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"Save Our Scouts is an Independent national Organization started by dedicated Scouters. It is not affiliated with, or approved or sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America. SOS is not an approved fundraising organization for the Boy Scouts of America" Hall of Shame
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Groups Withdrawing Support from Boy ScoutsEditor's Note: This list will be updated as new VERIFIED information comes in. If you know of other local Boy Scout Troops who are experiencing a reduction in contributions due to United Way or business organizations, please e-mail us at Director@saveourscouts.org and let us know. We hope to keep you informed of the status of this effort to financially intimidate the Scouts. As of today (September 7, 2000) SAVE OUR SCOUTS has not verified a list of corporate donors which have been accused of withdrawing their support from the Boy Scouts. We will not list any group we have not verified. With that in mind, one of the businesses on a list making the rounds on the Internet is Chase Manhattan Bank. We did not list them, because we did not have verification that they actually had withdrawn support from the Boy Scouts. As it turns out, that accusation was false. To access the statement on the Boy Scouts of America issued by the Chase Manhattan Bank. There are over 1400 local United Way Charters. Only a small number of the 1400 United Ways have pulled their support of Councils in their areas. I encourage you to call your local United Way and ask them if they have or have had in the past, grants for the Local BSA Council. And do they continue to support the Council. There are Councils who because of other fundraising methods do not need to ask their Local United Way for help. Not all Councils receive funds from the United Way in their area. United Way has helped many groups, who help those in need. We thank United Way for all the good they do. We encourage them to continue to help BSA help the at risk young men. Levi Strauss- As of early in the 1990's removed their support of the Boy Scouts of America. There appears to be no movement to reconsider their position. Don't forget Dockers are also made by Levi Strauss. PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In a new policy clearly aimed at the Boy Scouts, a United Way board in Rhode Island announced it would no longer fund organizations that discriminate for any reason, including sexual orientation. The policy, to take effect in January, could deprive the state's Narragansett Council of Boy Scouts of $200,000, according to Wednesday's Providence Journal. The money has funded Scout Reach, a program bringing 6,900 inner-city youths into scouting. The United Way charity is one of the first to challenge last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Boy Scouts, as a private organization, could ban homosexual leaders. Editor's note: The children who will be the most hurt by this effort to hurt the Scouts, of course, will be the Scouts most in need of help - the poor, the ethnic minorities, the children of immigrant families. Other groups who have chosen to force the Boy Scouts to abandon their standards include this list compiled by Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family.(http://www.focusonthefamily.com) California United Way of the Bay Area-(Contacted: Discontinued Scout
Funding in 1992) United Way Silicon Valley -(Contacted: Board Voted Unanimously
to Divert approximtely $160,000 to "Learning for Life" a Scout
Associated group that signed the required statement) Connecticut
Maine New Jersey -(Called- Asked them to return call) New Mexico -(Contacted: Stopped funding) Rhode Island -(Contacted: $180,000-$200,000-for inner city
Scouts - will be stopped if Scouts do not sign their new, required
policy statement which says: "United Way of Southeastern New
England shall not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, color,
race, veteran status, religion, national origin, sexual orientation,
or disability with respect to employment, volunteer participation,
or the provision of services.") Note: If you live in Broward County, Fla., contact the United Way of Broward County and urge them to continue funding the Boy Scouts. Remind them of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the Boy Scouts' right to set its own membership policies, and ask them to honor that right by retaining funding for the Scouts. If you currently give to the United Way, tell them you will reconsider your giving if they decide to withhold funds from the Boy Scouts. If you don't currently give, tell them you definitely will not give if they decide not to fund the Boy Scouts. United Way of Broward County - (Called - Waiting for call
back) Also, if you live in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the City Commission is currently considering whether to continue funding for the Boy Scouts. The Commission is scheduled to consider the issue at its Sept. 6 meeting at 2 p.m. Please attend the meeting and voice your support for continued funding of the Boy Scouts. Also, contact the following city officials and urge them to continue funding the Scouts: Mayor Jim Naugle Phone: (954) 761-5007 (NOTE: Since the Aug. 25 broadcast by Dr. James Dobson was aired, Mayor Naugle has contacted Focus on the Family and has expressed his support for funding the Boy Scouts. If you do contact Mayor Naugle, thank him for his support for the Boy Scouts and encourage him to do whatever he can to influence the outcome of the Commission's vote.) Commissioner Gloria Katz (District 1) Step 3: Contact your local United Way office and ask whether they currently send funds to the Boy Scouts. If so, thank them for doing so. Encourage them to continue to stand by the Boy Scouts, as the Scouts are under heavy fire despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the group's constitutional right to set its own membership policies. If not, ask them why. Tell them you strongly oppose any decision not to fund the Boy Scouts because of its exclusion of homosexuals. Remind them of the Boy Scouts' constitutional right to set its own membership policies, and ask them to honor that right by restoring funding to the Boy Scouts. If you currently give to the United Way, tell them you will reconsider your giving if they don't change their policy. If you don't currently give, tell them you definitely will not give as long as their currently policy toward the Boy Scouts is in place. If the United Way office tells you they are currently reviewing its policy toward the Boy Scouts, urge the group to continue funding the Boy Scouts. Ask them to honor the Boy Scouts' constitutional right to set its own membership policies by retaining funding for the Scouts. To find out how to contact your local United Way organization, see www.unitedway.org. Step 4: Contact United Way of America President Betty Beene. Voice your support for the Boy Scouts and thank Ms. Beene for the United Way's historically close relationship with the Scouts. Urge her to do whatever she can to pressure local United Way groups to continue funding the Boy Scouts. Betty Beene, President -(Called-waiting for call back)
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