Building Communities Through Service

The BSA prepares young people for lives of service by providing opportunities for them to help their communities through service to others. During 2014, Scouts across America recorded 14,356,107 hours of service to their communities at a value of more than $323 million (based on a national volunteer-hour value of $22.55).

Since joining the Messengers of Peace program in 2013—a global initiative designed to inspire millions of young men and women in more than 220 countries and territories to work toward peace—the BSA has joined Scouts worldwide to contribute more than 600 million hours (and counting) of community service.