Service to our community and others is an important aspect of Scouting as evidenced by its inclusion in the Scout Oath wherein a scout pledges “to help other people at all times”. To encourage scouts and scouts family members to service the community, BSA Troop 55 became “Certifying Organization” in July 2014 to establish the “The President’s Volunteer Award” program at BSA Troop 55. Troop 55 will also establish accounts for different patrols; individual scout’s community service hours will be aggregated into his patrol.
At Court of Honor, we will award “President’s Volunteer Service Award” not only to scouts who achieve it, but also we will award patrols who meet the award criteria. We encourage a “very friendly” competition among different patrols from troop 55 in term of serving our communities. To create an account and keep track of your community service hours, please go to this URL (with your parent’s help if you are under 14) https://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/tgact/ros/dspROSlogin.cfm, once you create your web account, please contact Mr. Ye (yejeff [at] hotmail [dot] com) for “Record of Service Key” to help link your account to Troop 55 as your certifying organization, as well the group key for your patrol.
To find out more, please check “President’s Volunteer Service Award” at troop 55 web page
