Scout founder day

Who is this old man in the picture? Well, he is Lord Boden Powell and he is the founder of scout. Why am I posting this kind of thing? Because today, on 22nd Feb is a Scout founder's day. Scout first began in 1907 and first camp was held at Brownsea island in England. Today, scout has spread to 155 countries?! In Singapore, scout was introduced at 1910. Do you wonder why scouts can spread all over the world? Here is a short story that inspired the growth of the scout all over the world:

"Boyce was lost on a foggy street in London in 1909 when an unknown Scout came to his aid, guiding him to his destination.^[1] The boy then refused Boyce's tip, explaining that he was a Boy Scout and was merely doing his daily good turn. Soon thereafter, Boyce met with General Baden-Powell, who was Chief Scout at the time. Boyce returned to America, and, four months later, founded the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910."


Why scout? Scout will helps us to build leadership skill, initiative, self-reliance, moral education, community service and teamwork and also promoted physical ,mental and spiritual development. Some challenging activities including pioneering, hiking, camping, expeditions and campfires.So scouts work hard and play hard at the same time. One of the most famous thing about scout is probably the "Do a Good Turn Daily" movement. This means that scout need to tie a thumb knot on their scarf and only untie it once a scout already do something "good" for other people. Interesting isn't it?


Every year on 22nd February is also known as a World Thinking Day by the scouts movement and every year they will be have different theme. So this year the theme is "Together we can end extreme poverty and hunger". Basically the scouts will raise some funds to fight the poverty and hunger all over the world!


Lastly, I would love to wish all the scouts Happy Founder Day! Next time, I will talk about my scouting life! Cheers!


Well if you interested in a scout, check out this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting#Growth
Here is also a link for a World thinking Day movements http://www.worldthinkingday.org/en/grab/3639/1/aboutWTD2010.pdf