Son of Butch":cv8rae68 said:
The point is BSA enrollment has dropped 12% so they are raiding the Girl Scout territory (not affiliated) to recoup losses. BSA and GSA have no control over what the other does and they each have their own fund raising activities. My guess is they expect to cherry pick the sisters of boy scouts for easy enrollment and more funding.
I was a scout master for 6 years. All my kids are Eagles. Our troop was based on high adventure. We winter camped in BWCA, did canoe trips, did cycling trips, horse packed in MT n shot praire dogs along on the way, did a week per year at summer camp, and ... We had several Dads forcing their kids to sign up so they could also go on the high adventure trips.
Some of our best BSA leaders were Grandmas. They were usually trying to backfill a single parent family, and were thrilled with any male leadership they could leverage, but did summer camp and admin rather than high adventure.
Not all these activities were sanctioned by BSA - - so we had some unsanctioned camping events for troop families and then girls n guns n throwing axes could come along. NO girls went camping w/o their mothers.