Camp gives the public a glimpse into Scouting, plus other news in Scouting this week

On Oct. 12, over 500 families participated in activities designed to showcase the skills and values taught by the Scouts at the Weird Science Camp held at Cedar Point Scout Camp in Fairmont, Minnesota.

The camp, organized by Nicole Loyd, a pack leader and Cubmaster, featured hands-on science experiments such as slime, lava lamps and traditional Scouting activities.

The event aimed to encourage families to join Scouting by offering a glimpse into its activities, life skills and values.

“If you like these activities, Scouting is for you,” she said. “Scouting covers cornerstone values. If you learn them, you will do well in life.”

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Scout helps convert bus into food truck

Eagle Scout candidate Ari Gross, from Troop 31 in Charleston, South Carolina, dedicated his service project to serving free meals to the community through a church bus.

After volunteering at Recycled Love, a thrift store that provides free meals, Ari partnered with Nadine Carmon, CEO of Break the Cycle Foundation, and helped her team convert an old church bus into a food truck.

“My highest priority would be to convert this old church bus into a food truck so I can get food to people in the community rather than them having to come to me,” said Carmon.

Ari raised over $4,800 through GoFundMe and negotiated discounts for materials. Ari and his team spent more than 400 hours working on the project.

The renovated bus now includes essential kitchen equipment and will deliver meals to communities in need.

Read more about this story on the ABC 4 News website.

Scout builds butterfly habitat

Julia Stedman completed her Eagle Scout service project by creating a 100-square-foot butterfly way station at her former school, Saint Joseph School in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

A way station is where butterflies can rest, refuel and lay their eggs during their migration journey.

 Julia secured funding through a $200 grant and a $160 donation. She then managed a team of 17 volunteers and led kindergartners in planting perennials to attract butterflies.

Read more about this story on the The Journal website.


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Sheniece Chappell is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.