Scouting, Volume 79, Number 4, September 1991 Page: 46
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A
75-Year
Partnership
By Robert Peterson
Photographs by David Brownell
TODAY'S POP QUIZ QUES-
tion: What do the United Meth-
odist Church, the Loyal Order
of Moose, public schools, and the
American Legion have in common?
Answer: They are all chartered or-
ganizations in partnership with the Boy
Scouts of America.
Such organizations receive an annual
The Rev. Robert Appleyard shows a
Troop 3 historic plaque to his son,
Ben, and Scoutmaster John Cronin.
charter from the BSA authorizing use of
Scouting programs in packs, troops, and
posts to benefit community youth. The
BSA resists calling them ''sponsors."
That word suggests a certain aloofness,
rather than a close partnership based on
a mutual desire to foster character, citi-
zenship, and physical, mental, and moral
fitness among youth.
The Rev. Robert Guglielmone, chap-
lain for the National Catholic Committee
on Scouting, put a chartered organiza-
tion's interest this way: "Scouting is a
wonderful program that can be used by
a church as part of its ministry to youth.
As a church, we could never provide
what Scouting provides."
The BSA is unique among youth or-
ganizations in requiring units to be char-
tered to a local group, like a church or
On a
outing, Tom
Caldwell, left,
and Anthony
Farrington ski
snowy trails.
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