvia Mulvehill	Troop 658
Sue Tai Wu	Troop 578
Terry Miller	Pack 683
Trong Nguyen	Pack 1789
Vikesh Patel	Troop 650
Vivian Cho	Pack 660

Brian Foy, Recipient, 2025 District Award of Merit

Brian Foy, Former Scoutmaster of Troop 671, was honored with the Orange County Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2025 District Award of Merit. Historically announced at the Goldenwest District (GWD) Annual Dinner in early spring, the GWD Committee nominated Brian for the award, which was approved by Russell Etzenhouzer, Scout Executive, on behalf of the OCBSA. The DAOM was presented to Brian at the Troop 671 Court of Honor ceremony, held on Monday, June 2, 2025, at St. Hedwig church. This award recognizes the decades of servant leadership of Brian Foy, who contributed to the leadership development of hundreds of youth who were in Troop 671 and others in Scouting units throughout the GWD. Congratulations to Brian and the entire Foy Family!