World Scout Scarf Day
World Scout Scarf Day is held annually on 1 August. All active and former scouts to wear their scout scarfs in public. Many people including prominent business persons followed the call and thus made the spirit of scouting visible. the scarf is only a symbol but a strong symbol for the scout promise and for our Scout mission to leave the world as a bit better a place than we had found it.
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