Week-long Service ("Mission") Projects

[SemperParatus]

I straddle between Scouting and Youth Group Ministry (my church). The highlight of our youth ministry program is our annual mission trip where we descend upon those in a need for a week of intense service work (and sharing of the Good News). Whether it is painting houses in Mexico, building ballfields in the Dominican Republic, or rebuilding homes in Appalachia, the teens come back dog tired but with an incredible sense of the power of the good turn and appreciation for all they have. Lately, I have been thinking why not offer the same experience for the scouts in my unit and see if the PLC and the scouts would have an interest in doing a week-long intensive good turn. I am not suggesting that the scouts come on my next church mission trip, but rather the unit plans and implements its own scouting mission trip. Anyone have any experience to share regarding week-long intensive scouting service projects at the unit level (not OA/Philmont)?

[OldGreyEagle]

The Venture crew has done a Habitat for Humanity week for the last three years. Habitat does require the youth be 16 so while most crew members can attend, it would leave out younger scouts.

 

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