As the season of service ramps up, I like to politely remind people that Scouts do this kind of thing 12 months out of the year. It’s kind of our slogan.
Technical skills can be learned in a few weeks. But soft skills like leadership and teamwork? Acquiring those takes the kind of immersion found in Scouting.
I flipped open a merit badge pamphlet recently and saw eight words on the first page. The words were added around 2013, but I hadn’t noticed them before.