 Cup Scouts pack 84 and Bemidji welcome their first ever girl troop members this evening. Sherell Moore has the story of this historic day. I just really like Cup Scouts. Today it's official. Cup Scouts pack 84 is now co-ed and half of their signups today were girls. Our national organization back in August decided that in order to continue on with our Scouting program we've had lots of families that have been requesting to have a place where they can bring both their boys and their girls to and they decided back in August to say yeah we're going to do that as a program and today marks the first day that girls can join our program. I think it's great timing. I think you know it's just great that we can open up and diversify any young child who wants to do any kind of activity. Girls are boys. There's a lot of skills that can be learned from joining the Cup Scouts like how to tie a knot and make a fire to other lessons on citizenship and character development. I like doing in Cup Scout is we get to go on camping trips. I heard that there's archery and all that stuff. The Cup Scouts are also dedicated to family and that played a big part in the decision to let the ladies in. All of my brothers are in Cup Scout so I'm doing it. It's been important to us as a family. It's something we can do together all four of us. My husband included and it's nice to be able to do things within the community and do a lot of things outdoors and service projects. Overall, many of the girls are just excited to get started. I think it'll be kind of nice, a little better than Girls Scouts because I'm kind of more like a tomboy and I'm kind of excited for it. And a lot of the boys are looking forward to seeing their sister learning the same lessons the Cup Scouts have taught them. How to be safe and how to be respectful. When she's older, I'm sure she would really like to go and I'm sure she would. The boys have enjoyed the program up until now and now it's time for their siblings, whatever, and the girls to be part of our program and to get that same experience too. Reporting of Bemidji, Sheryl Moore, Lakeland News. If you'd like to sign your child up for Cup Scouts, you can contact Brad Olson. We have his information on our website with this story. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.