Hello out there! I hope that you are all doing well in your respective units and in the community at large. Today's topic is about the relevance of Scouting. We are upon the 100th year of Boy Scouting in America and throughout the century we've seen many changes. There's been a man on the moon, women have received the right to vote, our school systems are de-segregated, we've fought in two World Wars, become a global economy and faced Earth Shattering attacks in the very city that has come to represent America as a whole. Scouting has endured through all of these occasions, through the highest peaks and into the deepest and darkest trenches. Our values and ideals, the lessons we teach and share, and the good we do for the community and the world remain timeless.
Some would say, however, that we're losing touch with the world around us. That society is changing at such a rapid pace, that Scouting is becoming more and more irrelevant to the popular culture that is being embraced. Our critics are stating plainly, that our program is designed for a 1950's America and still, in fact, serves only those who refuse to embrace our current surroundings.
My question to all of you out there in Montgomery District Cyberspace is simple: Are the critics right? If so why? If not, what are you doing that is keeping Scouting alive, fun and relevant to youth members and their families?
Thanks for doing what you do and I look forward to the discussion.
GC
