Good Turn For America

What is Good Turn for America? Good turn for America is a national call to service by the Boy Scouts of America to ensure adequate food and shelter and to develop good health habits in our nation. To address these issues, we are collaborating with some of the most respected service organizations in the nation; the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, and Habitat for Humanity International, to provide volunteer opportunities for youth and adults to fight hunger, provide shelter, and teach the habits of healthy living. The Boy Scouts of America has a decades-long history of building better young men and women through service learning. To highlight this tradition of service, Good Turn for America will be the Boy Scouts of America national “Good Turn” from 2004 through the BSA’s 100th. Anniversary in 2010.

As part of this national service initiative, the Boy Scouts of America will track the hours that volunteers, members, participants, and partner organizations contribute to the community. The Boy Scouts of America will announce these national totals each February as part of its anniversary celebration.

To tell the story of how your den, pack, patrol, troop, team, crew, or ship is contributing to this effort, Log on to www.goodturnforamerica.org and select the data collection button to the left of the screen. Follow the directions on the Web site to enter your service project information.

Every unit in the Buckskin Council has their own separate number to use when entering this information. You can obtain your unit number from your District Executive or Commissioner. If you cannot get this information from them, please call the Scout Service Center and ask for your identification number to use for reporting community service projects information to the National Office.

You can enter service projects throughout the year, so don’t forget to come back and enter all your unit’s service projects, no matter how big or small. After entering the data, your unit will be eligible to receive the Good Turn For America patch and year segment, which can be purchased at your local scout shop.