Service Projects

"Do a Good Turn Daily"

Service is an important part of Scouting and Troop 505 is no exception. Troop 505 believes in helping others through Service Projects. 

Our Scouts strive to do a good turn daily. This is the slogan of the Boy Scouts. Some Good Turns are big - helping out after floods or other disasters, recycling community trash or working on conservation projects. But Good Turns are often small, thoughtful acts - helping a child cross a busy street, going to the store for an elderly neighbor, cutting back brush that is blocking a sign, doing something special for a brother or sister or welcoming a new student to your school.

In Scouting in addition to the daily good turn the Scouts organize Service Projects to give back to the common unity. The Boy Scouts of America are a 20th-century phenomenon and a powerful civic force. More than a million Boy Scouts and half a million adult volunteers contribute 50 million service hours a year.

Service for Second Class, Star, and Life rank candidates, as described in the Boy Scout Handbook, can take many forms... It can be for one's church, school, community, council summer camp, local hospital, blood bank, retirement home, or local soup kitchen.

Scouts that want to work on service projects that are completed on their own and not as part of a Troop or Eagle project are required to have the approval from either the Scoutmaster, the Troop Committee Chairman or the Advancement Committee Chairman before beginning their work. Please use the provided Troop Service Hour form to obtain approvals and document your hours.

Service to our Chartered Organization

Troop 505 is fortunate to have a terrific Chartered Organization, Knox Presbyterian Church. Annually we try to give back to our Chartered Organization by doing service projects for them. 

Eagle Projects

Troop 505 seems to always have at least one Scout working on his Eagle. As part of the requirements for earning this rank, the Scout organizes a significant service project. The Scout usually includes the entire troop in the project by recruiting and managing volunteers. Our Scouts then have the opportunity to participate in many varied service projects. 

Our Scouts have built playgrounds and campsite equipment, painted buildings, created conservations areas and many, many other things while helping Scouts earn their way to Eagle. Participating in Eagle Scout projects is a way for our Scouts to give back to their community and also to support a fellow Scout.

Service events

• Knox Landscaping/tree removal; this Saturday, April 30, from 8:00 – noon at Knox.
   

  • Knox has some trees that need to be removed and other landscaping needs.

  • This is a great opportunity for the boys that attended Philmont to complete half their remaining conservation hours for the 50-Miler award.

  • Boys should bring their Totin’ Chip cards since they’ll be using handsaws and clippers.
    
    Please let Mr Claeys know ASAP if you or your son can help.
       

• Fishing “buddies” July 16, 2011, from 8:00 am to noon
  A service organization at Alcatel-Lucent is looking for volunteers to help at a fishing activity this summer. Each participant (a person with the disability) will be paired with a Buddy. The Buddy will help the participant fish, pal around with them at the pond, eat with them, play games with them, and stay with them throughout the event.
  

  •  Buddies must be 14 years or older

  •  No experience with disabilities or fishing is needed. Training will be provided the morning of the event.
    
    The type of help needed includes:

  •  be a "Buddy" to assist one participant during the event

  •  take pictures at the event

  •  run games (bean bag toss, etc.)

  •  face painter

  • create things out of balloons

  • registration table

  • floaters

  • bait hooks, net fish, take fish off hooks, weigh fish, bag fish

  • food/drink table

  • help with raffles, help at the raffle table/area

  • setup, cleanup

  Casual non-Scout T-shirts & shorts are appropriate.

  Date of the event = July 16, 2011, from 8:00 am to noon. There will be a quick orientation for the volunteers concerning disabilities and fishing from 8:30am - 9:15am.

  If you are interested, contact Linda Newlin, 630 979 8564 or Linda. Newlin@alcatel-lucent.com. Please also let Mr. Claeys know

  Letter from Fishing Buddies
  
   

• Troop 505 ongoing Service project "Annual DuPage County River Sweep" 
  

  • Saturday, May 22 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

  • The annual DuPage County River Sweep is a county-wide self-coordinated stream cleanup held each spring. The purpose of the river sweep is to encourage volunteers to help "sweep our rivers clean" by picking up debris in and along the local waterways. More than 6,800 volunteers have removed nearly 190 tons of garbage from DuPage County streams since 1991. 

  • Waiver (our sign up form) cards must be completed and returned by all participants no later than the Monday meeting on May 17th .
    

  • 2010 River Sweep Brochure.pdf
      

  • 2010 manual.pdf
      

  • May 2010 River Sweep Sign up.pdf
    

  • Sweep Volunteer Waiver Form.pdf
    
    
     

Troop Service Hour form used to record your serve hours.