The Scouts, through their Good Turn for America programme, are focusing on supporting issues connected to food, shelter, and good health habits. Their project is a call to service to help provide adequate food and shelter and to develop good health habits in the country. Many children do not eat healthily and are not physically active enough, which can lead to increased body mass and serious health problems.

The Scouts can record their service hours and to inform people of what they have done on the project's website ( www.goodturnforamerica.org). As of February 2007, more than 4.8 million service hours had been given by the Scouts to their community. They have teamed up with the most respected governmental and non-governmental organisations, including the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and the Department of health and Human Services, to help people in need.

One extraordinary example of the type of service performed by North American Scouts is the cleaning up of houses affected by hurricane Katrina, which had been flooded, and filled with mud and debris. Scouts were trusted by the population, at a time when looting was widespread, and were able to provide hope and help rebuild trust in a community which badly needed it. You can see pictures of their service in the World Scout Foundation 2005 annual report.