The Armed Forces Family Day is a great example of
the partnership between the Colonial District and the Friends of Ft Hunt Park,
and various organizations supporting the event, including the National Parks Conservation
Association and the George Washington Parkway.
Our contribution to the day was to support the opening ceremony with a
Scout-led Pledge of Allegiance, to provide outstanding music from the Troop 996
Band, then to run fun and games for military families while working on a model
campsite. The Scouts also cheerfully
volunteered to serve the BBQ lunch to a long line of hungry visitors.
The Scouts who volunteered ranged from Scout rank
to Eagle, and they had great opportunities to learn and grow while serving
their community. Our young Scouts
demonstrated the EDGE method as they taught some youngsters how to build paper
“stomp-rockets”. The older Scouts
coordinated the flag ceremony with the event leader, with free reign to bring
on more Scouts and plan the tasks. All
of them learned some vital history lessons as they were able to speak with
several veterans of WWII, Korea and Vietnam. The Scouts even got to deliver the delicious
leftover trays of food to the Fairfax County Police and Fire Stations
afterwards. Each of them would likely
agree that the day was truly fun-with-a-purpose!
We look forward to supporting the next Ft Hunt Fall
community clean-up event as well as the next Armed Forces appreciation event in
May 2016. We hope to see Colonial
District units support these events — let us know if you’d like to get involved.
Provided by guest writer John Hickey.
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