Leroy N. Soetoro
2018-05-02 20:09:58 UTC
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/02/boy-scouts-
scouts-bsa-girls-joining-cub-scouts/572036002/
The Boy Scouts of America doubled down Wednesday on its quest to become
the scouting organization of choice for boys and girls, announcing it will
drop "Boy" from the name of its signature program.
Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh also unveiled the group's new "Scout
Me In" marketing campaign aimed at promoting inclusiveness.
As we enter a new era for our organization, it is important that all
youth can see themselves in Scouting in every way possible," Saurbaugh
said.
The umbrella organization will retain its name, Boy Scouts of America or
BSA. The term Cub Scouts, for kids 7-10 years old, is gender neutral and
also will go unchanged. Boy Scouts, which includes kids from 10 to 17,
will become Scouts BSA in February.
Change has been coming quickly to the iconic if shrinking organization. In
October, it announced it would provide programs for girls. Several months
before that, the group announced it would accept and register transgender
youths into its organization.
In 2015, it ended its ban on gay leaders.
Cub Scouts will formally accept girls starting this summer. But Saurbaugh
said more than 3,000 girls nationwide already enrolled in the BSAs Early
Adopter Program and are participating in Cub Scouts ahead of the full
launch.
Allowing girls into the organization allows busy families to consolidate
programs for their kids, BSA says. Most of the actual Cub packs and Scout
troops, however, will be single gender.
Cub Scouts is a lot of fun, and now its available to all kids, said
Stephen Medlicott, BSA marketing director. Thats why we love Scout Me
In because it speaks to girls and boys and tells them, This is for
you. We want you to join!
Boy Scouts of America claims almost 2.3 million members, down from 2.6
million five years ago. That includes Venturing and Sea Scouting programs,
the latter allowing membership up to 21 years of age. In its peak years,
Boy Scout of America had more than 4 million participants.
Adults play a major role in the program: Almost 1 million adult volunteers
serve as the backbone of the organization.
The program for the older boys and girls will largely be divided along
gender lines but will cover similar activities. All participants can work
toward the prestigious title of Eagle Scout.
It's too early to determine what impact the aggressive BSA effort to
recruit girls will have on the Girl Scouts of the USA, an organization
best known for its lucrative annual cookie sales.
The organization, founded two years after Boy Scouts, currently claims a
membership of about 1.8 million. And like BSA, it also has seen a
membership decline. The Girl Scout organization responded to the latest
news with a shrug. In a statement, the organization noted that the BSA
announcement included no new, "girl specific" programming.
Girl Scouts is the premier leadership development organization for
girls, Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, said in a
statement. We are, and will remain, the first choice for girls and
parents"
The organization listed a series of efforts to "stay ahead of the pack of
youth organizations." That includes 23 new merit badges focusing on
outdoors and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
Last month, the organization unveiled a LinkedIn network aimed tapping a
major resource the group's 50 million alums. The goal of the network is
"to support female advancement in the workforce and help prepare girls for
a lifetime of leadership and career success."
Still, the impact of the BSA effort is being felt. One regional leader,
Fiona Cummings of Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois, told the Associated
Press the BSAs decision to admit girls is among the factors that have
shrunk her councils youth membership by more than 500 girls so far this
year.
She said relations with the Boy Scouts in her region used to be
collaborative and now are very chilly.
How do you manage these strategic tensions? she asked. We both need to
increase our membership numbers.
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scouts-bsa-girls-joining-cub-scouts/572036002/
The Boy Scouts of America doubled down Wednesday on its quest to become
the scouting organization of choice for boys and girls, announcing it will
drop "Boy" from the name of its signature program.
Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh also unveiled the group's new "Scout
Me In" marketing campaign aimed at promoting inclusiveness.
As we enter a new era for our organization, it is important that all
youth can see themselves in Scouting in every way possible," Saurbaugh
said.
The umbrella organization will retain its name, Boy Scouts of America or
BSA. The term Cub Scouts, for kids 7-10 years old, is gender neutral and
also will go unchanged. Boy Scouts, which includes kids from 10 to 17,
will become Scouts BSA in February.
Change has been coming quickly to the iconic if shrinking organization. In
October, it announced it would provide programs for girls. Several months
before that, the group announced it would accept and register transgender
youths into its organization.
In 2015, it ended its ban on gay leaders.
Cub Scouts will formally accept girls starting this summer. But Saurbaugh
said more than 3,000 girls nationwide already enrolled in the BSAs Early
Adopter Program and are participating in Cub Scouts ahead of the full
launch.
Allowing girls into the organization allows busy families to consolidate
programs for their kids, BSA says. Most of the actual Cub packs and Scout
troops, however, will be single gender.
Cub Scouts is a lot of fun, and now its available to all kids, said
Stephen Medlicott, BSA marketing director. Thats why we love Scout Me
In because it speaks to girls and boys and tells them, This is for
you. We want you to join!
Boy Scouts of America claims almost 2.3 million members, down from 2.6
million five years ago. That includes Venturing and Sea Scouting programs,
the latter allowing membership up to 21 years of age. In its peak years,
Boy Scout of America had more than 4 million participants.
Adults play a major role in the program: Almost 1 million adult volunteers
serve as the backbone of the organization.
The program for the older boys and girls will largely be divided along
gender lines but will cover similar activities. All participants can work
toward the prestigious title of Eagle Scout.
It's too early to determine what impact the aggressive BSA effort to
recruit girls will have on the Girl Scouts of the USA, an organization
best known for its lucrative annual cookie sales.
The organization, founded two years after Boy Scouts, currently claims a
membership of about 1.8 million. And like BSA, it also has seen a
membership decline. The Girl Scout organization responded to the latest
news with a shrug. In a statement, the organization noted that the BSA
announcement included no new, "girl specific" programming.
Girl Scouts is the premier leadership development organization for
girls, Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, said in a
statement. We are, and will remain, the first choice for girls and
parents"
The organization listed a series of efforts to "stay ahead of the pack of
youth organizations." That includes 23 new merit badges focusing on
outdoors and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
Last month, the organization unveiled a LinkedIn network aimed tapping a
major resource the group's 50 million alums. The goal of the network is
"to support female advancement in the workforce and help prepare girls for
a lifetime of leadership and career success."
Still, the impact of the BSA effort is being felt. One regional leader,
Fiona Cummings of Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois, told the Associated
Press the BSAs decision to admit girls is among the factors that have
shrunk her councils youth membership by more than 500 girls so far this
year.
She said relations with the Boy Scouts in her region used to be
collaborative and now are very chilly.
How do you manage these strategic tensions? she asked. We both need to
increase our membership numbers.
Just say no to the idiotic 10% you fools.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.