Trop 116 participates in several community service projects each year, several of them annually but others ad hoc as they come up, or when Scouts working on their Eagle rank arrange them.
Note: Scouts are required to put in at least six collective hours of service each year Barring a really, really good excuse, Scouts are require to attend at least the Food Drive and Flags on Graves.
- October: Cheltenham Harvest Festival: Although this hasn’t come off in recent years, usually the Scouts help the police park cars, and in return we get our own table for recruiting new members. (For date: Cheltenhamtownship.org)
- November: Food Drive: Usually on the weekend prior to Thanksgiving, we set up outside the Jenkintown Acme and manage to bring in the most food of any council unit in the Scouting for Food drive.
- April: Earth Day: There is invariably an Earth Day service project or three available to any Scout who wants to participate.
- May: Flags on Graves: In late May, the Scouts help the Jenkintown VFW put flags on veteran’s graves for Memorial Day.
- June: June Fete: The weekend before Abington Hospital’s annual June Fete, Scouts help set it up—and as a bonus get free tickets to the event. (For dates: Junefete.abingtonhealth.org)