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| This Activity is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. | |
| Required: | For each scout: work gloves work pants full water bottle |
| Preparation: | Scouts should be told to bring work gloves to the meeting place and wear work pants. The meeting place should be a local park in a neighborhood. |
| Notes: | A 'Knight Errant' was a knight that wandered the land searching for adventures. This activity is a good way to get scouts out into the community. This activity should be done on a Saturday in spring for best success rates. |
| Scouts are sent out in pairs, threes, or patrols. Their goal is to perform as many Good Deeds as they can for neighbors in the community. The scouts go door-to-door asking the resident if they have any odd jobs needing done outside - no indoor jobs. They should make sure the resident understands they would like to do the good deed for free with no obligation. At the end of the allotted time - 2 hours is good - all scouts should return to the assembly area. When all scouts have returned, break out a substantial snack or have volunteers prepare a BarBQue in the park while they were gone. After grace, while the scouts are eating, have each patrol leader stand up and report on the Good Deeds they accomplished. | |
Knight Errantry Activity 
