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Originally Posted by pieceofpaper
And another unrelated question: How connected to the Boy Scouts is APO? Do the Boy Scouts have a hand in APO?
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I'll address these 2 questions.
The BSA has approved APO since the 1930s. APO is the ONLY college organization that the BSA recommends their youth to join when they go to college. The BSA includes info on APO in its literature, and about once a decade runs an article about APO in Scouting magazine. The BSA allows APO to have Info Booths at major scouting events (National Jamboree, NOACs, etc). The BSA has a member of the National Council on APO's Board of Directors, and there is a APO member on the BSA's Relationship's Committee.
However, APO recognizes that the BSA is not the only Scouting organization around, and that potential Brothers may be members of those organizations. And sadly, some APO Brothers may not want to work with the BSA. Hence APO works with other groups like the Girl Scouts and Camp Fire USA.
Each Chapter is free to determine its service program. Some Chapters have a strong service Scouting program with the BSA, some have a strong service scouting program with several scouting groups, including the BSA, and some have a weak or non-existant scouting service program.
The BSA has NO hand in APO. The two groups are independent of each other. The fact that there is a BSA member on our board does not change this. The BSA has representatives of many groups on its Relationship Committee for the same reasons, but it would be a mistake to assume the BSA is run by all those groups.