The Boy Scouts of America are stepping up their standards for full membership.
This past weekend the organization hosted their annual Jamboree (I’ll give you a second to laugh at the name), and excluded all extremely obese scouts and scout leaders from the event.
The 10-day wilderness gathering is designed to be physically demanding. So of course, you wouldn’t want kids who need more physical activity to be included. Next thing you know they might lose the extremely in front of obese.
It’s an interesting choice for an organisation whose slogan is “do a good turn daily.” It seems that only applies to non-Jamboree days.
Although, to be fair, it does line up perfectly with their motto: “be prepared”…to get kicked to curb come Jamboree.
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