After an extensive discussion within the organization, the Boy Scouts of America’s approximately 1,400 volunteer voting members chose to adopt the membership policy resolution and remove the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone. The final vote breakdown was 61.44 percent for the proposal, and 38.56 percent against. The change takes effect Jan. 1, 2014. Voting results were tabulated and certified by TrueBallot, an independent, third-party voting firm. Read more at this site, or find the full text of the BSA’s official media statement below: For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America has been a part of the...

The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America passed a resolution permitting openly gay members to fully participate in scouting activities on Thursday afternoon at a meeting in Grapevine, Texas. 61 percent of the 1,400-person council voted in favor of the resolution, which will go into effect in January 2014 and overturns more than century of organizational precedent. As the resolution does ......

The Wall Street Journal reports that today, U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Ron Kind (D- WI) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide relief to non-profits such as local Girl Scout councils, which now have higher pension funding rules than taxable, for-profit companies. This bill, the Charitable Pension Flexibility Act, which was developed in collaboration with Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), enables Girl Scouts and similar charities with affiliates, such as universities and non-profit hospitals, to opt-in early starting next year to the pension funding rules that cover corporate plans.“As a former Girl Scout, I am pleased to support charitable...

Thanks to the generosity of cookie customers, veterans’ groups and Girl Scout troops, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains loaded more than 1,000 cases of Girl Scout Cookies at their Bedford headquarters on to a moving van bound for Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth on April 24....

Walker, our 3 year-old, saw the Campfire S’mores Kits while out shopping last week. And he really, really wanted it. The boxes are about $5, which at first may seem pricey, but consider what you get: everything you need to make at minimum 12 s’mores. And actually it makes a LOT more than that. There are 12 sections of [...]The post Food Find: Campfire S’mores Kit appeared first on Trail Cooking & The Outdoors....

Guest Post: A Message from Anna Maria ChávezA special message from Anna Maria Chávez, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USAI stand with all Girl Scouts across the country and around the world in offering my thoughts and prayers to all of those who have been affected by the massive and devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City area on Monday. As Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said, it was a tragic day for the people of her state and, indeed, for all of us, as the death toll now stands at 24 and includes a Girl Scout, who was a...

Rowing Merit Badge for Boy Scouts Posted in FitnessRowing merit badge is often completed at Boy Scout summer camp. I always enjoy seeing their skill level improve over the series of days. The first day they are often rowing around in circles, but by the end of the week they have the hang of... [ This is a content summary only. Click on the article title for full links, other content, and more! ]...

Now through October, the Belleville Area Museum is hosting an exhibit dedicated to an important part of American history: the Boy and Girl Scouts....

CHELSEA — Junior Girl Scouts of Chelsea Troop 41096 enjoyed a special visit to Gigi's Flowers & Gifts on Friday, April 26....

The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award that a Girl Scout age 14-18 may earn, and 11 Girl Scouts across the Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland council recently accomplished this coveted honor over the 2012-2013 season....