{"id":3847,"date":"2018-11-19T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/why-this-cub-scout-den-does-a-service-project-once-a-month-every-month\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:00:12","slug":"why-this-cub-scout-den-does-a-service-project-once-a-month-every-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/why-this-cub-scout-den-does-a-service-project-once-a-month-every-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this Cub Scout den does a service project once a month, every month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019re never too young to start a habit of serving others.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the powerful example being set by a Cub Scout den in Pack 41 of Billings, Mont., part of the BSA\u2019s Montana Council<\/a>. These 9-year-olds have shown a devotion to community service that\u2019s truly inspiring.<\/p>\n

They call it Service Saturdays. On one Saturday morning each month, the members of the Bear den (and their parents) gather to give back.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve hosted a bingo game at a nursing home, planted trees, made sandwiches for the homeless and much more. One act of selflessness each month, every month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese experiences have strengthened our den,\u201d says Monica Hill, their den leader. \u201cWe see all the good things we can do with our time and energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How they do it<\/h2>\n

This all began when Hill and her fellow parents began working out a den calendar and realized that several of the boys participate in sports. They have practices during the week and games on Saturday afternoons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided we could do service activities on Saturday mornings,\u201d she says. \u201cThat way our den could stay connected with each other and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that mandate from the families in her den, Hill became the den\u2019s \u201csuperintendent of service\u201d \u2014 a title I just made up but that seems entirely fitting.<\/p>\n

Hill spends time calling local nonprofits and businesses to \u201cask if my group of energetic 9-year-old boys can come do service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who would say no to that? So far, nobody has.<\/p>\n

The nursing home was so thrilled that they asked the den if they\u2019d visit several times a year.<\/p>\n

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What the Cub Scouts think<\/h2>\n

Do the Bears mind giving up a Saturday morning of Minecraft and cartoons to participate in a service project?<\/p>\n

Not only do they not mind; the boys love it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey love getting together, no matter the activity,\u201d Hill says. \u201cThey are excited about everything I sign them up for.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the coming months, the Bears will\u00a0paint over graffiti in a bike tunnel, clean out horse stalls at a barn and paint fingernails for residents at a nursing home.<\/p>\n

While the Bears see these projects as fun and new activities with their friends, Hill understands the deeper meaning.<\/p>\n

\u201cKids are often underestimated,\u201d she says. \u201cThey need to be shown how to be part of a community. They need to know that they have the ability to make a difference. Scouting provides all of these opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re never too young to start a habit of serving others. That\u2019s the powerful example being set by a Cub Scout den in Pack 41 of Billings, Mont., part of the BSA\u2019s Montana Council. These 9-year-olds have shown a devotion to community service that\u2019s truly inspiring. They call it Service Saturdays. On one Saturday morning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}