Top Document: [rec.scouting.issues] Commonly asked questions (FAQ 2) Previous Document: What is GSUSA's position on boys in the organization? Next Document: What is the position of the WOSM as related to God and See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge There are a number of lists of United Way agencies that are said to not support the BSA being circulated around the Internet. Political interest groups of either conservative or liberal orientation are using these lists to communicate a message slanted to their agenda. Almost all of these lists are inaccurate. The United Way is a system of 1,400 separately incorporated, independent organizations. Each raises money in an annual fund-raising campaign and allocates funds to local health and human service agencies. During the height of the homosexual policy controversy in the United States (1999-2001) and with a lot of pressure from homosexual political advocacy groups, a very, very small number of United Ways, about 40 of the 1,040 agencies (approx. 3 percent), announced that they were removing funding from BSA traditional Scouting operations. However, the majority of the BSA's funding from United Ways already didn't go to the BSA traditional Scouting operation but rather to the "other programs" the BSA Councils conduct to fund at-risk,special needs, handicapped, and in-school programs...most of which fall under the Learning for Life umbrella now. It should not be surprising then to find that out of the 40 or so United Ways that announced they did not support the BSA over half continue to support the BSA Learning for Life program or have resumed simply donating funds to their local councils to be used as the local councils see fit. This leaves approximately 1 percent of the independent United Way agencies not supporting the BSA in any way. As you can see, we are talking about very small numbers here. Related sites: http://national.unitedway.org/aboutuw/boyscouts.cfm http://www.scouting.org/nav/enter.jsp?s=3Dmc&c=3Dps User Contributions:Top Document: [rec.scouting.issues] Commonly asked questions (FAQ 2) Previous Document: What is GSUSA's position on boys in the organization? Next Document: What is the position of the WOSM as related to God and Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: bnelson45@hotmail.com (Bill Nelson)
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