Scouting, Volume 48, Number 7, October 1960 Page: 36
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ON IN FLINT'S SCHOOLS
(Continued from page 5J
Genesee County." that lists a program
for people of all ages. More than twen-
ty different activities from sewing to
swimming involve more than 20,000
boys and girls and many parents, too.
Summertime is fun and growth time
in Flint, and school facilities and lead-
ership are fully used.
Scouting benefits
What is the significance for the Boy
Scout council of this operation of com-
munity schools? You can guess the
answer. There are a total of sixty-one
Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops,
and Explorer units—all sponsored by
P.T.A.'s in thirty-five community
schools. They serve more than two
thousand boys right in their own
school areas. Thus, in Flint more boys
are given a chance to participate in
Scouting than would be possible with-
out the schools being available for
Scout meetings. But that's not all.
The community school program aids
and strengthens Scouting in many
ways in addition to making school fa-
cilities available for the use of units.
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Gym nasi ums, auditoriums, and com-
munity rooms provide meeting places
for roundtables, district meetings, par-
ents' night gatherings, and other occa-
sions for which adequate facilities of-
ten are difficult to find.
There are other direct advantages to
Scouting. Flint Scouters have found
that people who are accustomed to
working together in school organiza-
tions are more inclined to be ready
sources of help as Scout leaders and
committeemen. Members of strong
P.T.A. and strong Scouting organi-
zations readily play on each others'
teams when sharing the same school.
Many of the school-centered activi-
ties involve fathers and sons doing
things together. I bis sort of teamwork
between dads and sons can carry over
naturally into Cub Scouting, Boy
Scouting, and Exploring activities.
Scouting thrives best where the boys
know each other well. Communication
is better. The full use of the schools as
community centers in Flint tends to
create this sort of close friendly con-
tact between boys. When a new boy
moves into a neighborhood, he finds
that most of the boys in bis class are
in various groups at school; many are
Scouts, and he soon is invited to come
into the group.
The community school director, of
course, is a friend of Scouting readily
available as a resource person and a
clearing house to boys and to parents.
He is a good friend of boys and en-
courages them in their Scouting. He
knows the people who live in the school
area and can often suggest possible
Scout leaders or committeemen. He
assists with scheduling, helps iron out
difficulties that ma\ arise, and is often
helpful in suggesting appropriate
Good Turns for the neighborhood.
The atmosphere that grows up
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