Bethesda, MD — The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) asks everyone to help kick off our #SummerofService on NCAC Day of Giving —Thursday, June 10.
National Capital Area Council is in the business of making our communities stronger by serving more than 36,000 families and helping instill in our young people the values of the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generosity of our donors to ensure we can deliver on our promise to make the DC Metro region a better place. That is why we are kicking off NCAC’s Summer of Service with a Giving Day on June 10th.
“On NCAC Day of Giving, we hope to ignite a spark that will encourage people to give more, whether it be their time or resources, to help make a profound effect on the youth in the DC metro area.” said Craig Poland, Scout Executive of NCAC. “By contributing to Scouting, more youth will experience a program that will further instill values and character in their moral fiber.”
For over 100 years, Scouting families have answered the call to work together in service of the greater good. From public health drives to caring for the environment to assisting neighbors in need. Scouts have always been a force for positivity and goodness in our communities. It is what we do. It is part of our DNA. We serve others. Now more than ever, our world needs that Scouting spirit once again.
As part of Summer of Service, a national effort, we’re also asking Scouting families to give back to their communities this summer through acts of service. Scouts will serve in a variety of ways as defined by the individual. The spectrum will range from large city-wide projects to small random acts of kindness. Although any type of service is applicable, there will be 4 key areas of focus: The Environment, Health & Wellness, Our Communities, and Neighbors In-Need.
To learn more about NCAC Day of Giving and our Summer of Service, visit www.ncacbsa.org/SummerGiving
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About Boy Scouts of America & National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America provides the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be “Prepared. For Life. ™ The Scouting organization is composed of 2.6 million youth members between the ages of 6 and 21 and more than a million volunteers in local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more, please visit www.Scouting.org.
National Capital Area Council was organized in 1911 and today stands as one of the oldest and largest councils in America. The Council territory includes the District of Columbia; Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland; and in Virginia the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Caroline, King George, Stafford and Culpeper as well as the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, Manassas Park and Fredericksburg in Virginia; and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, please visit www.NCACBSA.org.
Timothy is an Eagle Scout, Bobwhite, Cubmaster, Lone Scout Counselor, district vice chair of membership, Accenture Senior Manager, and most proudly a husband and father of seven aged 18 to 4. He met his future wife, Sonja, in 1998, while working at Colonial Virginia Council Camp Chickahominy. Married in 2002, they have seven wonderful children – Anna Sophia (American Heritage Girl Stars and Stripes), Adrianna (Tenderfoot), Albert (Life), Cecilia (Tenderfoot), Dominik (Webelos), Christopher (Wolf), and Linnea.
Ann is a proud graduate of Mount Holyoke College and the University of Southern California’s School of Dentistry. There she worked with the children’s mobile dental clinic, and is a founding member and director of the USC SoCal VoCals, a cappella group. She completed a general practice residency at Los Angeles County and USC and served on faculty at USC and UOP.
Rich first joined Scouting as an 8th grader in Chicago’s suburbs in Troop 223 in the Calumet Council. Rich was an active Scout and achieved Eagle Scout. He enjoyed his time as a member of an Outdoor Adventure Exploring Post.
Troop 7227, sponsored by Good Hope Country Day School on St. Croix, was unable again to conduct their bi-annual Scouting For Food event at the local supermarket due to covid restrictions, so the PLC came up with a plan to conduct a one-day food drive in a local community called Judith’s Fancy. The proceeds would be donated to The Lighthouse Mission, operated by Pastor Abe of Southgate Baptist Church, to feed the homeless in Christiansted.
