extensive service project that he plans, organizes, leads and
manages before his 18th birthday; and
WHEREAS, In 2014, Eagle Scout projects provided more than
$183 million in service to communities across the nation; and
WHEREAS, Collectively, scouts across America recorded more
than 14 million hours of service to their communities in 2014,
at a value of more than $323 million; and
WHEREAS, Since joining the Messengers of Peace program in
2013, the BSA has joined scouts worldwide to contribute more
than 600 million hours of community service; and
WHEREAS, The mission of the BSA is to prepare young people to
make ethical and moral choices over their lifetime by instilling
the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law; and
WHEREAS, The Scout Oath states that, "On my honor I will do
my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the
Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself
physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight"; and
WHEREAS, Scout Law requires that a scout is "trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful,
thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent"; and
WHEREAS, Many great citizens of our nation and Commonwealth
have been Boy Scouts, and 4% of them went on to receive the
Eagle Scout award; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of September 10 through 16, 2018, as "Boy Scout and Cub
Scout Sign-Up Week" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
important role the Boy Scouts of America plays in our nation and
in this Commonwealth.
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