Scout Service Under Shelter in Place Conditions?

[RememberSchiff]

Boy Scouts from New York donated more than 17,000 neckerchiefs to hospitals and community organizations to provide non-medical face masks for New Yorkers.

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The idea came from Jacob Finch, an Eagle Scout from Ballston Spa, NY, who suggested that the Scouts could donate unused neckerchiefs as face masks.

more at source:

https://www.amny.com/coronavirus/new-york-boy-scouts-donate-17000-neckerchiefs-for-non-medical-face-masks/

[qwazse]

Oh, the trading opportunities one would have next year with a certified NYC COOVID-19 response necker!

[Eagle94-A1]

2 hours ago, RememberSchiff said:

Boy Scouts from New York donated more than 17,000 neckerchiefs to hospitals and community organizations to provide non-medical face masks for New Yorkers.

...

The idea came from Jacob Finch, an Eagle Scout from Ballston Spa, NY, who suggested that the Scouts could donate unused neckerchiefs as face masks.

more at source:

https://www.amny.com/coronavirus/new-york-boy-scouts-donate-17000-neckerchiefs-for-non-medical-face-masks/

I like how they are using a Thai Scout association hat and necker.

 

Edited April 20, 2020 by Eagle94-A1

[RememberSchiff]

NEWTOWN, CT: — Scout started a GoFundMe with a $50,000 goal to purchase gift cards from local restaurants and donate them to Danbury Hospital and Newtown first responders on the front lines fighting the coronavirus.

“I knew restaurants would be suffering from this and Danbury Hospital and first responders would need a little more love and attention,” he said.

He brought up the idea at one of his virtual Boy Scout meetings, and the rest of Troop 70 jumped on board, spreading the word about the fundraiser. The online campaign has already collected about $20,000 in donations since it started two months ago.

The gift cards are purchased in $25 increments from 40 or so restaurants throughout Newtown and Sandy Hook. Many of the recipients use the gift cards to buy meals for the crews during their shifts.

“One part of the Scout oath is you should help people at all times and this is the best time to help others,” Quinn said, adding he appreciates how others feel the same and have donated. “It feels good to know we have a good community that’s willing to help people.”

Read response of front line heroes and local restaurants at source link:

https://www.ctinsider.com/local/newstimes/article/Boy-Scout-s-fundraiser-a-morale-booster-15276162.php

[RememberSchiff]

Digitizing public records less our history is lost.

In this example WW1 burial records

Particularly now with the pandemic, there are a lot of younger people looking for service hours for groups like Boy Scouts, National Honor Society or JROTC,” he said. “I think it’s an ideal opportunity to safely do some service work and help this project - creating a searchable database of soldiers’ burial cards, some of which will be linked to a digital map showing where those soldiers are buried.

https://triblive.com/news/world/north-huntingdon-historian-seeks-volunteers-to-help-digitize-world-war-i-burial-records/

[RememberSchiff]

Boy Scout Troop 174 and the VFW (Newville, PA) planted 400 pounds of seed potatoes during two days in the middle of May, and hope to harvest 3,000 pounds for the food bank by the fall.

Don Flagle, Commander of VFW, said last month the Scouts were tasked with removing large rocks and weeds from the garden, straightening the irrigation line, hilling the potatoes and repositioning the sunflowers that are also planted in the field, when harvested the potatoes are divided into 5-pound bags for the food bank to distribute to those in need in the community.

“We thought it would be great to get the boys involved in the planting and harvesting,” Scoutmaster Gordon Holl noted.

More details and photos at source link

http://www.shipnc.com/valley_times_star/free_announcements/article_842f150c-c092-11ea-94b5-3b619ec4f45e.html

Edited July 8, 2020 by RememberSchiff