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Boy Scouts

organization of boys dedicated to community service and character building. [Am. and Br. Hist.: NCE, 350]

Boy Scouts

youth organization, ever ready to perform good deeds. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 59]
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"We care deeply about all victims of child abuse and sincerely apologize to anyone who was harmed during their time in scouting," the Boy Scouts said in a statement.
Sign up for a "Boy Scout Polar Bear Camping" on Friday night, Feb.
In the complaint, the Girl Scouts said the Boy Scouts have no monopoly over such terms as "scouts" and "scouting" when it offers services to girls.
Jeff Croake, Scout Master, BSA Troop 813, said: "At a time when we are seeing a gradual decline of Boy Scouts globally, it is heartening to see seven Eagle Scouts emerge from this troop.
The transgender persons would be part of a team of more than 150 boy scouts, he said, adding that last year over a hundred boy scouts had been sent.
'Although this is a regional event, our preparations are good for a world jamboree,' said Rellon, Boy Scouts of the Philippines vice chair for Mindanao.
Last week, the Boy Scouts program announced that they will be accepting girls into their organization.
Caption: Simone Development's Joseph Kelleher, president and COO of Hutch Management, LLC, in his role as president of the Bronx Council of the Boy Scouts of America, presided over recent ceremonies honoring five Boy Scouts for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting's highest and most prestigious rank achieved by only four percent of the over two million Boy Scouts nationwide.
New York, 26 Shawwal,1437 AH, 31 July,2016 , SPA -- The participants in the Scout training trip being organized by Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association in collaboration with American Boys Scouts in Alpine Camp in New Jersey, the United States of America, visited yesterday American Boy Scouts' headquarters in New York.
The Boy Scouts of America are relocating and expanding in Springdale.
LaserLyte continued its support of the Boy Scouts of America, this time at the 2014 Boy Scout Sporting Clays Invitational, held in November at the Quail Creek Plantation in Florida.
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