We want to know what your unit (pack/troop/crew) is doing for Good Turn For America and encourage you to report the details of your service projects.

You must report your service projects online to count towards your Journey to Excellence Award

• Journey to Excellence Service Hours Information:
  • Service hours website
  • New user instructions
• Unit Tips for Success
• Sample Reports
• Service Hours Worksheet   Complete and submit to your service chair to be entered online.

Please report your hours monthly so we may recognize you and your Scouts for all your efforts and count it towards the total council service hours that are shared with our state government officials at the annual 'Report to State' event and with National BSA. Remember you can do this anytime throughout the year (and as many times as you want to report), but we MUST have all hours for the current year received by December 30th in order to count.

Since 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has taught the principles of the Scout Oath and Law through community service,"helping other people at all times" and "Do a Good Turn Daily". Good Turn for America (GTFA) is the name under which all that Scouting service happens across the nation and provides a structure in which unit service is recognized and recorded.

Service projects may include, but are not limited to: planting trees, sending care packages to military units overseas, collecting food in Scouting for Food, picking up garbage around your community, and much more.

Although GTFA is year-round, the Chief Seattle Council does a concentrated effort in SCOUTING FOR FOOD during the month of March. This is the one annual council coordinated service project. The 2011 dates were March 19th (place door hangers in designated neighborhoods) and March 26th (return to those neighborhoods, collect all donated items and take to local food bank). Talk to your district Scouting for Food coordinator or your district executive for specific details on your district plans.

Start planning your pack service projects, including Scouting for Food, now!

Click HERE for a Good Turn for America fact sheet.