The main reason is that they need members. Membership is down as a percent and in real numbers over the last few years. There's lots if possible reasons for that. This move helps them start to shake off their bigoted, conservative reputation AND doubles the recruitment pool. I just wish the Girl Scouts were actually in on this plan with us. I'd much rather this be a merger instead of whatever resentment we have going on now.
Side note on Girl Scout cookies vs Boy Scout popcorn: both of them return about 70% of total sales dollars back to the Scouting programs. However, in Girl Scouts, only 10-20% of total sales go to the local troop that did the selling, while the rest goes to the council. In Boy Scouts, it's 25-35% to the local troop.Statistics: Posted by Mike — Wed May 02, 2018 1:43 pm
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