By Matt Kelly

North Battleford Scouts painting the city yellow

Apr 18, 2016 | 12:14 PM

Something fishy is coming to North Battleford storm drains as the Second North Battleford Scout Group prepares to take part in Scouts Canada’s Good Turn Week.

From April 22 to May 1, Scout Groups across Canada will be doing good deeds in their communities like helping support groups and raising awareness.

On April 23, the group will be taking part in Trout Unlimited Canada’s Yellow Fish Road Program for Good Turn Week. Members of the Troop will paint yellow fishes on city storm drains and putting fish shaped door hangers on doors around the city.

Cub Scout Katana Hayward-Hunt said the paint-job is meant to raise awareness of how water sources are all connected.

“(Painting fish will) inform residents that anything that goes into the storm water system goes directly into our local water bodies,” she said.

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“When we don’t put anything chemical in the water, it prevents (fish) from swimming in it and getting sick and dying.”

Scouter Sarah Thompson said Good Turn Week isn’t just for the Scouts, as Groups aim to get their communities involved.

“We want to encourage the public to do good turns the same week we are doing our project because doing a good turn is good for the community and it helps other people and it brings everyone closer together as a city,” she said.

Good Turn Week is an initiative originally started by Scouts Canada’s National Youth Network where Groups do ‘good turns’, which according to Scouts Canada are defined as “an act of kindness provided without expectation for compensation or recognition”.

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by Matt Kelly

North Battleford Scouts painting the city yellow

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