Scouts across the country will spend a week encouraging not only one another, but family friends and others to get involved in their community.

It's all part of the 5th annual Good Turn Week.

Victoria Knapp, Youth Spokesperson for the Manitoba Council of Scouts explains what the overall goal of this initiative is...

She says it's easy to get involved...

Knapp says it's especially important for young people to take part in the event...

A 2013 Harris/Decima survey commissioned by Scouts Canada examined the frequency in which Canadians perform good turns and found 51 percent of Canadians are the recipient of a good turn at least once a month, while only 28 percent of Canadians have a good turn performed for them twice a week or more.

Good Turn Week starts on Saturday April 26th and runs until May 4th.

Canadians can share their good turns with Scouts Canada's 100,000 youth members and adult volunteers by submitting it via the Good Turn Week website, on Twitter using #goodturn, or on Facebook.