Posted on 10/09/2006 5:16:29 PM PDT by mdittmar
Indianapolis - A Fishers brownie troop is making a positive impact on our men and women serving overseas.
Girls with Brownie Troop 1916 attended a "support the troops rally" in downtown Indianapolis at the Indiana War Memorial Sunday afternoon.
They are helping lift the spirits of Marines overseas.
The troop has been sending cookies and other goodies to a Marine division in Iraq. The soldiers wrote back letters thanking the girls for their generosity.
The mother of Lance Corporal Brad Schiff says they greatly appreciate the caring spirit back home.
"He's very proud of these girls just as they are of him. These girls and what they are doing for the troops is humbling to him. He doesn't realize what an impact they are having but he is having an impact on their lives as well, said Joyce Crowder.
One of the Marines, who returned home from Iraq Friday, attended the rally.
Now this is what Girl Scout should be about.
Good for this Brownie Troop for their efforts in supporting our military.
Here in Cincinnati, if the Girls aren't discovering their inner lesbian in some activity, the butches running the Council office have a conniption.
They would probably be more likely to raise money for the insurgents.
Now, if they could only distance themselves from Planned Predators, they'd be a noble group.
Pro-Life Group Unveils Findings of Planned Parenthood/Girl Scouts Probe
By Melanie Hunter
CNSNews.com Deputy Managing Editor
April 12, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - A pro-life group investigating Planned Parenthood's ties to the Girl Scouts organization has found that 26 percent of Girl Scout councils have relationships with the abortion provider.
"But what is even more surprising is that 79% of Girl Scout councils have not disclosed their position on Planned Parenthood by failing to answer a simple question - Do you have any relationship with Planned Parenthood?" said Jim Sedlak, executive director of STOPP International, in a statement.
American Life League's STOPP International launched its probe after a remark made by Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. CEO Kathy Cloninger, who told NBC News, "We have relationships...with Planned Parenthood organizations across the country, to bring information-based sex education programs to girls."
During their investigation, one CEO of a Girl Scouts council responded to STOPP International's inquiry, "I have been instructed to say 'no comment' to whatever you ask."
"If the Girl Scouts believe that partnering with Planned Parenthood is a benefit to young girls, then why are the Girl Scouts reluctant to talk about the connection," Sedlak asked.
"Their failure to answer the question leads many to wonder if these councils, in fact, do work with the organization. If that is the case, their stonewalling may represent an attempt to hide a relationship they do not want parents and the public to know about," he added.
STOPP has listed every council by state and shows the results of the investigation on its website. The remaining 249 councils did not disclose their relationship.
"Some councils attempted to justify their partnership with Planned Parenthood by having parents sign permission slips," Sedlak said.
"We maintain that, as an organization that purports to provide the best for young girls, it is the Girl Scouts organization itself that should be saying NO to Planned Parenthood. We ask every parent of a Girl Scout in areas served by councils that did not respond to our inquiry to insist the councils tell the truth," he added.
Parents who find out about local councils can use a link on the STOPP website to send corrections, and the site will be updated as new information is received. But the pro-life group emphasizes it is not against the Girl Scouts organization.
"It is important to understand," Sedlak said, "we are not at war with the Girl Scouts, but that we are trying to protect young girls from the evils of Planned Parenthood. We are simply asking that Girl Scout councils stop their partnership with Planned Parenthood."
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