Part 2 of 3
message from the incoming CSE

SCOUTS- Little HEROs as our inspirations, as our challenge!
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

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Looking forward for the in-coming Summer 2006, the James L. Gordon council is poised to come-up with the fresh move to establish an ELITE SCOUTING PROGRAM for the locality of Olongapo. A program which will be focus on producing a troop of local scouts who are well trained in all the aspects of scouting's brightest ideals. "Scouting is a challenge for adults- a chance to help young people." And by simply extending that help, these young people will serve as our reminders that we should always be in the light of those ideals to make this community a much better place for everyone.

By simply being a member of this group, you will give us the boost of knowing that we are not alone in our hopes to make this community and more so, this country, to be great again. JOIN US to make this little voice echo with pride!

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Fact Bits: Scouting is a worldwide youth movement which purpose is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, mental, social, intellectual and spiritual potentials as law-abiding citizens of their country and as members of their respective local, national and international communities.

• Adherence to spiritual principles, loyalty to the religion that expresses them and acceptance of the duties resulting therefrom.
• Loyalty to one's country in harmony with the promotion of peace, understanding and cooperation.
• Responsibility for the development of oneself.
• Participation in the development of oneself.
• Participation in the development of society with recognition and respect for the dignity of one's fellowmen and for the integrity of the natural world.
• A method of progressive self-education comprising of programs adapted to the various age groups and based upon a promise and law, learning by doing, membership in small groups, a scheme of personal progression and activities taking place in contact with nature.

The Boy Scouts of the Philipines has been one of the biggest Youth Organization since it was introduced in the year 1914, four years after scouting was founded . It has been a part of our country's history specially during the issuance of Commonwealth Act. No. 111 by then President Manuel L. Quezon on October 31, 1936, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was established as a public corporation tasked to, according to Section 3 of the law, "to promote through organization and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in Scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are in common use by Boy Scouts."

From a single troop in 1914, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines prides today as the largest Scout organization in the world, in terms of number of Scouts against the number of young people of Scouting age, with some 3++ million members nationwide.