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[quote=cburkhardt]Gender Composition of Adult Leadership

We currently have 18 adult leaders and 10 are female, 8 are male.  This last weekend we had 3 additional women apply to join us, so if they follow-through it will adjust further.  Scouts BSA requires that at least one male and one female adult leader would be present on any activity, and that includes camping, backpacking, zip-lining sailboating and any other kind of activity inside or outside.  We have female leaders (including our female Assistant Scoutmasters) who have extensive outdoor experience, including backpacking, extreme hiking/mountain climbing, etc.  One of our female committee members if an Olympian who has a highest-level capability in these areas.  Scouts BSA Troop 248 for Girls believes that girls need to have female as well as male role models to look up to and we will provide it.  Here is information on volunteering for Scouts BSA Troop 248 for Girls:  https://scoutsbsadcgirls.org/adults/information-for-volunteers/.

Willingness to go outdoors

Scouts BSA does not exist to teach children how to camp, hike, or other outdoor activities.  It exists to teach ethical decision-making and leadership, inspire confidence and upgrade personal fitness in children -- all in a manner that assists families as they form the character of their child.  The outdoors is one of our principal classrooms to achieve this.  If a girl is confident in how to exist comfortably in the outdoors and has a mastery over scoutcraft skills, she will be more confident in school and significantly upgrade her social interactions and life prospects.  Any girl who joins us is going to be exposed to these things -- and very soon (our first overnight outing starts March 8).  Adult volunteer leaders of out Troop do not have to be experienced in the outdoors, but we have found that most will participate and learn how to be confident in the outdoors themselves.

During out welcome event this last weekend a parent in the presence of her daughter asked me "does she have to go outside to be part of this Troop?"  I replied that she would be welcome under any circumstance, but that she would miss-out on too much if she were to restrict herself to our indoor activities.  Turns out the daughter was actually quite interested in testing herself in the outdoors after all.  If a girl (with coaching) can lead her peers through the woods using a map and a compass, she is going to have the confidence to do a lot -- and that daughter decided she did not want to miss out on that.

Here is the link to our website that discusses our outdoor program:  https://scoutsbsadcgirls.org/about/camping-and-hiking-in-the-outdoors/.

And, we have one more Welcome party before we start-up in February.  Please see the event posting for that information.[/quote]

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