Dmytro Dutka

BIO

Dmytro is passionate about his Ukrainian community on both a local and international level. His drive to volunteer is to be someone today’s Ukrainian youth can look up to and to engrave the Ukrainian spirit into the next generation. 

Once his age permitted, Dmytro transitioned from being a scout participant to a scouts leader. He has held every role as a counsellor including being a weekly meeting leader, camp counsellor, camp director, camp cook, and trainer. He also served as a judge and led multiple teams of youth to Orlykiada: a North American competition for Plast youth members, focusing on leadership, Ukrainian culture and history. Later on, Dmytro took his love of scouts to the next level and volunteered as the section head for young adults for his Toronto branch, National Executive and fraternity (Vovkulaky). He organized his peers to plan and execute several events during the pandemic including a food delivery service for seniors, a car rally to raise spirits in Toronto, a national summer program in 2020, a new merit badge in 2021 and all while hosting online social events across Canada. Most recently, he is a member of the Plast Toronto Council, overseeing the work of the Board of Directors. 

Dmytro’s primary passion is summer camps. In 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite numerous challenges and restrictions, Dmytro and 3 other scouts planned and executed a very successful overnight youth camp with over 60 kids. Most recently, he traveled to Austria this summer, where he helped lead a Plast camp for refugee children. 

Dmytro is also the recipient of the Ontario Youth Volunteer Service Award, the 2021 Community Recognition Award – Covid Hero as well as the recipient of a St. George in Bronze medal in 2017, the highest award for a Plastyn his age.