Scouts Job Week gets underway

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Scouts Job Week gets underway to promote the value of community service

At the first nationwide Scouts Job Week to be staged for many years, thousands of Cubs and Scouts from all over New Zealand will be helping out in communities across the country.

Scouts Job Week (formerly known as Bob a Job) was an iconic part of the Scouts movement in the 1970s and its re-introduction has been warmly welcomed by generations of former Cubs and Scouts.

Scouts Job Week began on September 20 and runs till October 10.

It is being reintroduced at a time when Scouts is experiencing unprecedented growth in New Zealand. Across the country, Scouts New Zealand has again this year grown by almost 5 per cent. This is the fourth consecutive year of growth for the movement.

“Scouts Job Week is about encouraging our core values of community service and undertaking work for just reward, these are important values to develop in young people,” says Scouts New Zealand Chief Executive, Chris Hooper.

“In the wake of the Canterbury earthquake we have all seen tremendous community spirit and service, with neighbours and strangers chipping in to help each other out and ensure the well-being of others.

“It is this kind of spirit that we are tapping into for our annual ScoutsJob Week.”

During Scouts Job Week Scout groups will be undertaking a variety of activities in their local community with the support of businesses and individuals.

Mr Hooper says that all the money raised in each local area stays in that area to pay for new equipment, or funds young people to the forthcoming National Scout Jamboree at Mystery Creek in January 2011, which will be attended by about 5000 Scouts.

“Our vision is simple – “Adventure for Life”.

An increasing number of kids and their parents love this ethos of adventure and the values which we promote through activities such as Scouts Job Week, Mr Hooper added.

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