Our local Boy Scouts of America councils are reassuring the families of their members that they are continuing “business as usual.”
This comes in the wake of a national bankruptcy filing by the BSA.
The local councils say they are legally separate and financially independent from the national organization, and the filing has not impacted local operations or activities.
WSBT reports that all of the funding and revenue for the LaSalle Council is local, and stays local. The national organization has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the wake of financial troubles brought about by lawsuits involving alleged abuse of scouts.