Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Adult Leaders.The article reports that the youth organization Boy Scouts of America has ended its ban on gay adult leaders, now allowing lesbians and gay men to serve as counselors, volunteers and other roles.JONES...
Scouts is for youth aged 11 through 17. When the 18th birthday is reached, they can no longer be a scout, but they can continue to support a troop in an adult leader role, or continue in a Venture Crew. As scouts grow in skill, they take on responsibility and move from being learner...
During this phase the scouts are given instruction and guidance. They are learning important outdoor skills, including camping, cooking, physical fitness, and developing teamwork and leadership skills. They are also being examined. The adult leaders are watching to see if the flicker of light ...
the Boy Scouts of America, serving young men and women. You need to choose options for your item. They are funded by the venture fund. Crews determine their own uniforms. There is an advancement program in Venturing, but many Crews don’t really participate in advancement. It has been repl...
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — The Boy Scouts of America has ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders but will allow church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons. The new policy, aimed at easing a controversy that has embroiled the Boy Scouts for years, takes effect...
We had a very memorable camp out over the weekend. Fifteen hardy scouts and adult leaders hiked the Appalachian Trail in the snow from Fahnestock down to Durland. The first photo below shows conditions on the trail. Sean, senior scout, guided the troop along the route. We encountered a fu...
When Tessier turned 18 last August, he wrote a letter to the Boy Scouts of America saying he could no longer be a member because of the group's policy to ban openly gay adults in the Boy Scouts. "Today is my 18th birthday, a milestone on my path to becoming a...
NEW YORK-- The executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America has unanimously approved a resolution that would end theorganization's blanket ban on gay adult leadersand let individual scout units set their own policy on the long-divisive issue. ...
As part of the membership application, parents must promise to assist their sons "in observing the policies of the Boy Scouts of America . . . [to] serve as his adult partner and participate in all meetings and approve his advancement." [Id. 1533.] The application also includes the Scout...
See award applicationFind more Scouting Resources at BoyScoutTrail.comInterpreter Strip Intended for: All Scouts Details: Youth and adult members (Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts, Scouts BSA, Varsity Scouts, Venturers, and Sea Scouts, plus Scouters in all programs) may wear this strip if they show...