Greetings Frank, That's a very large leap and assumption of the motives of any parent who enrolls their child, although I'm aware of the source of your concern. I myself am displeased with the BSA's continuing stance against openly supporting homosexuals as a first-class part of our society. However, I do not begrudge those who are seeking to enrich all the other areas of their boys' lives through a mostly healthy and social-outreach oriented group.
Perhaps when they finally accept as part of their "list of official religions" any religion which openly promotes acceptance of homosexuals and actively campaigns against groups which discriminate on this basis, will I feel better about enrolling my son. Only then will he also feel that our religion is not worse, or wrong, or not accepted by another group that he admires. Even now, though, I do applaud all the positive work that they accomplish. Dan W. On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 07:35:30PM +0000, poo...@aol.com wrote: > I recommend that if you want to promote bigotry and homophobia then by all > means join the boy scouts! > Frank Sarlo > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: "campio...@juno.com" <campio...@juno.com> > Sender: owner-univc...@list.purple.com > Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:25:51 GMT > To: <pf...@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>; <UnivCity@list.purple.com>; > <ucneighb...@hector.asc.upenn.edu> > ReplyTo: "campio...@juno.com" <campio...@juno.com> > Subject: [UC] Boy Scouts recruiting for new members as the new School-year > begins > > I noticed signs are posted to recruit Boy Scouts and thought I'd volunteer > that my experiences with the program at St. Francis de Sales were mostly > wonderful. I recommend that parents investigate and consider enrolling > their sons. The link provided was [1]www.BeAScout.org > > The De Sales Scouts meet as follows: > Cub Pack 352 on Fridays from 7 PM-8:30 PM > Boy Troop 152 on Wednesdays from 7 PM-8:30 PM > Show up a few minutes early to meet leaders, introduce your kid and sample > a meeting. > De Sales troops have been culturally, ethnically, racially and religiously > diverse. The boys have benefited from experience of inter-dependence > and finding common ground. > > Cub Scouting is for boys in the first through fifth grades, or (ages 7-10 > if home-schooled). > Each Boy must join with an adult who will attend meetings and activities > and share leadership responsibilities. Cubbing strengthens family > relationships, introduces boys to a community beyond school, and helps > build character, citizenship training, fitness and life skills. > > Boy Scouting is for boys who are 11-18, (or at least 10 and completed > fifth grade or earned the Arrow of Light Award). > Boys experience vigorous outdoor activities, including 4-season camping. > They rotate peer leadership responsibilities. They pursue merit badges in > the process developing skills and acquiring experiences that range from > using tools to planning trips and agendas, to chairing meetings. In past > years the scouts of St. Francis de Sales have enjoyed outdoor activities > including Biking, Climbing, Geo-caching, Hiking, and Scuba-Diving, > Swimming. Scouts also team up to help Eagle Candidates complete projects > that serve our community. In recent years this included building and > stocking a Library for homeless families, promoting recycling, converting > a littered lot into a beautiful community garden, running an inclusive > public Halloween event and creating an incentive program for children with > Diabetes. > > Venturing is coed, for high School kids and teens, (13-19). I am not sure > if SFDS still has an active Venture troop. But I know some local girls > who had some remarkable adventures (including learning to juggle and > unicycle, camping, swimming, etc.) as recent members. If not still > active, I hope parents with kids who can benefit from this program will > organize to reactivate it. The Venture program encourages positive > experiences through exciting and meaningful youth-run activities and > adventures. It helps teens pursue their special interests, grow by > teaching others, and develop leadership skills. > > Volunteering with the Boy Scouts of America is an opportunity to help kids > and work toward a better future families and the community. > Scouting volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, > and include young adults, through housewives, construction workers and > folks with Ph.D.s. > Scouting experience is useful but not critical. > Often, Volunteers start as Cub parents and continue as Scout Leaders. > For many leaders the opportunities to camp at beautiful sites, learn new > skills and build lifelong friendships while having fun, is almost as > meaningful as the good they do for their own kids and the other children > of the troop. > > Children grow up fast. The time we invest in our kids today will make a > difference in the people they becomes tomorrow. > > Elizabeth Campion > PRUDENTIAL, FOX & ROACH REALTORS, LLC > 210 W. 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