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Council Wins Verdict In Trial With City
As you've probably heard, a jury of eight citizens found in favor of the Cradle of Liberty Council in their Federal civil suit with the City of Philadelphia over the City's attempt to evict us from the office we built eighty years ago at 22nd & Winter Street.
At issue was whether the City was violating our First Amendment rights by requiring the Council to repudiate the National BSA leadership policy. The jury found that the City's actions were unconstitutional.
The trial was not about the Boy Scout's right to determine its own standards of leadership. The Supreme Court decided ten years ago that the Boy Scouts of America was a private organization and had the right to set its own membership standards. The trial was focused on whether a local government was overstepping its boundaries in attempting to persuade a private organization to change its policy.
One of the positive outcomes of the trial was testimony concerning the positive contributions that Scouting makes in our community. Testimony revealed that the Cradle of Liberty Council serves a wide variety of youth from all walks of life, and these youth are taught to be respectful, courteous, fair and friendly toward all.
In regards to human sexuality, the trial confirmed that the BSA does not have a program that deals with sexuality.If Scouts have questions about this topic, our Scout leaders are taught to answer them honestly and refer them to their parents, religious leaders, medical professionals or others who are qualified to answer these questions.This same testimony revealed that Scouting does not ask people what their orientation is, and we expect people to keep their private life private.
Our hope is that now that this trial is behind us, we can reach a long-term settlement with the City of Philadelphia to put these issues to rest and get back to helping the youth of our area.. We know that the City of Philadelphia is concerned about youth in the City. We share the same concern. Young people need support, help and guidance from caring adults, and we in the Cradle of Liberty Council are committed to providing this support for the youth in our City in the future, just as we have for the past 100 years.
Tom Harrington Scout Executive & CEO Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America
Youth Sought To Contribute To 100th Anniversary Magazine
Scouts and Scouters,
I am pleased to share with you that we are in the process of building a 100th Anniversary Cradle of Liberty Council Magazine to be distributed to our leaders and friends during the fall of 2010. Numerous local organizations have agreed to assist in the underwriting of this project by purchasing advertisement space. David Lipson, President of Philadelphia Magazine has agreed to construct the magazine and has assigned a member of his staff to work with us. Don Ross, Cradle of Liberty Council Historian has been working diligently on building the main article for the magazine that will provide a historical time line of Scouting in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Data and information for additional articles are also being researched and gathered.
With that said, we believe, actually we know our council contains thousands of talented Scouts in numerous fields and activities. We were hoping we could recruit some Scouts who have or are developing talents in the area of journalism to be the actual writers of approximately 7 different articles for this magazine. The magazine's layout will be similar to a Philadelphia Magazine.
A meeting of this committee will be held on Tuesday, July 13th, 7:00 PM at our 22nd and Winter Street Scout Resource Center in Philadelphia and we would like to invite potential writers and photographers to be a part of the construction on this one time anniversary publication.
If you know or are a Scout that is interested in being a part of this project, please contact me at ctomlin@colbsa.org or 610 688 6991.
Yours in Scouting,
Chris Tomlin
Register For Troop 1 At Resica Falls
Is your Boy Scout Troop not able to attend Summer Camp this year? Do you have youth that can't make it the week that you are attending? Did one of your Scouts have so much fun last year that he wants to attend 2+ weeks of camp?
Check out Troop 1. Every week volunteers and staff come together to ensure that every Scout has an opportunity to come to camp by forming Troop 1. For more information about Troop 1, contact our Camping Assistant, Nashiya Web at nawebb@colbsa.org
Cub Scout Day Camp Registration Still Open!
Have you found a Day Camp for your son yet? Your unit does not have to be attending Day Camp for your son to attend day camp. Cub Scout day camps are open to all currently registered Cub Scouts, regardless of Unit or location.
Scouts who attend camp will have the opportunity to meet new friends, learn more about the Scouting program, participate in all kinds of games and sports, build crafts, and learn how to safely use a bow and arrow or BB gun.
BeAScout.org, a tool developed by some of our local councils (including the Cradle of Liberty), has been adopted as the National Online Recruiting Tool by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America! Over the next few months, Scout Units across this nation will begin using this tool to speak directly to the parents and guardians of future Scouts.
We would like to thank you for your use of beAscout.org since it was released and your constant feedback as to how we could improve this tool. We have passed on many of your comments to the National Council and are proud to announce that this newly released tool adds some highly desired features to this already powerful recruiting tool.
We invite you to explore this new release of the beAscout.org tool by first reading our "Resource Guide." There are some steps that you will need to go through before you are able to access your leads. If you experience any problems with this new tool, please contact your District Executive for additional assistance.
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