The BSA’s Service to America program requires twelve hours of service per person; SCOUTER Magazine’s Ring of Service doubles that requirement.

The Ring of Service program is just a guideline for you to develop a program that works for your unit. It can be ran in addition to the BSA’s Service to America program, and operates completely on your honor as a unit leader. We have developed this program and provide it to you as part of SCOUTER Magazine’s corporate commitment to America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth.

SCOUT Level Requirements

• Complete, at minimum, two hours of service in each of the twelve categories on the Ring of Service

• Earn the Honor Recognition.

• Do at least three of these four requirements (service related requirements below can be fulfilled at the same time as earning Honor Recognition):
  • Plan and lead your fellow Scouts in a Service Project (which can be as a part of a fulfillment for your own rank requirements)
  • Serve as a part of an Eagle Scout Service Project (not your own)
  • Be a part of a Service Project coordinated by any non-scout group (like your church youth group, or a school group or a local service club)
  • Get yourself prepared to serve by becoming certified in any of the following programs:
    • CPR Certified
    • Red Cross First Aid Certified
    • BSA or Red Cross Lifegaurd or Lifesaving certified
    • Some othe comparable certifation approved by your Scoutmaster

• Complete at least 36 additional hours of Service to America (can fall under any of the 12 Service Categories or any other appropriate servce as judged by your unit leader. A Scout who earns Meritorious Recognition will have completed at least 60 total hours of Service to America over the course of the year).

TROOP Level Requirements

• At least 60% of your Scouts fulfill the Ring of Honor requirements.

• As a troop, conduct at least three separate and different Service Projects during the year. At least 50% of your registered members must participate. The Servcie Projects can be to the benefit of any of the Ring of Service categories, or another area deemed apporporate by the Unit Committee.

• During these service projects, meet six of the eight requirements listed below:

• Find a corporate partner for at least two of your projects (for example, get the local hardware store to donate paint for a project, or have the neighborhood bank help you raise donations to pay for improvements at your project site)

• Partner with another group for at least one of your projects (this could be another Scout troop, church or school group, or maybe a Lions Club. Your Scout unit should serve with this other group during the project)

• Make all three of your Service Projects FUN! (fun outings, parties or other activities to make it extra enjoyable!)

• At least 10% of your registered unit Members earn the Meritorious Recognition of the Scout Ring of Service.

• Get publicity in the local media for yoru Scout unit while completing at least two of your service projects (invite out the lcoal television station for quick footage, or write a press release for your local newspapaer... there are many ways to get publicity for your project)

• Make a Scout Unit financial donation to your local Scout Council or District's Firends of Scouting Campaign, Endowment or World Scout Friendship Fund.

• Complete a special Service Project at your local council Scout camp (work with the camp ranger, and this project can be one of the three required in #1)

• Recruit volunteers from the communiuty for at least two of your projects. (These should be people who are not involved with your troop.)

 
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