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LOCAL 36 JUNE 2018 Good News • South Florida Edition (YHU\ VXPPHU $GRSWLRQ E\ 6KHSKHUG &DUH IDFLOLWDWHV WKH KRVWLQJ RI D JURXS RI RUSKDQV IURP &RORPELD 7KH FKLOGUHQ FRPH WR )ORULGD IRU WZR ZHHNV DQG H[SHULHQFH IDPLO\ OLIH DQG FXOWXUH LQ $PHULFD 7KURXJK WKLV SURJUDP PRVW FKLOGUHQ ZKR FRPH DUH PDWFKHG ZLWK D IDPLO\ WKDW KRSHV WR DGRSW WKHP 7KLV LV DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ IRU ROGHU FKLOGUHQ ZKR ZRXOG RWKHUZLVH QRW EH FRQVLGHUHG WR ILQG D IRUHYHU IDPLO\ )LQG RXW KRZ \RX FDQ KRVW D FKLOG -XO\ DGRSWDEVF RUJ VXPPHU KRVWLQJ DGRSWDEVF RUJ ‡ For over a century the Boy Scouts of America has been the leading wilderness training pro- gram for young men across America and the World. Since its creation in 1910 over 110mil- lion Americans have partici- pated in the program and 2.7 million are participating cur- rently. Without a doubt, many readers have either participated themselves or know someone who has. For those who have participated, many can agree that the experiences they had in the program have played a large part in shaping the type of man they are today. Many no- table Americans have gone through the Boy Scout program such as American Filmmaker and Cinematographer Steven Spielberg, Astronauts Neil Arm- strong and Charlie Duke, and even manyAmerican politicians such as Mayor of NewYork City Michael Bloomberg, and 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford. Such a core of Alumni does not form out of coincidence. Many of the above men credit the experiences and training they received during their time as a scout for helping them be- come successful individuals. However the recent policy changes the Boy Scouts of America have embraced, such as changing the name of theOr- ganization to the Scouts of America, allowing females to join the program in Co-ed regi- ments, and most recently allow- ing homosexual men to supervise and lead regiments, have given many current mem- bers and parents some concern that the group has lost many of themoral codes that oncemade the original Boy Scouts so up- standing. That is why in 2013 a group of Boy Scout leaders left the organization to form a new wilderness training program named Trail Life USA. What is Trail Life USA? Trail Life USA (TLUSA) is a Christian outdoor adventure program that emphasizes and teaches biblical moral values. Founded in late 2013 by John Stemberger along with Scout- masters, Eagle Scouts, and other parents and scouting leaders who were concerned about many of the changes and decisions the Boy Scouts had made to their policies. They operate with the mission statement of “Walk Worthy!” This is based on the Scripture in Colossians 1:10: “… that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (NKJV). Trail Life USA – A Faith-based Alternative to Boy Scouts André Woods Good News