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Scouts' 9th Annual Sausage Po-Boy Sale May 19th

JayCee — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:37:18 +0000

Cub Scout Pack 455 is hosting the 9th Annual Sausage Po-Boy Sale and Bake Sale, May 18th and 19th. The bake sale is May 18th and 19th after all masses at Sacred Heart Church, and the po-boy sale is Sunday, May 19th at St Cecilia School in Broussard, from 10am – 1pm. The cost is [...]

Train And Jepsen Cancel Boy Scout Appearances

JayCee — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:34:32 +0000

Musical group Train and Carly Rae Jepsen have both backed out of a scheduled performance for the Boy Scouts of America’s Jamboree, citing the organization’s stance on gays. In response to an on-line petition started by an openly gay Eagle Scout, which gathered 62,000 signatures, Train and Jepsen to cancelled their performances, citing their belief [...]

Fatima Holds Bake Sale To Help Fallen Boy Scouts

JayCee — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:19:38 +0000

Fatima Troop 446 will be sponsoring a bake sale after all masses this weekend (August 18 – 19), with all funds going to the Cope family of Breaux Bridge. Dwight Cope and Dagan Cope were involved with Troop 55 and recently drowned while hiking in Tennessee. According to Scoutmaster Clint Cormier, death certificates cannot be [...]

Eagle Scouts Return Their Medals to Protest the Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Policy

Shauna Wright — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:30:49 +0000

Last week, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its longstanding policy of banning gays from being scouts or scout leaders.

Now a number of straight men who’ve received the group’s highest honor — the ranking of Eagle Scout — are returning their medals in protest.