One of the Scout mothers who objected to the sponsorship, stated, "It wasn’t their clothes, it’s that intrinsically Hooters and Boy Scouts don’t feel like a natural fit."
Posted on 07/05/2016 6:45:15 AM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – A Denver mother wants to set the record straight after her son attended a recent Boy Scout camp that she did not know was sponsored by Hooters.
“We just felt it was a little strange that they didn’t tell us,” Michelle Kettleborough, mother of a Denver Cub Scout, told CBS4’s Kelly Werthmann. “We haven’t been ‘outraged.'”
When Kettleborough picked up her 7-year-old son from a Cub Scout day camp in Wheat Ridge, Hooters girls were the last thing she expected to see.
“It’s created kind of a difficult conversation where there probably didn’t even need to be one,” she said.
The local Denver area Boy Scouts allowed Hooters to sponsor the three-day camp without notifying parents of the corporate donation, according to Kettleborough. Despite reports the mother of two and other parents are ‘outraged’ by the sponsorship, she said that’s not the case. Instead, Kettleborough is disappointed by the lack of transparency by the local Boy Scouts chapter.
“We’re not screaming and crying and actually we’ve said several times Hooters isn’t the problem,” Kettleborough said. “The girls aren’t the problem. They were fantastic. They were so respectful, so nice.”
When Kettleborough first asked the Denver Boy Scouts about the sponsorship, she said they apologized for the way the Hooters employees were dressed at the camp.
“It wasn’t their clothes,” Kettleborough said of her concerns, “it’s that intrinsically Hooters and Boy Scouts don’t feel like a natural fit.”
Hooters of Colorado is sharing pictures of the camp on their Facebook page. Part of their post includes a statement about how they “enjoyed volunteering” and “look forward to future events.” The post is gaining a lot of support from the public, too, with comments of gratitude for girls’ community service.
“Great job ladies!!! Thank you HOOTERS and ALL BUSINESSES that donate their resources, time and personnel in support of Scouting,” one person wrote.
Kettleborough said she respects Hooters for their support of various organizations in the community, but right now she is also feeling disrespected by the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America because she said they are ignoring her concerns.
“I think they knew that it wasn’t quite right,” she said. “We went to them first and they didn’t address our concerns. They turned it into a thing that we had a problem with the girls. That’s not the case.”
CBS4 reached out to the Denver Area Council and received the following statement from their Public Relations office:
A restaurant extended support to help make a local Cub Scout Day Camp possible and provided volunteers for the camp. The group of trained volunteers mistakenly wore the wrong attire and it was addressed by our Council leadership. The Boy Scouts of America relies on millions of dedicated volunteers and we are very appreciative of their commitment. We extend our apologies for this mistake and look forward to continuing our mission of serving youth in the Denver area.
Hooters representatives shared a news release with CBS4 about the situation, which included the following statements:
The Boy Scouts of America are just one of the many children’s charities Hooters works with and contributes to through donations of food, sponsorship and volunteers. Whether participating in a Children’s Hospital visit, hosting a charity golf tournament, raising funds to help with Cancer research, or pet adoption events, every week you will find many Hooters locations all over the country actively involved in their local communities charitable events. Hooters would like to thank the community for their support. Hooters and its wonderful employees remain steadfast in their commitment to help each community.
Lauren Flippin, a Hooters Regional Marketing Manager for Rocky Mountain Marketing, who was on site all three days of the recent Boy Scout camp, expressed enthusiasm over her time with the boys creating arts and crafts. She also commented that a Boy Scout organizer thanked she and the Hooters Girls for their time and effort and said “The Hooters Girls were some of the hardest working volunteers they ever had.”
“Being an active participant in our local community is very important to us. For the past 10 years, I personally donate my time as a little league baseball coach and also serve as an official sponsor and supporter of youth baseball, football and soccer. We love giving back and donating our personal time and resources to benefit the lives of so many children,” said Brian Weston, President of Restaurants of America.
Jealous are we? lol
My uncle showed me the Playboy calendar in his workshop when I was seven. Took one look & knew what I liked about it. Traumatized me for life; been interested in boobs ever since.
Yeah, the real `scandal’ here is introducing boys to normal heterosexual interest in the opposite sex. Can’t have that in the age of Obama.
Oh, yea. Congrats on being a new Dad and welcome to the club.
So,you're going to ...scout...out the situation?
Thank you. 18 days old today!
And I will never look at my wife’s boob the same way ever again.
I think something inside me may have died. Too soon to tell.
I too am a victim of boobs. We had a neighbor that threw his Playboys away in the trash and well I just couldn't leave it out there to harm other potential victims...: )
“I may have to go back now that I understand they sponsor scouting events.”
After what’s happened to the scouts?
I think something inside me may have died. Too soon to tell.
Some advice for the new dad: Don't ever tell her that and don't let her see you posted it. Most moms are pretty self conscious about THAT very issue. Next, It is normal to have these feelings as it is all new experience. There is no training for being a new parent. And the love of your wife's boobs will come back in due time. Consider them on loan for about a year. That is something you get to share with your kids. lol. Consider it a bonding experience.
It’s in our dna.
I already exist mainly to protect my wife’s delicate feelings.
I will continue supporting that goal.
But yeah, I did a 180 and see them solely as milk bags now.
You mean somebody actually threw Playboys away!!?
When I did annual training with the National Guard some guys brought their Playboy collections including issues from twenty or more years back. The classics.
Playboy used feature just beautiful naked women one would want to spend time with. They went borderline Hustler years ago.
I've been a den leader for several years. There are certainly some pretty quirky liability things they get funny about. But in our area at least, the politics stays out and is not tolerated at any level I am exposed to. It's a pretty good program for boys (still).
We got a note explaining that we are not allowed to let the boys shoot BB guns, rifles or even crossbows without a scout trained safety instructor present (for insurance purposes). This is after a camping trip in which the boys got trained and the opportunity to shoot each of them. So a couple of us went and "got trained" for future events.
Oh yea, beer is not allowed on scouting camping trips no matter if the boys are asleep in tents or not. ;o)
One of the Scout mothers who objected to the sponsorship, stated, "It wasn’t their clothes, it’s that intrinsically Hooters and Boy Scouts don’t feel like a natural fit."
I’ll take a Hooters sponsorship over gay Bob the “Scout Master” any day.
Hooters field trip sounds fun, especially the uniform overview and what it takes to be a Hooter’s girl.
With places like Tilted Kilt and Twin Peaks now I figured Hooters is seen as wholesome now.
Does this bitching griping prude mother have a Facebook page?
She needs a tongue lashing internet style
Feel sorry for her husband,son too
The last Playboy I ever looked at was the one with Madonna it it. After I saw those hairy armpits and found out that he had no boobs it killed my desire to look at them anymore. She was ugly even back in the day in her IME. I was just curious what she looked like...too bad I found out...
OOPS! They were trained volunteers in Hooters’ uniform...some moms would be a bit worried.
I would guess that 1970 was the last year of the classical era of Playboy, when the girls were posing and nothing more to epitomize the ideal of female beauty. It would have been hard to label it even mild pornography, unless breasts are pornographical.
In that case, Psyche the White Rock girl was scandalizing American homes from the pages of Life and Time magazine for decades on end. Google her and see.
Playboy later devolved into shock & raunch & I have hardly looked at it since 1970 which is also the year I finished college. Coincidence, I guess.
People these days think haikus are simply three line poems. I call it the cards against humanity effect
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