What is Scout Sunday?

The Boy Scouts of America annually celebrates its founding on February 8, 1910, based on the program started by Lord Baden Powell in England on August 1, 1907. Scout Sunday was added to the Scout celebration in the middle 1940’s. Scout Sunday is always the Sunday preceding February 8th, unless the 8th is a Sunday in which case the 8th would be Scout Sunday. The Saturday following February 8th is Scout Sabbath.

The Scout Sunday tradition was started to make people in houses of worship aware of Scouting and to allow Scouts to live out their “Duty to God” pledged each week.  On Scout Sunday, uniformed Scouts and Scouters across the country will greet the congregation, participate in worship services, receive religious awards, and conduct service projects to benefit their place of worship.  The goal: To thank the religious institution for their service as the unit’s chartered organization.