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

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

's Scouting

Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....

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

Ideals

Lithuania Scout Association is unpolitical, non-profit making freewill driven youth organization. The aim of Lithuania Scout Association is to educate our members to be honest, high-minded, conscious citizens with the guidance of Robert Baden-Powell’s methods.

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, Petras Jurgėlas-Jurgelevicius established the first Scout troop

Scout troop

The Scout troop is a unit of Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts that usually meet weekly. Girl Guides often use Unit or Company instead. The troop is the fundamental unit, which a Scout joins and via which he or she participates in Scouting activities, such as camping, backpacking, and...

 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 Russia

Russia

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 occupied Lithuania, Lithuania Scout Association was suspended, but rehabilitated in 1988 in Vilnius

Vilnius

Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

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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 is Budek, translating as Be Prepared in Lithuanian

Lithuanian language

Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...

. The Lithuanian noun for a single Scout is Skautas.