Boy Scouts of America
Civic Engagement Speech
Boy Scouts of America
Introduction:
A. Did you know that Boy Scouts of America has over 2.7 million youth members and over 1 million adult volunteers who participated in service projects adding up to 13,449,017 service hours in 2012?
B. That being said, my goal for today is to inform you on what the Boy Scouts of America do as well as some of the benefits that the community receives from youth scouts.
My name is ______ _____ and today I am going to be talking about the Boy Scouts of America
C. I know you all are thinking why I am giving a speech about Boy Scouts when the cut off age to be a Scout is 18 but that is beside the point. I feel that Boy Scouts has a great impact on the youth who go through the program as well as the community surrounding it. I myself started scouts in first grade and finished this past summer finally earning my Eagle Scout. Yes that does mean I was dedicated to the program for about 12 years.
D. Today I am going to talk about the history of scouting, the goals of scouting, as well as how scouting affects the community in a positive way.
Transition: To begin I am going to tell you a little bit of the history of scouting.
History
1. In 1907, British lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell founded the scouting movement in England with help from the YMCA which was an early promoter of the development for young men focusing on social welfare, programs of mental, physical, and religious development. Shortly after Powell started the scouting movement in England several small scouting programs for young men started in the U.S., which many later merged with Boy Scouts of America. The BSA's stated purpose in 1910 was to teach boys patriotism, courage, and self-reliance. Later, in 1937, the BSA's mission was "Each generation as it comes to maturity has no more important duty than that of teaching high ideals and proper behavior to the generation which follows." The current mission statement of
Boy Scouts of America
Introduction:
A. Did you know that Boy Scouts of America has over 2.7 million youth members and over 1 million adult volunteers who participated in service projects adding up to 13,449,017 service hours in 2012?
B. That being said, my goal for today is to inform you on what the Boy Scouts of America do as well as some of the benefits that the community receives from youth scouts.
My name is ______ _____ and today I am going to be talking about the Boy Scouts of America
C. I know you all are thinking why I am giving a speech about Boy Scouts when the cut off age to be a Scout is 18 but that is beside the point. I feel that Boy Scouts has a great impact on the youth who go through the program as well as the community surrounding it. I myself started scouts in first grade and finished this past summer finally earning my Eagle Scout. Yes that does mean I was dedicated to the program for about 12 years.
D. Today I am going to talk about the history of scouting, the goals of scouting, as well as how scouting affects the community in a positive way.
Transition: To begin I am going to tell you a little bit of the history of scouting.
History
1. In 1907, British lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell founded the scouting movement in England with help from the YMCA which was an early promoter of the development for young men focusing on social welfare, programs of mental, physical, and religious development. Shortly after Powell started the scouting movement in England several small scouting programs for young men started in the U.S., which many later merged with Boy Scouts of America. The BSA's stated purpose in 1910 was to teach boys patriotism, courage, and self-reliance. Later, in 1937, the BSA's mission was "Each generation as it comes to maturity has no more important duty than that of teaching high ideals and proper behavior to the generation which follows." The current mission statement of