Looking for Women to Head Girl's Scout Troop or Pack 65

Boy Scouts of America has officially launched their Scouts BSA program, offering girls ages 11 to 17 years old the opportunity to join all-girl troops. The parent organization name will remain the Boy Scouts of America and the Cub Scouts program will keep its title as well. Scouts BSA and Boy Scout troops will have common characteristics, but they will remain separate and will not be co-ed units, according to a release. To maintain the benefits of a single-gender scouting model, each separate troop will have their own Scoutmaster, patrols, and youth leadership tracks. Troops will share some resources for families for the sake of convenience, but they are in fact separate troops, according to BSA officials. The new girl's scout handbook, which came out last week is the exact same handbook; it's just changed to where you see girls in the pictures. St. Helena has had a traditional Girl Scout Troop in the past and has had an active Boy Scout Troop for 66 years. We are now looking to see if there is any interest in forming a girl's Scouts BSA troop or pact. To do so, we need females over the age of 21 who would be interested in being trained as leaders. If you are interested, please call the rectory at 718-892-3232 and leave your contact information.