Lietuvos skautų sąjunga (LSS, ''Scout Association of Lithuania'') is one of

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Scouting Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

organizations. The organization serves about 1,300 members as of 2008.

History

LSS claims to be the oldest Scouting organization in Lithuania. Its predecessor was established in 1930, although there are some opinions that it happened much earlier, in 1918, but that was only the embryo phase. In 1918, established the first

Scout troop A Scout troop is a term adopted into use with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the Scout Movement to describe their basic units. The term troop echoes a group of mounted scouts in the military or an expedition and follows the terms cavalry, mounted i ...

in Lithuania. In 1922, the first general assembly united the Lithuanian Scout Movement into the first Scout Association of Lithuania (SAL). This date could be argued as the year of establishment of Scout Association of Lithuania, for in 1930 when the law of Lithuanian Scouting Association (LSA) became effective all other organizations were united under the new name. After

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occupied Lithuania, the Scout Association of Lithuania was suspended, but rehabilitated in 1988 in

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Ideals

Lithuania Scout Association is unpolitical, non-profit making freewill driven youth organization.

Scout law

* A Scout is straight forward and keeps their word. * A Scout is faithful to God and Motherland. * A Scout is useful and helps neighbors. * A Scout is a friend to neighbors and is a brother or sister to other Scouts. * A Scout is polite. * A Scout is a friend of nature. * A Scout obeys parents and the authorities. * A Scout is lively, does not lose both self-control and hope. * A Scout is thrifty. * A Scout is sober and chaste in mind, words and actions.

Scout motto

The

Scout Motto The Scout Motto of the Scout movement is, in English, "Be Prepared", with most international branches of the group using a close translation of that phrase. These mottoes have been used by millions of Scouts around the world since 1907. Most of t ...

is ''Budėk'', translating as ''Be Prepared'' in

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. The Lithuanian noun for a single Scout is ''Skautas''.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lietuviu skautu sajunga Non-aligned Scouting organizations Scouting and Guiding in Lithuania Organizations based in Vilnius