Do your good turn daily – don’t forget! Do scouting every day by living the scout law. -- Mr. Rzepczynski

Special thanks to Erik Limpaecher, leader of the Energy Systems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He did a great job presenting on energy resilience and disaster preparedness, based on his research and field work in New England and Puerto Rico. A good scout should be able to join a team like this to help others.

All scouts should take to heart his message that we should all “be prepared” for any disaster, even one in Concord, MA. As Mr. Limpaecher stated, every scout can ask their parents whether their family is prepared and help with an emergency plan. For example. if there is a significant power loss, does your family have a plan for coping with this issue? As scouts, we follow the motto, “Be Prepared”. So we should be ready for most events.

Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts explains the meaning of the phrase "Be Prepared":  The Scout Motto is: BE PREPARED which means you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your DUTY.

• Be Prepared in Mind by having disciplined yourself to be obedient to every order, and also by having thought out beforehand any accident or situation that might occur, so that you know the right thing to do at the right moment, and are willing to do it.
• Be Prepared in Body by making yourself strong, active and able to do the right thing at the right moment, and do it.

Scouts, remember that we have our Concord Minuteman Pursuit Trail hike coming up on April 19th. This is a 20-miler but with some fun stops along the way. If you are interested, you may want to get in some shorter hikes and check your boots beforehand to be ready for the day.  The sign-up is above.