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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But can we all agree that it's a better organization than the Boy Scouts?  [/quote]

No.

I have boys in boy scouts (no daughters) but from what I see above, it doesn't sound better.    My sons have not experienced any pressure to sell things/fund raise.   There is a camping outing at least once a month.[/quote]

Popcorn anyone???  Mulch in the springtime??  Boy Scouts in this area are just as cash happy as the Girls Scouts.

Both scouting organizations are becoming tiresome with their fundraising.  I admit that I was a bit taken back a few evenings ago when the doorbell rang and I found a young girl scout out selling chocolates at 8 pm.  Yes, her mother was with her but really?  I even asked about the fundraiser as I was used to cookies in the late winter / spring.  T[b]he mother stated that the girl had to sell a certain amount of chocolates in the fall to even be considered to sell cookies in the winter.  [/b]What???  If that's true, that's absolutely crazy and a far, far cry from the scouting organizations in which I participated as a kid.

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I think the bolded is the difference in the groups.  Cub scouts sales weren't mandatory though encouraged.  The money went back to the pack to use towards outings or camps for the boys. There wasn't a number that they had to sell for some sort of pack advancement.

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This is 100% untrue. I'm a longtime leader and service unit manager. Girls are never required to sell. [/quote]

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