To: Julie Glover, Town Administrator, Lee NH and John LaCourse, Chairman of the Board
Town should support their Scouts
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The Town of Lee's Cub Scout Pack 459 should be allowed the use of the Safety Complex's public facility meeting room.
Why is this important?
Cub Scouts Pack 459, of Lee, NH, is an active member of the community and has been for many years. On February 21, 2014, the day after a pack meeting held at the Safety Complex, the leader of Pack 459 was informed that the cub scouts would no longer be able to use the facility for its monthly meetings. These were the reasons: 3 issues were brought up. 1. Safety 2. Noise, and 3. Not leaving the facility clean. What is particularly frustrating is that at no time prior to the town’s decision were the scouts made aware of these issues surrounding their use of the complex, and therefore, no opportunity for a course correction was given.
In response to the 3 issues: 1. The group was unaware of safety issues, and the boys are supervised at all times, 2. The scout meetings are held in the evenings after business hours, and were unaware of disturbing others in the building. They are children participating in group activities, which lend to some amount of noise. Never were they informed that their noise was too much, nor were they asked to lower their volume levels, and 3. Each time the scouts used the facility it has ALWAYS been cleaned and straightened and returned to its original order, or better.
During an appeal by the Scouts Pack Leader, an offer of community service as reciprocation for use of the complex was made at the Town meeting which would have been great learning experience and lesson for the Pack, but that option was rejected by the Chairman and Town Administrator.
Scouting teaches these boys about good citizenship, responsibility and that being a good citizen means listening to and being engaged with your community members. These scouts participate in Town parades and activities and events, community food basket drives, clean up days, and so much more. These trainings in giving back will follow them through their boy scouts careers and adult lives to become valuable, useful, ad positive members of this wonderful community, and to the larger world community. The town officials have denied them the ability to be engaged and the opportunity to listen.
Now that they have been made aware, they want to be given the chance to redeem themselves and right the wrongs the officials have claimed to have been made. But the Town Administrator and Chairman of the Board have refused to give the boys that learning opportunity. This ban of the scouts and the use of our community's public facility by the town administrators of Lee is sending a message to our scouts and all of the children who live here that they are not welcome participants of the community. As voting members of the Town of Lee, tell Julie Glover, the Town Administrator, and John LaCourse, the Chairman of the Board, and the Board of Selectmen to remove the ban and show their support for the future leaders of our town.
In response to the 3 issues: 1. The group was unaware of safety issues, and the boys are supervised at all times, 2. The scout meetings are held in the evenings after business hours, and were unaware of disturbing others in the building. They are children participating in group activities, which lend to some amount of noise. Never were they informed that their noise was too much, nor were they asked to lower their volume levels, and 3. Each time the scouts used the facility it has ALWAYS been cleaned and straightened and returned to its original order, or better.
During an appeal by the Scouts Pack Leader, an offer of community service as reciprocation for use of the complex was made at the Town meeting which would have been great learning experience and lesson for the Pack, but that option was rejected by the Chairman and Town Administrator.
Scouting teaches these boys about good citizenship, responsibility and that being a good citizen means listening to and being engaged with your community members. These scouts participate in Town parades and activities and events, community food basket drives, clean up days, and so much more. These trainings in giving back will follow them through their boy scouts careers and adult lives to become valuable, useful, ad positive members of this wonderful community, and to the larger world community. The town officials have denied them the ability to be engaged and the opportunity to listen.
Now that they have been made aware, they want to be given the chance to redeem themselves and right the wrongs the officials have claimed to have been made. But the Town Administrator and Chairman of the Board have refused to give the boys that learning opportunity. This ban of the scouts and the use of our community's public facility by the town administrators of Lee is sending a message to our scouts and all of the children who live here that they are not welcome participants of the community. As voting members of the Town of Lee, tell Julie Glover, the Town Administrator, and John LaCourse, the Chairman of the Board, and the Board of Selectmen to remove the ban and show their support for the future leaders of our town.