Christian Alternative to Secular Girl Scouts Growing, Expanding
Fred Goodwin, CMA
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American Heritage Girls (AHG), a Christian alternative to Girl Scouts,
has entered a new phase of growth this month with plans to expand to
all 50 states by 2008.
Fri, Aug. 03, 2007 Posted: 20:14:11 PM EST
American Heritage Girls (AHG), a Christian alternative to Girl Scouts,
has entered a new phase of growth this month with plans to expand to
all 50 states by 2008.
The 12-year-old organization offering girls programs that are God-
centered has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years while
large secular organizations such as t Girl Scouts have declined in
membership.
"Parents are looking for programs that complement their family's
values, not contradict them," said Patti Garibay, executive director
of AHG, according to Focus on the Family's CitizenLink.
Parents raised concern when the Girl Scouts changed their pledge in
1993, permitting girls to replace "God" with "words they deem more
appropriate" while reciting the Girl Scout Promise. Originally, the
pledge included "serve God."
Girl Scout leaders said the measure "acknowledges growing religious
and ethnic diversity" among the millions of Girl Scout members.
Membership has dropped from 2.8 million girls in 2002 to 2.7 million
in 2006, according to Girl Scouts of America. The national group plans
to combat the decline by restructuring and refocusing its mission
beginning October 2008.
Meanwhile, AHG, which is currently in 33 states with over 6,000
members, continues to grow and aims to build troops in every state and
grow to 7,500 members in the next year.
The organization is committed to "building women of integrity through
service to God, family, community and country."
In a culture that has the spotlight on Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan,
and Britney Spears - often labeled by media as girls gone wild - AHG
encourages "women of manners" to unite.
"It is time that women with a strong moral compass and high self-
respect serve as role models for today's girls, interrupting their
lives in a counter-culture fashion," said Garibay in a statement
released by AHG. "It is time that we quit shaking our heads in
disbelief, hiding our children under our skirts and take action!
"Our nation's daughters desperately need to know that they are worthy
of respect and need not be slaves of this culture."
AHG's growth comes amid a larger movement of young women returning to
modesty. Wendy Shalit, author of Girls Gone Mild, calls it a modesty
revolution with young women largely driven by their faith.
American Heritage Girls was founded in 1995 in West Chester, Ohio, by
a group of parents wanting a wholesome scouting program for their
daughters. The non-profit organization offers merit badge programs,
service projects, girl leadership opportunities and outdoor
experiences to its members.
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Audrey Barrick
Christian Post Reporter
John Smith
"Fred Goodwin, CMA" <fgoo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Christian Alternative to Secular Girl Scouts Growing, Expanding
>
> <http://www.christianpost.com/article/
> 20070803/28750_Christian_Alternative_to_Secular_Girl_Scouts_Growing,_Expanding.htm>
> http://tinyurl.com/36w64j
>
> American Heritage Girls (AHG), a Christian alternative to Girl Scouts,
> has entered a new phase of growth this month with plans to expand to
> all 50 states by 2008.
>
> Fri, Aug. 03, 2007 Posted: 20:14:11 PM EST
>
> American Heritage Girls (AHG), a Christian alternative to Girl Scouts,
> has entered a new phase of growth this month with plans to expand to
> all 50 states by 2008.
>
> The 12-year-old organization offering girls programs that are God-
> centered has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years while
> large secular organizations such as t Girl Scouts have declined in
> membership.
???????
From 40 to 50 actual members, while the girl scouts drop from 50,000 to
49,500?
>
> "Parents are looking for programs that complement their family's
> values, not contradict them," said Patti Garibay, executive director
> of AHG, according to Focus on the Family's CitizenLink.
Fuck the Family is a Reich wing, fanatical, corrupt conservative republican
organization.
It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with honorable valaues.
>
> Parents raised concern when the Girl Scouts changed their pledge in
> 1993, permitting girls to replace "God" with "words they deem more
> appropriate" while reciting the Girl Scout Promise. Originally, the
> pledge included "serve God."
>
> Girl Scout leaders said the measure "acknowledges growing religious
> and ethnic diversity" among the millions of Girl Scout members.
and, if it's there's one thing the (alleged) christian fanatics won't allow,
it's diversity.
>
> Membership has dropped from 2.8 million girls in 2002 to 2.7 million
> in 2006, according to Girl Scouts of America. The national group plans
> to combat the decline by restructuring and refocusing its mission
> beginning October 2008.
>
> Meanwhile, AHG, which is currently in 33 states with over 6,000
> members, continues to grow and aims to build troops in every state and
> grow to 7,500 members in the next year.
OK .. so I had the numbers wrong - but the sarchasm was right on target!
>
> The organization is committed to "building women of integrity through
> service to God, family, community and country."
Yea .... right ............ just like the Fuck Up The Family is REALLY
concerned with morals!
Oh, BTW - the girl scouts "build" women of, at the very least, equal
integrity - without the religious fanaticism.
>
> In a culture that has the spotlight on Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan,
> and Britney Spears - often labeled by media as girls gone wild - AHG
> encourages "women of manners" to unite.
Bwahahaaaaaaa.......... "women of manners" ............. made me snort my
Pepsi!
>
> "It is time that women with a strong moral compass and high self-
> respect serve as role models for today's girls, interrupting their
> lives in a counter-culture fashion," said Garibay in a statement
> released by AHG. "It is time that we quit shaking our heads in
> disbelief, hiding our children under our skirts and take action!
The Girl Scouts of America already do that! All YOU'RE attempting to do is
brainwash them into YOUR fanatical, corrupt and insane religous "beliefs".
>
> "Our nation's daughters desperately need to know that they are worthy
> of respect and need not be slaves of this culture."
See above.....
Nor do they need to be slaves of a fantical religon that debases and
degrades all other people.
>
> AHG's growth comes amid a larger movement of young women returning to
> modesty. Wendy Shalit, author of Girls Gone Mild, calls it a modesty
> revolution with young women largely driven by their faith.
>
> American Heritage Girls was founded in 1995 in West Chester, Ohio, by
> a group of parents wanting a wholesome scouting program for their
> daughters. The non-profit organization offers merit badge programs,
> service projects, girl leadership opportunities and outdoor
> experiences to its members.
Again, all you're offering is what the Girl Scouts already have .... and
adding insane, fanatical religion to warp their minds.
That's not helping them; that's abusing them!!!
DennisTheBald
The phrase "American Heritage" kinda set my spider sense to tingling,
usually when people use phrases like this one of their main aims is to
exclude anyone with any indigenous American DNA. I can't say that I'm
particularly happy about all these groups of people referring to
themselves as hyphenated Americans, I think that we're all better off
if we can recognize that Regular-Americans encompass a lot of
different skin tones, religious preferences, ring tones, national
origins... whatever. I'd be too afraid to let my little girl join
thems - they'd probably start telling her than her momma and I weren't
the kind of people that belong in America and she'd have to kill us in
our sleep. Children of the corn kinda thing waiting to happen.