{"id":232110,"date":"2016-07-13T06:06:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=232110"},"modified":"2016-07-13T06:06:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:06:35","slug":"gillespie-scouts-program-needs-adult-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gillespie-scouts-program-needs-adult-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillespie: Scouts program needs adult volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Salvation Army pastor Wayne Gillespie, right, answers a question from a Rotary Club of Saipan member in yesterday\u2019s meeting at the Giovanni\u2019s restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Saipan. Gillespie is asking his fellow Rotarians to support his plan of reviving the Boy and Cub Scouts program. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More than four adult volunteers are needed to fill various posts to lead the CNMI Boy and Cub Scouts. The Salvation Army pastor Wayne Gillespie is trying to revive the program in the Commonwealth that has been in the doldrums more than 10 years now.<\/p>\n

Gillespie was one of the guest speakers in yesterday\u2019s Rotary Club of Saipan meeting at the Giovanni\u2019s restaurant of the Hyatt Regency Saipan. He urged Rotary members, especially those in the business sector and church groups, to help support the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m reaching out to businesses and churches for their support, either by volunteering to be one of the adult leaders or sponsor the unit. Adult leaders will undergo background check just to make sure they don\u2019t have any bad record,\u201d Gillespie told the Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they chose to sponsor a unit, especially for businesses, it would only cost them a little amount in helping the scouts,\u201d said Gillespie, who added that at least four adult counselors\u2014two each for the Boy and Cub Scouts\u2014are needed.<\/p>\n

A number of merit badge counselors are also needed, aside from the four that would act as the Scout leaders. A wide variety of badges, either for emergency preparedness or camping and hiking, are going to be awarded to members of the units who accomplish certain activities.<\/p>\n

Gillespie, who is the sergeant-at-arms of the local Rotary Club, said volunteers for the district committee members are positions that must also be filled up. \u201cThere are a number of posts also for the district committee and they will help run the district and provide leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that a volunteer doesn\u2019t need to be a former Boy or Cubs Scout to fill up the vacant positions. \u201cEven me, I was never a Scout but I volunteered. You don\u2019t need to have experience being a Boy or Cub Scout to become an adult leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of training programs and outlines online on how to become a Scout Master that can be quickly learned. These are training in order for you to know how to organize and hold meetings,\u201d said Gillespie.<\/p>\n

Gillespie added that women are also welcome to volunteer for any position. \u201cWomen can be Scout leaders too. All we need are committed volunteers that would help the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey could get in touch with me so we could schedule and organize a meeting. I\u2019m more than willing to answer any of their questions and be with them every step of the way,\u201d said Gillespie.<\/p>\n

The CNMI is under the Honolulu-based Aloha Council that also includes Hawaii, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau. The Aloha Council has the largest geographical area of the Scout Movement.<\/p>\n

The training sources can be on the Aloha Council website at alohacouncilbsa.org. For information, call or text Gillespie at 483-0885.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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