Bad Manners and Brimstone

Actually the Mom.
A casual friend of DH  & I invited us to attend a zoom ceremony, A list *~), honoring his wife for above and beyond volunteering with her sons' Cub Scout Council.
As a Mom of an Eagle Scout I know cards only are expected at that Court of Honor.
Do I mail a card to the Mom congratulating her for her service?  Do I make a donation to the Scout Council?  Do I attend the Zoom ceremony and feel proud for her?

Maybe I'm out of step with the way scouting works, but it seems strange to me that a casual friend is inviting people from outside of the organization to this event. When I think of people who were honored for exceptional volunteer work, the audience was limited to the people in the organization where the volunteering was done, and major donors/participants. Immediate family was there if it was a lifetime achievement type of award.
 
Friends and extended family who aren't part of the organization heard about ceremony and celebration later. And it wasn't really a card-giving situation.

So am I missing something? Maybe the scouting community works differently than things I'm familiar with.

I would attend the Zoom ceremony and send an email/text/FB message thanking her for her efforts.

The invitation seems odd to me, because in my area, scouting award ceremonies at the local level aren't huge events that "everyone" is expected to attend. It's usually the awardees' families, their pack or troop, and other scouting friends.  At our yearly district awards ceremony (in a normal year), it's usually the same people who would normally show up to the Roundtable (monthly informational meeting), plus the families and some of their packs/troops.
 

Maybe they feel closer to us than we do to them..........  Or are comfortable thinking of us a Scouting freinds because DH wears his old Scoutmaster shirt to annual Scout Sabbaths and I wear Mom pins on ribbons for both G.S. & B.S.

Not Silver Beaver but District Award of Merit.
NOW DH tells me the e-invite has a link to donate $$ to the Scout Council.  Perhaps honouring Friend is really a fundraiser.  At least all the $$ will go to the council and not divert half to overpriced popcorn or cookies.  Thanks for the suggestions!

It wouldn't surprise me that it's a fundraiser - due to various current events, Scouting has really had to tighten its belt