Volunteers spend 4-6 hours each week with their assigned youth for an average of two years. Scout Council, Inc . provides youth activities, travel and camping for boys and girls, to instill values in young people and prepare them to make ethical choices. Scouting promotes in young people leadership skills, team work and independence. Volunteers are trained to lead a scout troup. Camping trip and travel time commitments vary with each troup.
Volunteers can also be co-leaders in a troup.
The program has enriched and changed many lives, including the team members and their home congregation. Volunteers complete training programs, attend monthly meetings of the Team, complete required immunizations, and support each other in the Team context. 270-1355 Ellis Hospital Pastoral Care Department is an ecumenical group of trained volunteers who call on those in the hospital. They are trained in listening skills, confidentiality, how to make proper visits and in issues that they will meet in a hospital or nursing home setting. Each chaplain aide receives 15 hours of special training at Ellis Hospital before being assigned to call on patients.