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re: Boy Scouts to change name after allowing girls to join
Posted on 5/3/18 at 10:16 am to meansonny
Posted on 5/3/18 at 10:16 am to meansonny
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The troops money that is raised from cookie sales goes 100% to a charitable cause (yes, the individual girls get prizes for themselves based upon sales. But the troop as a whole keeps nothing).
The two different GS troops my daughters tried, this was absolutely not true.
First off, if they sold so many boxes of cookies, their registration fee was paid for the next year.
Beyond that, every dollar of cookie sales (and candy sales in the fall) was used to defray the expenses of the troop. the troop charged very little in dues. The proceeds were used to pay for supplies, field trips, activities, etc.
They were young (both were Brownies when they tried) but there is not a single thing that either of them did over two years via the GS troop that would even approach being described as community service. No volunteering, no food drives, no bingo at old folks home, no cleaning the park, no planting flowers, etc. They did, however, at every meeting, make a craft.
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Posted on 5/3/18 at 10:26 am to LSUFanHouston
Interesting.
The charter for the girl scout troop which has my 2 daughters has a clause that they can't profit from the sale.
They may be able to pay recharter fees. But they don't use the money for field trips (it might be their interpretation of profit). One year, they bought supplies for the humane society. One year, they hosted an event for an all girl teen orphanage. A couple of years, they have partnered with the county senior center.
It sounds like that activity is based on the troops leadership.
The girls have hosted 1 cookie contest at the senior center. But all of the cookies were prepared at home with moms or dads in their own free time. For being an all girl organization, it focuses a ton on leadership and service (maybe from the perspective of a girl.
I don't sit in the meetings) . Not so much on doing "girl" things. The most exciting stuff done by my girls are not permitted for cub scouts (under 11) like canoeing on their own or doing the ropes course. But it eats them up that at 12 years old, they still can't build a fire (despite having done so at cub scout family camping for 7 years).
The charter for the girl scout troop which has my 2 daughters has a clause that they can't profit from the sale.
They may be able to pay recharter fees. But they don't use the money for field trips (it might be their interpretation of profit). One year, they bought supplies for the humane society. One year, they hosted an event for an all girl teen orphanage. A couple of years, they have partnered with the county senior center.
It sounds like that activity is based on the troops leadership.
The girls have hosted 1 cookie contest at the senior center. But all of the cookies were prepared at home with moms or dads in their own free time. For being an all girl organization, it focuses a ton on leadership and service (maybe from the perspective of a girl.
I don't sit in the meetings) . Not so much on doing "girl" things. The most exciting stuff done by my girls are not permitted for cub scouts (under 11) like canoeing on their own or doing the ropes course. But it eats them up that at 12 years old, they still can't build a fire (despite having done so at cub scout family camping for 7 years).
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