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[quote=Anonymous]Former GS troop leader here. I have to say - I was very angry and disappointed when BSA went in this direction, for many reasons that I won't bother with here.

What I have learned, experienced and seen in the last few years is how difficult it is for Girl Scouts to get into the outdoors. Maybe it is the smaller structure of individual troops (no GS troop leader is likely to ever take on 53 girls!) that makes it hard. My girls were always up for camping/outdoors, but 1) I was the only camp certified parent, and could never get parents to help out 2) no one else was willing to step up for various trainings (kayaking, backpacking, ax throwing, etc) and 3) the amount of work to get a camping weekend off the ground was so much that I couldn't wrap my head around it more than 2x a year. I would be utterly exhausted after those weekends.

I had one girl who joined BSA while in our troop and would show up at meetings complaining that we never went camping every month like her Scouts troop did.

Eventually, we folded during Covid. I have to admit I'm jealous of this aspect of Scouts BSA. My girls moved on to other troops. I'm the camp parent, but even still, the troop leaders can't ever seem to find time to commit to camping. I just don't get how your troop gets that kind of commitment and support for camping trips, OP.  [/quote]

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