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Welcome to Troop 19! Come get involved and be one of the groundbreaking girls to help pioneer this exciting, historic program!
In February 2019, the BSA began to allow girls' units at the Boy Scout level. Troop 52 in Marshallton, PA was an early adopter of the program, with interested girls and trained leaders ready to go in 2018. To get a head start, we formed a girls-only, BSA Explorer Club that will focused on camping and outdoor skills. We were able to prepare the girls for requirements they needed in the Scouts as well as the organizational structure and leadership roles of the BSA. Once the Scouts BSA program went live in February 2019, we converted the group from an Explorer Club to a Troop and hit the ground running.
January 23, 2019
(FROM DAILYLOCAL.COM) Troop 19 of the Chester County Council next week will become one of the nation's first female Scouts Boy Scouts of America troops. On Feb. 1, the Boy Scouts of America begins to allow girls' units at the Boy Scout level. Troop 52 in Marshallton formed girls-only, BSA Explorer Club focused on camping and outdoor skills. Girls were prepared for requirements they need in the Scouts as well as the organizational structure and leadership roles of the BSA...
February 1, 2019
(FROM CBS 6 PHILLY ACTION NEWS) Seventeen girls from Chester County are now among the first in the U.S. to be a part of what was once known as the "Boy Scouts." They were inducted into their troop Friday night at the Marshallton United Methodist Church in West Chester. Friday was the first-day girls across the country could officially join the group that is now called Scouts BSA...
February 6, 2019
(FROM DAILYLOCAL.COM) On Feb. 1, Troop 19 was formally launched as the first all-girl troop under Scouts Boy Scouts of America in Chester County. Troop 19 is the sister troop to Troop 52 of Marshallton which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. The new unit enjoys the support of Troop 52, the Marshallton United Methodist Church, and the Chester County Council. Troop leaders said the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, so it signifies a movement forward for female inclusion...
February 8, 2019
(FROM WHYY RADIO) It’s Lily Rohner first-time competing in the Klondike Derby at the Horseshoe Scout Reservation in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania. Think of the derby as a battle of the bands for scouts. Troops pull decorated sleds filled with gear around the camp, completing scouting tasks — such as first aid and fire building — for points...
First all-girl Boy Scout troop forms in Chester County (subscription required)
February 14, 2019
(FROM PHILLY.COM) Since the Boy Scouts began accepting girls into their ranks this month, thousands of girls across the country have rushed to claim the title of scout. Among them are 17 girls who have formed the first all-female troop in Chester County. They join more than 4,300 other girls across the country who are now part of Scouts BSA, renamed from the Boy Scouts...
(FROM THEHILL.COM) A group of 17 girls in Pennsylvania have formed one of the nation’s first all-female scout troops since the Boy Scouts of America began accepting girls this month. Chester County’s Troop 19 held their first official meeting in recent weeks, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported that the troop is the nation’s first.
February 16, 2019
They may look like girls, but these ladies are trail blazers. They’re breaking glass ceilings and can do just as much as the boys. “The girls realize that they are a part of a historic moment in time. I think this energized them..."
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