Comments on: Why Is There a Girl on the Boy Scouts Coin?

By: samantha

samantha — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:37:14 +0000

I myself am a venture Scout And am glad that they include us on the coin. While the venture crew does some stuff on our own we do an extream amount of helping out not only in the comunity but with our other younger scouts. we run alot of events for them. Boy scouts isnt about gender despite the name. I am a proud boy scout

By: Chip Crawford

Chip Crawford — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:31:34 +0000

There is a girl in the group to commemorate Venture Scouting a group for boys and girls 14 – 21.

By: R Parks

R Parks — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:07:30 +0000

Its just another example of PC run amok. The FIRST figure that should have gone on the coin is a BOY SCOUT. If you want to honor the original and longest tradition of the scouting program show what the prigram was about – young men who are mturing through experience of the scout program. I assure you that you will not see any men crying the blues when only females appear on the upcoming girl scout commemorative coin.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:10:39 +0000

I’m not surprised Tim Geithner would pick this design. His politics and propensity for one-sided political correctness will be even more obvious when the girl scout coin comes out lacking a male figure.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:28:29 +0000

The Cub Scout is asian?

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:34:35 +0000

Why not just put a whole bunch of different ethnic people and genders on the coins for the next ten years dressed in different clothing according to what will be commemorated?

By: billymac11

billymac11 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:36:37 +0000

Such anger from a handful of people. Don’t buy the coin if you don’t like it, but they’re plenty of people who do want it and they’re selling like hotcakes. Ethnic minorities are under-represented in scouts compared to Caucasian kids and are the very kids who can benefit immensely from participating in scouts and from developing closer connections to civic life from scouting programs. If I would have had a role in picking the designs for the coins, I’d pick the ones that include images of the people we’d want to recruit *into* the program, to help show that there is a place for them and that they are welcomed.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:54:53 +0000

I ordered my coins last week and await their arrival.

My daughter is a long-term Girl Scout having just earned her Silver Award. As she was approaching age 14, she couldn’t wait to turn 14 in order to join Venturing and get into Boy Scouts. She wanted more outdoor adventures and boy did she find it. Camping at least one weekend a month and a member of a very active Venturing Crew. This past December, her Venturing Crew went winter camping and the ‘girls’ went on the Mountain Man experience.

My daughter has thrived and really enjoys BSA. I love that she is a wonderful young lady that appreciates the great outdoors. I also love that the coin includes young women.

From a father of an Eagle Scout with two Silver Palms who is also a Vigil Honor member in the Order of the Arrow.

By: Cal Collector

Cal Collector — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:03:19 +0000

A girl doesn’t belong on a BOY Scout commemorative. It’s BOY Scouts – get it ?? There is a black, a girl and an Asian. Political correctness again forced upon us. Why not a Cub Scout, a Boy Scout and an Explorer Scout have at least two being Caucasian MALES? I’m tired of others that push what they think is right for me. There will be a Girl Scout coin issued later; let’s see what the ‘powers’ force down our throats.

By: Chip Souser

Chip Souser — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:10:54 +0000

A girl is on the coin, not because she is a Den Mother, but because she is representing the Venturing Program. This program is a part of Boy Scouts. It is for 14 – 20 year olds and is co-ed. The short boy represents Cub Scouts, the tall boy in the back represents Boy Scouts, and the girl represents Venturing. So…it is totally appropriate to have a girl on the coin.