Activities & Civic Service
Activities
Monterey Bay Trekkers
The Monterey Bay Trekkers hiking program is an opportunity for Cub Scouts and their families to explore local hiking trails and parks in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties. Through the Trekkers program, Cub Scouts and their families will also learn why health and fitness are important for a long-lasting and productive life.
Civic
Service
Coastal Cleanup Day
California Coastal Cleanup Day will be be Saturday, September 19th from9:00 a.m. to Noon at all beaches and waterways in the great state of California. Scout groups in the Monterey Bay Area Council can hold cleanups at any beach or waterways in the tri-county area. The purpose of the cleanup is to beautify the beaches, learn about the coastal environment and have fun! Your unit can go to the same beach as last year, or you can change beaches if you choose. If your unit Cleanup, please go to the beach of your choice. Volunteers from the various coastal organizations will be at selected beaches with bags and other materials. Scouts should wear their uniform, a unit t-shirt, or cleanup. Every Scout, leader, and participating family member (brothers, sisters, cousins, etc.) may earn a Coastal Cleanup patch for participating.
Scouting for Food Dates varies by District
In the Law of the Pack, a Cub Scout gives good will and in the Boy Scout Promise, a Boy Scout promises to help other people at all times. By participating in a Scouting for Food program, scouts come a step closer to fulfilling those words. Across the country, in many councils and districts, thousand of troops and packs with millions of scouts involved collect tens of millions of pounds of food which is distributed to needy neighbors.
Scouting of Food is a food collection effort carried out by Boy Scouts, Ventures, and Cub Scouts from your community. Scouts distribute food drive donation requests (flyers, notes, and/or bags) throughout a designated area and then return to collect bags filled with donated food. The food is collected and carried to local food pantries, churches, shelters for the homeless, and other local agencies that feed the needy. Scouting for Food is a project rooted in the very foundation of the Scouting movement. Through initiative and hard work, the Boy Scouts have developed a framework that can help local food pantries feed tens of thousands of needy local residents with emergency aid. It is up to the people of our communities to make Scouting for Food a success.
The Scouting for Food Campaign will continue to bring Scout units closer to their Chartered Organizations and communities by focusing their food campaign efforts on a pantry in their immediate area, possible associated with their own Chartered Organization.