How To Conduct A Service Boy Scouts

Service Projects

Doing Practiced Deeds

Service is 1 of the most important values nosotros have in Scouting. The Scout Adjuration calls on us all to "help other people at all times." The Lookout Law says a Picket is Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind. These are possibly the nigh of import ideas a young person takes abroad from their time in our plan, no matter how long they're with us.

Do you want Scouts to aid you lot?

We're honored you lot thought of the states, and if there is a way our Scouts tin help they'll be happy to do so. Here are a few notes on what nosotros do with all service requests:

Each private Scout unit in each neighborhood or community works independently; we don't merely call or email them and say, "here's a project y'all need to do." They all have their ain calendars and may already have service projects they support where they live.
We do have an e-mail listing to promote service opportunities to our Scout units. Fill out the course beneath and we'll share the information you provide to our units. If i or more is interested/bachelor in your service projection, they will contact you lot directly. Delight do not contact our function asking for the status of whatever volunteers for your project.

Scout Service Request

Are you a Scout looking to help someone?

You can observe project ideas by visiting JustServe.org. Visit the site and search by customs or project type to find an opportunity near y'all.

Nevertheless need aid finding ideas for a service project?

If y'all're looking for ideas for a service projection you lot haven't done before – or maybe desire to showtime doing as an annual tradition – here are some ideas. Remember, though: if you lot charge money for any of these y'all're not providing service, you're conducting a fundraiser:

Food – Food Drove

This tin include collecting nonperishable foods to take to local food drives or during seasonal food drives. Some locations to ship Central Texas Food Banking company, Hope Nutrient Bank Austin, Caritas of Austin Nutrient Pantry, Micah 6 Nutrient Pantry, etc. To detect more food banks, please see https://www.foodpantries.org
Think that this tin also include food drove or drives for animals, either pets or wildlife rehab centers. Any Petsmart or local creature shelter will always take new unopened pet food. Cheque out http://www.austinareawildliferehab.org/donated_items.html or http://allthingswildrehab.org/wish-listing/ for a list of needs.
Check out Urban Roots, which is farm which grows food for needy families: https://urbanrootsatx.org/volunteer/.

Nutrient – Meal Delivery

Equally a unit, you can volunteer to have a nutrient delivery run, where the unit volition need to deliver food regularly.
For a one-time event, you can work with nutrient groups to help take out food on special holidays.
A expert place to bank check is Meals on Wheels (https://www.mealsonwheelscentraltexas.org/become-involved/electric current-needs), Mobile Loaves and Fishes (https://mlf.org/volunteer), and Keep Austin Fed (https://keepaustinfed.org/volunteer), or your local house of worship.

Food – Nutrient Serving

Groups like Salvation Army, Mobile Loaves and Fishes, Angel Firm Soup Kitchen, and Carnitas all offer free meals but need volunteers to assistance serve. Meet https://library.austintexas.libguides.com/socialservices/food for groups and links.
Some nursing homes need help serving food and visiting with abode jump residents.
Helping serve nutrient at a church, customs, district or council event can all count for service hours.

Shelter – Home Building

Numerous churches take mission or building projects.
Scouts can work for Habitat for Humanities (https://www.austinhabitat.org/volunteer) or local community building volunteer opportunities, such as MLF'southward Community First! Village (https://mlf.org/community-get-go/) or Rebuilding Together Austin (https://www.rebuildingtogetheraustin.org/volunteers).
Make sure to cheque in with sponsoring organization and the Guide to Safe Scouting to brand sure Scouts are one-time enough to work onsite.

Shelter – Personal Care Drove

You tin collect and fifty-fifty volunteer to help create intendance kits for organizations like Front end Steps (http://www.frontsteps.org/volunteer/volunteer-opportunties/ ), Homeless Backpack Network (http://www.homelessbackpack.internet/ ), Mobile Loaves and Fishes (https://mlf.org/volunteer/), Feed My People (https://www.foundationhomeless.org/volunteer-fmp) and FreeStore (https://www.freestoreaustin.org/).
During whatsoever natural disaster, kits of personal care items are always needed.
Remember, personal intendance may not only be for people. Consider donating Dawn dish soap or making bird nest liners for animal rehab centers (https://wildliferescuenests.weebly.com/volunteer-registration.html)
Collect personal care items for babies and kids for Rainbow Rooms (https://www.dfps.state.tx.usa/Child_Protection/Rainbow_Rooms/default.asp) or to the SafeAustin Prophylactic House (https://world wide web.safeaustin.org/get-involved/in-kind-wishlist/).

