Olongapo City - Scouting Month 2011

October is Scouting Month. Everyone is encourage to support the programs and activities of the Local Scouting Movement under the theme "Scouting Builds Movement".

OCTOBER IS SCOUTING MONTH

October will be observed as Scouting Month by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) with the theme “Scouts: Acting Together to Save the Environment.”

The BSP is deeply involved in various projects and activities to support the economic, social and environment development objectives of the government through its advocacy programs.

On October 4, 2010 at the government employees flag-raising ceremony at the Rizal Triangle Multi-Purpose Center, Mayor James ‘Bong’ Gordon Jr. cited the importance of scouting and its role in society. Mayor Gordon is the Chairman of the BSP James L. Gordon Sr. Council.

“We are observing scouting month with more than a thousand national organizations all over the world,” said Mayor Gordon. “Scouting is part of our history.”

The Olongapo City BSP council has been renamed in honor of James L. Gordon Sr.

“Through the years, scouting has been part of a training program to promote responsible citizenship and leadership,” Mayor Gordon added.

More information about the scouting month may be obtained at the BSP Council office at East Tapinac Elementary School.

Mayor Gordon Opens Scouting Month

Mayor James “Bong” Gordon, Jr. formally opened the observance of Scouting Month last October 5, 2009 at the flag raising ceremonies attended by city employees and some four hundred (400) scouts who earlier marched and paraded from the Olongapo City Mall to the Rizal Triangle Multi-Purpose Covered Court in connection with the celebration.

“I am very pleased and proud that the essence of scouting still lives in the hearts of Olongapeño youth and children,” said Mayor Gordon. Scouting does not only hone responsible citizens and good leaders but also inculcates the love for God, country and fellowmen,” he added.

With this year’s theme, “Scouts Create A Better World,” the Boy Scouts of James L. Gordon Council (Olongapo Council) will be given the chance to chat, talk, and interact with other scouts all over the world thru the Jamboree-on-the-Air/Internet (JOTA-JOTI) program on October 17-18. Scout leaders will also conduct Climate Change and Global Warming Symposiums in different schools from October 19-31 to orient scouts on the importance of environmental protection. Accordingly, a successive city-wide clean-up drive will be conducted on October 23 to encourage scouts to actively participate in the fortification of the environment.

“Scouts will also carry out their social responsibilities as they visit and distribute relief goods and supplies to the flood-stricken families in Botolan, Zambales on October 24. They will also lead the launching of the Olongapo Scouting Book at the end of the month,” said Mario Esquillo, James L. Gordon Council Scout Executive.

Although October is designated as the official scouting month, activities are to be held until the following month. On November 1-15, selected scouts will be assigned to assist in traffic management and operations and will also attend the First Aid Training Course to be given by the scout council in cooperation with the Philippine National Red Cross-Olongapo Chapter on November 13-14.

To culminate the scouting celebration, at least one thousand (1,000) scouts and scouters will gather at the 2009 Council-Eco-Jamborette to be held at the vicinity of Subic Bay Development and Management Corporation (SBDMC), Subic Bay Freeport Zone on November 19-22.

Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr. together with the city’s scout leaders and scouters who marched from the Olongapo City Mall to the Rizal triangle Covered court last October 5, 2009 as an opening activity of the celebration of Scouting Month.

Pao/sara

OCTOBER IS SCOUTING MONTH

For the whole month of October, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) will be celebrating Scouting Month. Several activities are slated in conjunction with the celebration which is themed ‘Kabataan para sa kalikasan, kagalingan para sa kinabukasan.”

On October 13, 2008 at the government employees flag-raising ceremony at the Rizal Triangle Multi-Purpose Center, Mayor James ‘Bong’ Gordon Jr. cited the importance of scouting and its role in society. Mayor Gordon is also the Chairman of the BSP James L. Gordon Sr. Council.

“We are observing the scouting month, a 101 year-old organization with more than a thousand national organizations all over the world,” said Mayor Gordon. “Scouting became part of our history for 72 years and in Olongapo and Zambales alone, it has been more than 35 since the US Navy and the Methodist introduced scouting to our youth.”

It has also been thirty four years since the local BSP council has been renamed in honor of James L. Gordon Sr.

“Through the years, scouting has been part of a training program to promote responsible citizenship and leadership,” Mayor Gordon added.

On October 12, 2008 the BSP held a clean-up drive at Halfmoon Beach, Barretto.

A worldwide Jamboree, called “Jamboree on the Air” will be held where scouts from different countries will meet and chat through the use of modern technology such as radio and the internet.

A Council Jamboree will also be held from November 6 until November 9, 2008 where over a thousand local boy scouts will participate.

For more information about the scouting month, contact the BSP Council office at East Tapinac Elementary School.

PAO/Don