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Scouting’s Core Values

Citizenship: Contributing service and showing responsibility to local, state, and national communities. 

 

Compassion: Being kind and considerate, and showing concern for the well-being of others. 

 

Cooperation: Being helpful and working together with others toward a common goal.

 

Courage: Being brave and doing what is right regardless of our fears, the difficulties, or the consequences. 

 

Faith: Having inner strength and confidence based on our trust in God. 

 

Health and Fitness: Being personally committed to keeping our minds and bodies clean and fit. 

 

Honesty: Telling the truth and being worthy of trust. 

 

Perseverance: Sticking with something and not giving up, even if it is difficult.

 

Positive Attitude: Being cheerful and setting our minds to look for and find the best in all situations. 

 

Resourcefulness: Using human and other resources to their fullest. 

 

Respect: Showing regard for the worth of something or someone. 

 

Responsibility: Fulfilling our duty to God, country, other people, and ourselves.

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