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Girl Scout membership plummets for second straight year losing more than 100,000 members
dailymail ^ | Oct 11, 2014 | AP

Posted on 10/11/2014 8:07:56 PM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Girl Scout membership plummets for second straight year losing more than 100,000 members

For the second straight year, youth and adult membership in the Girl Scouts has dropped sharply, intensifying pressure on the 102-year-old youth organization to find ways of reversing the trend.

According to figures provided to The Associated Press, the total of youth members and adult volunteers dropped by 6 per cent over the past year — from 2,994,844 to 2,813,997.

Over two years, total membership is down 11.6 per cent, and it has fallen 27 per cent from a peak of more than 3.8 million in 2003.

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To: longfellowsmuse

I heard they sell the exact same cookies at the Family Dollar with different labels


81 posted on 10/11/2014 11:54:57 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Jack Hydrazine; Lazamataz
. Is there a monkey running around in the FR rumpus room again?

Speaking of which.... what ever happened to rage monkey??


82 posted on 10/11/2014 11:58:48 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Morgana

That’s a shame.


83 posted on 10/11/2014 11:59:09 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I have a theory that the most queers and lesbians have the most control in the states that have the most athletic and attractive kids.

My high school track and swimming coaches were flaming.


84 posted on 10/12/2014 12:04:52 AM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: Morgana

Good. Let it die.


85 posted on 10/12/2014 2:58:59 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: Morgana
Let the kids go out and play. Cub scouts just seemed like more school to me.
86 posted on 10/12/2014 3:01:06 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Planned Parenthood is toxic, as they should be. I’m noticing a lot less of their stupid running ribbons this October too.

I pass their fund-raising college kids on the streets of Boston once a week. I always say something to them, but I'm running out of ideas.

I'm open to suggestions.

87 posted on 10/12/2014 3:04:06 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: I cannot think of a name

I think it really just has to do with single-parent families just not having the time/resources to get all their kids to sports or scouting, etc. They have cell phones/internet to occupy their time.


88 posted on 10/12/2014 3:11:58 AM PDT by southernmann
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To: Jack Hydrazine

They can’t mandate Girl Scouts without some equivalent group for boys, and they still hate the Boy Scouts.

And there are too many alternative organizations to choose from to mandate one.
Girl Scout Alternatives
http://tamarawilhite.hubpages.com/hub/Girl-Scout-Alternatives


89 posted on 10/12/2014 3:48:33 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Vermont Lt

No it’s not in the materials. I said it that way mostly for the shock value...I was so angry with them that they needed to shut up with their petty bickering about things that only matter to women. It’s a long story and as the scoutmaster I needed it to end, lest it metastasize into something that would destroy the troop.

I needed something that would maintain a more clear picture of what the scouts were trying to create, and that was what I could come up with on the fly.


90 posted on 10/12/2014 5:17:12 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Trail Life USA membership is exploding too. After an open house, our troop doubled in size last month.


91 posted on 10/12/2014 5:24:02 AM PDT by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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To: Ouderkirk

No worries....I thought I missed something. Ha Ha.


92 posted on 10/12/2014 6:30:50 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: GeronL

Who is Rage Monkey?


93 posted on 10/12/2014 6:44:26 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Ask Laz

heh


94 posted on 10/12/2014 7:37:26 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: fini

95 posted on 10/12/2014 7:44:00 AM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: txhurl

My high school English teacher and girl’s sports coach were lesbians living together.

They used to pretend to have crushes on the History teacher, a tall, blond, handsome man.

Having a homosexual brother, and being occasionally in the company of his partner and
their friends, I saw what was happening.

They were remodeling their home and would invite girls from their respective classes to
come over and help them with the job. I went once, but they saw that I was pretty savvy
about that stuff and didn’t try recruiting me.

But I have no idea how many girls that they did influence in that direction.

OBTW, it was a Catholic high school.


96 posted on 10/12/2014 7:50:39 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: GeronL; Lazamataz

Who or what is the Rage Monkey?


97 posted on 10/12/2014 8:10:39 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Morgana

We left because they shifted away from camping and other practical activities to ‘friendship’ and ‘climate change’. My daughter was a tom-boy and didn’t find the girlie stuff challenging.


98 posted on 10/12/2014 8:12:23 AM PDT by Marie (When are they going to take back Obama's peace prize?)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Rage Monkey was a rather short-lived attempted meme-generator by Lazamataz.

Here is one example:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2954981/posts


99 posted on 10/12/2014 8:30:28 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Thanks!


100 posted on 10/12/2014 8:31:59 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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