Tuesday, June 30, 2015

The Girl Scouts Rock!

There is a big different, beside the obvious, between the girls scouts and the boy scouts. The girl scouts are inclusive while the boy scouts are exclusive.
Girl Scouts return $100,000 donation that ‘can’t be used to support transgender girls’
Pink News
By Naith Payton
June 30, 2015

The Girl Scouts of Western Washington returned a huge donation after being told it could not be used to support transgender children.

The gift of $100,000 (£63,630) would have been quarter of their annual fundraising goal and, naturally, a cause for celebration in the offices of the organisation.

But then they received a note from the donor, who they have not named, which said: “Please guarantee that our gift will not be used to support transgender girls. If you can’t, please return the money.”

Girl Scouts groups across the United States have come under fire for welcoming and supporting young transgender girls, but most have defiantly continued to do so.
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So Ms Ferland returned the money. She told Seattle Met: “Girl Scouts is for every girl, and every girl should have the opportunity to be a Girl Scout if she wants to.
The donation was a sizable portion of the scouts budget. RAW Story reports that,
In an interview with Seattle Met, Ferland explained that her organization was thrilled when it received the gift representing a quarter of its annual fundraising because it could cover the cost of sending 500 girls to camp.
So they have set up an an Indiegogo fund to try to recover the $100,000 that they gave back.

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