Community Service Projects

One of the principals of scouting is contributing the community - Do a good turn daily!

Doing service projects together is one way that Scouts keep their promise "to help other people."

While a Scout should do his best to help other people every day, a group service project is a bigger way to help people. While you're giving service, you're learning to work together with others to do something that's good for your community.
Service projects may help the natural world, the community, or the chartered organization. Here are some service activities Scouts can do:

1. Helping the natural world 

• Pick up litter around your neighborhood
• Clean up trash by a stream
• Plant seedlings or flowers
• Recycle glass, paper, aluminum, or plastic
• Make bird feeders
  

2. Helping the community 

• Give a flag ceremony for a school
• Collect food for food banks
• Make cards for a care center
• Clean up a church parking lot
• Shovel snow or rake leaves for seniors
• Hand out voting reminders
• Hand out emergency procedure brochures
• Recycle family newspapers

3. Helping the chartered organization

• Do a cleanup project
• Plant and care for trees
• Conduct a flag ceremony
• Help set up for a special event
• Hand out programs or bulletins at a meeting of the organization

If you have a community service project please send us an email Click Here

If you know of an organization that has service projects for units or Scouts Click Here

List of service projects to consider supporting Click Here