Shelter – Blanket Drove

Nearly all natural disaster centers, homeless shelters, and animate being shelters need bones, clean blankets.
Consider making or decorating blankets to give to children'due south hospitals or homeless shelters.

Shelter – Schoolhouse Supply Collection

Contact your local schoolhouse, libraries, or house of worship for local school supply drives.
You tin can drop off school supplies to organizations similar Foundation Communities (https://foundcom.org/), Salvation Army (http://salvationarmyaustin.org/get-involved/back-to-school-drive/), United Way (https://www.unitedwayaustin.org/become-involved/volunteer/), or Travis County ESD (https://www.traviscountytx.gov/news/2018/1686-sheriff-back-school-drive).

Shelter – Volume/Magazine Drive

Donate books to libraries, schoolhouse, homeless shelters.
Consider likewise donating books and/or creative materials to Austin Artistic Reuse (https://www.austincreativereuse.org/)

Healthy Living – Blood Bulldoze

Delight note, this one is mainly for adults. Youth under 17 cannot donate blood.
Youth can help with promotion of blood donations and cheque-in for blood drives. See http://redcrossyouth.org/2018/xi/23/volunteering-with-blood-services/ and https://www.redcrossblood.org/hosting-a-blood-bulldoze/learn-about-hosting/why-host-a-blood-bulldoze/k-eight-blood-programs.html for child specific blood drive volunteer ideas.

Salubrious Living – Fun Run/Walk/Hike/Etc.

Hosting or helping host any fun run/walk/hike/ride, etc.
Serving water or fruit at such an effect
Come across https://www.runguides.com for a list of these in your area

Healthy Living – Bicycle Rubber Event

Hosting or helping host whatever bike safety effect
Serving h2o or fruit or manning cheque-in at such an event
See https://bicycleaustin.info/events/ for more info

Healthy Living – Tree planting

Hosting or helping host a tree, shrub or native found planting
Serving water or fruit or manning cheque-in at such an event
Planting copse or shrubs as part of a community project (planting a tree in your yard does non count)
If you want to plant local, consider planting effectually your neighborhood through a program with your HOA or Neighborhood Association.
Consider planting anything at your local camps – contact [email protected]
See https://austinparks.org/, https://www.treefolks.org/,

Healthy Living – Litter Cleanup/Beautification

Hosting and helping host a litter or ecosystem cleanup.
Whatever amount of cleanup or beautification, which can include picking up trash, removing exotic or encroachment flora or fauna, clearing overgrown areas, putting in recreation items or habitat improvement.
Consider working at any public park or one of our camps.

Other

Instruction merit badges at council or commune level
Serving equally a NOVA or SuperNOVA mentor to other unit
Serve equally a Distinguished Conservation Award Advisor
Serve as an Eagle Advisor or District Advocacy Chair

Record your service hours!

No thing whom or how y'all assistance, make sure your report your service hours so they will count towards your "Journey to Excellence" (or JTE) score. JTE is a self-evaluation tool that lets unit leaders see, quantitatively, how well their unit is meeting the goals of Scouting. To accomplish JTE "Gold" condition (that'south the best), Cub Scout Packs and Body of water Scout Ships must written report four service projects each year. Scouts BSA Troops and Venturing Crews must report six service projects each year.

Here's what to practise:

If you've never reported service hours information before:

Contact our council Registrar at (512) 617-8618 or [e-mail protected] and ask for your Unit ID number and Local Unit number.
Visit https://servicehours.scouting.org/UI/Security/Login.aspx
Enter your Unit of measurement ID number and contact information, then click "Register"

Once you've registered, or if you've previously registered and have logged in, follow these steps:

Enter project information under ane of these four areas: Food, Shelter, Healthy Living, Other
Click "Submit"
Repeat the previous step for as many service projects every bit y'all have to study
You should run across a screen confirming your data has been received and recorded