Doing their civic duty

I recently got an e-mail from Suzy Lentchner, assistant Cubmaster for Pack 309 in Ontario. She wrote me to tell me that the Cub Scouts of Ontario Pack 309 Bear Den 1 and Webelos Hawk Patrol we learning the importance of being good citizens.

"Part of Good Citizenship means doing things to help other people, and part of it means doing your civic duty.  While the Boy Scouts of America has a strict policy which prohibits Scouts from promoting any particular political view or candidate, Scouts have been active in encouraging people to "get out and vote" for more than 50 years," she said in her e-mail.

  Lentchner said in the past Scouts have gone door-to-door to speak about voting. This year the Scouts by passed and handed out fliers at a local grocery.

"The Webelos Scouts were working on their Citizen Webelos Activity Pin which is required for them to earn their Webelos Rank Badge," she stated.

Community service projects have always been an integral part of the Boy Scout program, as is demonstrated by the Scout Slogan "Do a good turn daily," Lentchner said.