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Boy Scouts Celebrate First Group of Female Eagle Scouts in East Hartford
It was a historic day in East Hartford: the Boy Scouts celebrated the first group of female Eagle Scouts. The five girls and young women are the first to earn their Eagle Scout badge in Connecticut. This comes after the Boy Scouts of America started accepting girl Cub Scouts in 2018. “They can do everything that guys can do, girls…
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Boy Scouts Celebrate First Group of Female Eagle Scouts in East Hartford
A group of female Eagle Scouts were the first to earn their badge in Connecticut after Boy Scouts started accepting girls as Cub Scouts in 2018.
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Mormon Church Sued for Alleged Role in Boy Scouts Sex Abuse
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been hit with several lawsuits for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the latest litigation before the state’s end-of-year deadline for adult victims to sue
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Girl Scouts Rebuke Boy Scouts in Escalating Recruitment War
Lawyers for the Girl Scouts say that the century-old organization is now directly competing with the Boy Scouts for female recruits and that it’s not a fair fight
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About 90K Sex Abuse Claims Filed in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy
Close to 90,000 sex abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case
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Milford Boy Scouts Help Prepare Meals Ahead of Thanksgiving
Volunteers and members of Boy Scouts of America Troop 1 helped prepare Thanksgiving meals for those struggling with food insecurity in Milford on Saturday. 2020 marks the sixteenth year that Troop 1 has hosted the ‘Thanks for Giving’ fundraiser for the Milford community. All hands were on deck at Wasson Field for the fundraiser put on by the Boy Scouts…
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Teens Make History as First Female Eagle Scouts
Two New York City teens are making Boy Scouts history by becoming the first girls to earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Abuse Victims' Lawyer Decries Boy Scout Bankruptcy
An attorney representing hundreds of men molested by scoutmasters or other leaders decades ago said on Tuesday that victims will be deprived of justice with the bankruptcy filing by the Boy Scouts of America.
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Boy Scouts Seek Bankruptcy, Urge Victims to Step Forward
The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces a barrage of new sex-abuse lawsuits.
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First All-Female Boy Scout Troop Reports Back on 1st Year
The troop from South Windsor spent the last 12 months learning the Boy Scout programming.
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Mormons Pulling 400,000 Youths Out of Struggling Boy Scouts
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been one of the largest sponsors of the Boy Scouts of America for decades but is making its split official Jan. 1. The Utah-based faith will deal another blow to the struggling organization when it pulls out more than 400,000 young people and moves them into a new global program of its own.
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New Jersey Kid Becomes First Openly Transgender Member of Boy Scouts
A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization.
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New Jersey Girl Scout Who Blasted Cookies as ‘Flavorless, Gluten-Free Wasteland' Sells More Than 16,000 Boxes
A Girl Scout from New Jersey is benefiting from her brutally honest review of the cookies that she sells.
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Irving-Based Boy Scouts of America to Allow Transgender Children
Irving-based Boy Scouts of America will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in scouting programs.
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Girl Scouts Defend Their Involvement in Donald Trump Inauguration
The Girl Scouts of the USA defended their participation in the inauguration ceremonies for President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday in the wake of some criticism. “Trump does not mirror the Girl Scout values we try to instill in our scouts,” Nancy Gannon, a Brooklyn-based Scout leader, told NBC News. In an exclusive statement to NBC News, the Girl Scouts, which...
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8-Year-Old Transgender Boy From New Jersey Asked to Leave Cub Scout Pack
The family of an 8-year-old New Jersey boy says he was kicked out of Cub Scouts because he is transgender, a move that could open a new front in the debate over discrimination in Scouting.