By ECS Regional Marketing Rep Melanie Bright

On Saturday 22 February Scouts and Scouting volunteers around the world will be celebrating Founder’s Day – the birthday of Scouting founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell. In South Africa, events will take place throughout the weekend of 22-23 February to honour the achievements of our members over the past year.

Gold Star Meerkats, Leaping Wolves, Springbok Scouts, BP Awards, Service Awards and Merit Awards, and other forms of recognition will be bestowed upon our members who work tirelessly to ensure our young people are ready for life, while making real differences within their communities. Check out our Regional Social Media and mailers for more information!

Be seen at work and school!

On Friday 21 February we encourage all our members to wear their Scout uniforms or their SCOUTS SA branded t-shirts in public and share their personal Scouting stories with their peers!

In founding the Scout Movement, Baden-Powell believed that the Scout Method would go far to replace fear with compassion, and misunderstanding with sympathy. He felt that by training and empowering young people to expand their horizons, gain valuable life skills, acquire sound morals and values, and learn by doing, in an atmosphere of kindness and encouragement, we could all learn to work together to leave this world a better place than how we found it. Today, Scouting in South Africa continues to create positive change.