If you have not already used the Unknown Scout Bobcat Advancement Ceremony, you may need to lay the groundwork for this by telling the popular story of the unknown Scout:
William Boyce stopped over in London on his way to Africa in 1909. He got lost in a heavy London fog one day and an unknown Scout offered to help him get back to his hotel. When they arrived, Boyce offered the boy a tip but he refused saying he could not accept payment for doing a ggood deed. Boyce was so intrigued that he met with Baden-Powell and brought the Scouting program to America.
If you conducted the Unknown Scout Bobcat Advancement ceremony or have shared the popular tale of the Unknown Scout, proceed with:
It is such an amazing thing that we learned about the Unknown Scout, that a small act of kindness and service to one person could have such a great impact on millions of people. But what we heard was the legend of the beginnings of the Boy Scouts of America. Climatologists report that, in fact, there was no fog in London that day. And eye witness accounts say that William Boyce was actually standing across the street from his hotel when the unknown Scout approached him to offer assistance. So, you see, that simple act of kindness and service was very simple indeed and yet, it had no less impact. I hope that each of you will take this lesson from the story I just told, that a service or kindness to others, no matter how small, may just touch a single life or it may ripple through time to shape a country. In either case, it is time well spent.
