The national Boy Scout organization's "Good Turn for America" initiative addresses three critical areas of need in our society: hunger, homelessness and poor health. The Boy Scouts have collaborated with The Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross and thousands of other community organizations, focusing the power of volunteerism on community issues. For more information please contact Erin McGuire at (402) 431-9BSA or via email at erin.mcguire@scouting.org.

Total recorded service hours for 2008:
Total service hours for 2007:	12,711
Total service hours for 2006:	9,916
Total service hours for 2005:	11,412
Total service hours for 2004:	5,685

Many of us are doing service projects all summer long. Don’t forget to log in your hours for Adopt-A-Park, Charter Partner service projects, Eagle projects, etc. Update your Good Turn for America hours today. Get your Good Turn for America ID number to log your hours and to print your recognition certificate to present at your next meeting. For any questions, please contact Erin McGuire at (402) 431-9BSA or via email at erin.mcguire@scouting.org. Visit www.goodturnforamerica.org.

The following are a few organizations or resources:

• Eastern Nebraska Office of Aging
• Ronald McDonald House Omaha or contact Paul (402) 346-9377
• Habitat for Humanity Omaha or call (402) 457-5657 or info@habitatomaha.org
• Volunteermatch.org
• UnitedWay.com
• VolunteerSolutions.org

If you are a non-profit organization seeking volunteers and would like to be added to our Service Opportunities list, please contact Erin McGuire at (402) 431-9BSA or via email at erin.mcguire@scouting.org.

"Scouts at Work" community service signs, let everyone know the Scouts are busy within their communities!

Ask your District Activities or Community Service Chairs for a sign to use when a Scout unit or Eagle Scout is engaged in a community service project.