Capitol Area Council BSA is teaming with Leander ISD in November to collect phone cards for the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. The phone card drive is being conducted under the theme of “For Our Troops”. All LISD campuses and many student organizations are participating in the phone card drive.

 Many of our military personnel serving throughout the world, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan, can make good use of the minutes on donated phone cards to hear the voices of their families, especially over the holidays.

The Boy Scouts will be collecting cards from neighborhood associations, churches and other community organizations so they can be delivered to our brave men and women in uniform. Also, in partnership with Cub Scout Pack 158, donations are being accepted for the purchase of phone cards which will be delivered along with those that are received through the collection effort.

Please consider assisting with collecting phone cards or make a donation online to purchase phone cards so our brave men and women can hear the voices of their families over the holidays.

The Boy Scouts of America believes that youth participation in community service activities is a means to develop character and facilitate personal growth. Please join us in this mission to exercise the Scout slogan and do a good turn daily.

Some good turns are big—saving a life, helping out after floods or other disasters, recycling community trash, working with others on conservation projects. But good turns are often small, thoughtful acts—helping a child cross a busy street, going to the store for an elderly neighbor, cutting back brush that is blocking a sign, doing something special for a brother or sister, welcoming a new student to your school. A Good Turn is more than simple good manners. It is a special act of kindness.