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[quote=cburkhardt]I'm the volunteer Scoutmaster of new Scouts BSA Troop 248 for Girls that opens this and next month to serve girls age 11-17 across the District at All Souls Episcopal Church. I followed postings a few months ago comparing the merits of various youth programs, and think those issues were thoroughly discussed. So, I am going to respond to any questions about what we will be doing with the girls in Scouts BSA. I don't know much about other girl youth programs, so if you want to talk about other youth programs or the merits of girls being in Scouts BSA, I invite you to start a separate posting. You probably know that this is the program formerly called "Boy Scouts" implemented in an all-girl environment. Extensive information about how we will operate within the District is found at www.ScoutsBsaDcGirls.org. Our Scouts BSA Troop for Girls will be all-girl and not co-ed. Girls will elect their own leaders and lead the organization with adult advice. Our group will probably start with between 20 and 30 girls and grow to between 60 and 80 by year end. The Troop will be subdivided into smaller groups called "patrols". We have 18 adult women and men volunteer leaders already, seven of whom serve on our intensively-involved "Scoutmasters Staff", which I lead. The purpose of the organization is to teach ethical decision making skills through use of leadership, citizenship and personal fitness activities. The outdoors is one of our principal classrooms, and we will have an outdoor trip or hike each month. The entire Troop will attend a week of residential summer camp. Our girls interact with outstanding women leaders each month, as we invite them in to share their stories and respond to questions. We meet twice a month on Saturday mornings at a safe location close to a metro stop. We do not sell cookies, popcorn or any other products and rely on member dues and third-party contributions to help pay dues of children from under-resourced families. Please post your questions and I will answer them in groups a few times a day. I won't discuss our "open house" welcome parties set for this month, as that information is already posted in the appropriate place on this blog. I have taken the unusual step of posting a duplicate message on the education forum to alert teachers to this (we have 2 teachers on our Scoutmaster Staff).[/quote]
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