US Boy Scouts to change name in appeal to girls
Cub scouts remain in front of an audience with a US hail amid the Pledge of Allegiance to start the inaugural Freedom Summit meeting for preservationist speakers in Manchester, New Hampshire April 12, 2014. Reuters
The Boy Scouts of America will drop "kid" from the name of its mark program for more seasoned young people as it looks to broaden its interest to young ladies, the 108-year-old association said on Wednesday.
Beginning in February 2019, the Boy Scouts program for young men 11 to 17 will be called Scouts BSA.
The name of the general association will remain Boy Scouts of America.
In excess of 3,000 young ladies have selected in the Boy Scouts of America's Early Adopter Program and are participating in Cub Scouts in front of the full coordination of young ladies not long from now.
Established in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America said the rebranding was a piece of the single-name approach utilized for Cub Scouts after its noteworthy move a year ago to concede young ladies to its program and let them gain the best rank of Eagle Scout.
"As we enter another time for our association, it is vital that all young can see themselves in exploring all around conceivable," Michael Surbaugh, boss Scout official of the Boy Scouts of America, said in the announcement.
The Boy Scouts of America has lost about 33% of its individuals since 2000, which now remains at around 2.3 million. The association has said the choice to concede young ladies to the Cub Scouts was in light of the requirements of families and as a result of dropping enrollment.
The Boy Scouts a year ago picked to permit transgender young men to join.
The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday likewise divulged its "Scout Me In" program that highlights young ladies alongside young men and begins this mid year.
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