A Nation Of Bystanders

This article talks about the decline in participation in organizations that promote civic duty and citizenship, including Girl Scouts (and Boy Scouts) plus organizations like the Lions Club. Perhaps the membership concern within Guiding is something that will be difficult to overcome unless there are changes in society ...

"Twenty-first century America is not the nation of joiners that amazed Alexis de Tocqueville in the 1830s; it is not a place where citizens engage constantly to assemble democracy's quilt. The very groups that once promoted citizenship have seen their membership rates dwindle, groups like the Grange, Masons, American Legion, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts."

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Scout and Guide info in BC Archives

Here's some interesting info from the BC Archives online (government archives, not Guiding archives).

New process for boating activities in Girl Guides

This was sent out this afternoon from National
(edited June 7 to link to GGC website rather than reprinting all the information here).