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Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Girl Scout Membership Plummets

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Well duh. We dropped out of it too. We are tired of all the recycling bull crap and liberal agenda. No thanks. They took the fun out of it.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

My sister does it with her granddaughter. I guess they have a great troop. They are very active and do a lot of community service too.

VoiceOfReason · Guru

If I had young girls of course I'd have them in girl scouts. How else would I be assured my liberal agenda indoctrination is being consistently applied?

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Well duh. We dropped out of it too. We are tired of all the recycling bull crap and liberal agenda. No thanks. They took the fun out of it.

That must be a local thing because our troop was very conservative. Very very conservative.

And recycling isn't liberal or conservative. It's been a "thing" forever - and not a political one.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

I think she meant recycling THE bull crap (her perspective on liberal politics) as opposed to recycling IS bull crap ... It's hard to tell with LGS, though.

I generally err on the side of assuming she is making a sweepingly generalized political comment.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

The group my sister participates in is in North Carolina. They are into nature and stuff like that. The girls also visit nursing homes and do food drives. They are 9 year olds.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

How about learning to build a campfire or other skills?

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

They do that. They camp in the mountains. The girls learn a lot.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Yeah, nature and conservation have always been a part of Girl Scouts. If you are unaware of that, you haven't done much research on scouting.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
How about learning to build a campfire or other skills?

Yep. We did that too.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Well according to the article they are losing membership.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I am not surprised they are losing membership. Kids have so many other things to do these days. Plus some parents just don't want to get out and do anything with the kids. They cringe at things that require parental involvement.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

DGD belonged to Girls Scouts up until this year. She lost interest. All they ever wanted the kids to do, is raise money. She got tired of begging people to buy stuff all the time.
Plus, so darn little of the money stays in the local chapter. It has become discouraging to the girls.
Plus, to attend any event cost so darn much money! Along with long distance travel time, they can't afford to be a member anymore.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

My exbf was a boy scout leader. I am sure it's got a similar structure as the girls. The regional lead people made 6 figure incomes. And this was a few years ago.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

At one time way back when dirt was new I was a Girl Scout. I hated it.

My daughter never wanted to be in it. I am glad.

My youngest wanted to try Boy Scouts. He went to one meeting and said it was stupid.

Oh well. those who like it, more power to them.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I disliked GS as well. mom made me do it. The leader was a lazy ass and we didn't do anything except camping once a year.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I was a Girl Scout from the time I was able to enter till I graduated high school. I finished every badge, accomplishment, project, and even got the final award possible. I don't remember what it was called but I do remember it was personally signed by President Jimmy Carter! It was a big deal and the Girl Scouts threw us a huge party. My mom was always my troop lead and we did a lot of community projects and also camped CONSTANTLY and stuff. It was fun.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Southern_Belle wrote:
I disliked GS as well. mom made me do it. The leader was a lazy ass and we didn't do anything except camping once a year.

We didn't do that.

We played with the Barbies that belonged to the girl who lived there and sold cookies.

I don't remember anything else.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

My leader was late. All the time. Every week.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

My mom always had to be the best and the most and all that. Our troop always sold the most cookies every year and always did the most activities and always went the most places.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

I always wanted to be in GS but my parents couldn't afford to put me in anything. I did go to a meeting with my friend once and learned to do a really cool origami thing which I still know how to make :p

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

My DD went for a few years. I was a daisy leader. It was a lot of work but it was something we did together.

Ilumine · Regular

This is a HUGE bone of contention for me.

I wanted to enroll DD. I called the regional office and left 4 messages, wrote 3 emails and posted on their wall. I got ONE call back with the promise that I would hear back from them once they figured out who/what/where the troops would be.

NO ****ING CALL BACK.

And I actually offered to run a troop as long as they could recommend some locations (my house is not conducive for a meeting) I personally could contact.

NO ****ING CALL BACK.

And given I am a pinterest whore, I would have made an amazing Daisy's Troop Leader.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I had to become a leader to get DD in a troop. No one wanted to do it. And we had the hardest time getting parents to do more than drop their 5 year olds off. It was sad.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I was a senior girl scout. I did girls scouts for DD as the leader for 2 years. Between the focus seeming to be way too much on making money rather than traditional girl scout things, plus their foray into politics - where they don't belong - we quit. And I'm not looking back.

And I really hate thier ties to planned parenthood. I'm tired of organizations pushing the agenda that being a strong woman is based around sex.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I think the GS have changed a lot.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

It's not about the girls anymore. So sad.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

The experience is so dependent on the local troop. I pulled DD out last year because on of her leaders was having personal issues and was out of control. I was PO's. Her troop this year is quite promising. The troop leaders seem really organized. We will see. It is not the Lame GS I was involved with when I was DD's age. They do so much, camping, crafts (good ones), etc.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

There are simply more things to do. Good point. But they havent helped their cause much.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

VetteGirl wrote:
I always wanted to be in GS but my parents couldn't afford to put me in anything. I did go to a meeting with my friend once and learned to do a really cool origami thing which I still know how to make :p

Ours was only a $35 registration fee - and we paid for a few of the girls in our troop out of the troop fund.

I will be your troop leader Vette. First meeting, we learn how to pour wine!

Lindley · Guru

I'm sure it depends on the group. My dd's brownie troup was awful. The two leaders made sure their dd's got to do all the cool jobs and my daughter cried every Monday which was the day they met. It wasn't worth it and I pulled my dd out. When she quit a lot of other girls did too.

Other girls had amazing leaders and stayed with gs's all threw their school years but my dd's were horrible.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Mellow Momma wrote:
VetteGirl wrote:
I always wanted to be in GS but my parents couldn't afford to put me in anything. I did go to a meeting with my friend once and learned to do a really cool origami thing which I still know how to make :p
Ours was only a $35 registration fee - and we paid for a few of the girls in our troop out of the troop fund.

I will be your troop leader Vette. First meeting, we learn how to pour wine!

Can I be in your troop?