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00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9baa0000Ways of Life airs every second Monday at 8:40am and 5:45pm.Our series Ways of Life is A collection of stories about people who live down the street... our neighbors: Fishermen, scientists, craftspeople, recovering addicts, surgeons, dog rescuers, motorcycle gang members, nursing home residents, musicians, the homeless, kid athletes, social activists, and all the others who share this place.Each portrait becomes part of the surprising, interwoven tapestry of our lives together here on the Cape, Coast and Islands. Ways of Life is edited by Jay Allison and produced by our production partners at Atlantic Public Media Ways of Life is made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.

All for One And One for All: In Troop 137 Girls and Boys are Simply 'Scouts'

CAI | By Erin Kelly

Published September 23, 2019 at 7:45 AM EDT

Boy Scouts of America has been in the United States for over 100 years. Earlier this year it changed its policy to admit girls into Scouts BSA – that’s the program formerly known as Boy Scouts. Troop 137 in Falmouth is one of three troops with girls on the Cape and Islands.

You can find out more about the BSA Troops on Cape Cod here

This piece comes from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. Erin is a recent graduate from the workshop - you can find out more about the program at Transom.org.