Boy Scouts Get Their Hands Dirty To Beautify Garden

With sleeves rolled up and gloves put on, members of Wolf Den 4 of Cub Scout Pack 49 worked to beautify a butterfly garden outside the Jefferson Township Library. The boys tilled the earth, planted flowers, and put down mulch, all in an effort to beautify their local community.

 Since its origin, the scouting program has been an educational experience concerned with values.  In 1910, the first activities for scouts were designed to build character, physical fitness, practical skills, and service.  These elements were part of the original Cub Scout program and continue to be part of Cub Scouting today.

 This service project encompassed four of the 12 Core Values of Scouting:

1. Citizenship:  Contributing services and showing responsibility to local state and national communities.
2. Cooperation:  Being helpful and working together with others toward a common goal.
3. Respect:  Showing regard for the worth of something or someone.
4. Responsibility:  Fulfilling our duty to God, country, other people, and ourselves

 Pack 49 serves the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township.  Anyone interested in joining may contact Committee Chair Mike Black:  mikeblack74@verizon.net, or come to Pack 49’s Recruitment Night on May 12 atCozy Lake School at 7 p.m.