http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/uncategorized/latino-boy-scout-recruiting-a-hard-sell/ Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts under one roof... with proper supervision, of course. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1-RC1 hourly 1 http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/uncategorized/latino-boy-scout-recruiting-a-hard-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-299 New Jersey Boys Summer Camp Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:22 +0000 http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/?p=352#comment-299 I can honestly relate to what you're saying here. The fact of the matter is that the derailment of bringing in new troops from the areas you mentioned would be a difficult task. First of all, latinos may be the highest minority group as far as numbers, but what is the percentage of them that have white-collar jobs? The reason why I'm mentioning this stems from the blue-collar sector. If a person works 12 hours/day, 6 days/week, how much time would he have to be involved in a troop let alone decide to give up the little free time for friends and family? I know what I'm saying isn't fair, but when is anything fair? I think if there a true work-study program for people who wants to get into more white-collar jobs, the possibility of them having more spare time and creating more troops for local boys in these neighborhoods would increase. It all comes down to earning power + spare time available for the boys. I can honestly relate to what you’re saying here. The fact of the matter is that the derailment of bringing in new troops from the areas you mentioned would be a difficult task. First of all, latinos may be the highest minority group as far as numbers, but what is the percentage of them that have white-collar jobs? The reason why I’m mentioning this stems from the blue-collar sector. If a person works 12 hours/day, 6 days/week, how much time would he have to be involved in a troop let alone decide to give up the little free time for friends and family? I know what I’m saying isn’t fair, but when is anything fair? I think if there a true work-study program for people who wants to get into more white-collar jobs, the possibility of them having more spare time and creating more troops for local boys in these neighborhoods would increase. It all comes down to earning power + spare time available for the boys.

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