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Good Turn for America
You Provide the Questions, We'll Provide the Answers Do you have questions about Good Turn for America or are you having trouble figuring out just where or how to report your service hours? Feel free to contact the Gulf Ridge Council and we'll help you work through it. Good Turn for America We know our approximately 500 units in Gulf Ridge Council conduct many other service projects. But there is still room for more—remember, giving knows no season. This will not be another program that will become a burden for you. It is designed to take what is already quietly being done across the country and share it with EVERYONE. Good Turn for America will focus on three areas of service: food, shelter, and healthy living. Therefore, there will be three subtitles: Scouting for Food, Scouting for Shelter, and Scouting for Healthy Living. We will be running an article in each of the next three issues of the Gulf Ridge Scouter focusing on each of the three areas of Good Turn for America. We also want to know what your unit is doing. Starting in August 2004, the website www.goodturnforamerica.org will have a place where units can go to report their service projects. We will be collecting information about the types of service projects conducted, the number of members and non-members involved in the projects, and who/what organization benefited from your unit’s efforts. This will help us tell the story of what Scouts are doing for our community. Units reporting their service project will be allowed to purchase a Good Turn for America patch and participate in council and district level recognition. The Boy Scouts of America is the preeminent service organization—it’s now time to use that to our advantage and focus attention on what we do best! Are you one who will make a difference? Get involved. For more information, please visit www.goodturnforamerica.org. |
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Our Scout Oath includes the promise “…to help other people
at all times.” And the Boy Scouts of America vision statement contains
a goal focusing on serving America’s communities and families with
our quality values-based program. Scouting was founded on the principle
of “do a Good Turn daily.” Our members conduct service projects
to benefit others throughout the year. In fact, during 2003, our council
conducted our annual Scouting for Food drive, and we collected over 38,000
pounds of food. Good Turn for America provides the framework in which
to highlight this service project and more.