Service

“To help other people at all times” — service is one of the main pillars of the Scouting program. These articles provide inspiration on how your troop can serve others.

Magazine

Help fight malaria with Nothing But Nets

By Scouting magazine

Now’s your chance to make a difference in the battle against malaria, an insidious disease that kills nearly a million people a year—most of them children under the age of 5. As we approach World

Features

SummitCorps builds a trail to the future

By Michael Freeman

Breaking rocks. Raking roots. Digging dirt. All in a day’s work for Order of the Arrow volunteers during last summer’s trail-building program for the National Park Service. But what they really built was something much bigger.

Order of the Arrow

As Good As It Gets

By Scouting magazine

More than 1,000 Arrowmen gathered in Wyoming for brotherhood, great adventures, and one giant-size good turn at ArrowCorps5, the largest service project in U.S. Forest Service history.

Scouts BSA

'To Help Other People'

By Scouting magazine

Since the BSA’s Good Turn for America initiative was launched in 2004, Scouts across the country have devoted more than three million hours of service to the needy—and they’re not done yet.

Scouts BSA

Saving Loggerhead Turtles

By Scouting magazine

During their annual visit to a wilderness barrier island off the South Carolina coast, Scouts help vulnerable hatchlings survive a perilous journey from nest to sea.

Scouts BSA

A Helping Hand From Coast to Coast to Coast

By Scouting magazine

Scouts and Scouters across America have contributed in many ways to assist in relief and recovery efforts in the wake of last year’s devastating hurricanes.

Cub Scout Activities

Age-appropriate service projects for Webelos Scouts

By Scouting magazine

In our November-December 2004 issue, Webelos Den Leader H.S. noted that service projects are required for several Webelos activity badges and awards. He asked for examples of good projects. Readers offered several ideas.

Scouts BSA

'This Is What We Do!'

By Scouting magazine

After four hurricanes ravaged the Southeastern United States last year, Scout units organized to help clean up and rebuild.