The Girl Scouts of Iowa and Western Illinois according to an article The Decorah Newspapers held a recent property chat presentation. Read Article. Their camps local attendance has been declining since 2008 due to a rise in camp cost. Although there are options to finance camp, declining attendance was also partly the result of some [...]
Below is the announcement of a new mission statement for Friends of Camp Little Notch, a former 400 acre Girl Scout Camp in New York’s Adirondacks. The Girl Scout camp was purchased by the Open Space Institute who sold most of the 2300 acres to a timber company after placing conservation easement restricting future development [...]
In November, the South Carolina based Black Diamond Council of the Girl Scouts announced they would sell two of their four camps. I found nothing surprising in that announcement of the sale of Camp Sandy Bend and Camp Mamie Flynn since we hear about Girl Scout camps to be sold frequently lately. What surprised and [...]
Announcement from the Girl Scouts of Great Iowa that they are considering a conservation easement with The Nature Conservancy.
Another Girl Scout camp was decommissioned west of Helena, Montana. They even held a ceremony that was described like funeral by the writer, but I don’t see anything in the article about this 40 acre Camp Thunderbird Girl Scout camp remaining a piece of heaven on earth. I hope the land will stay as a park, [...]
Camp Singing Hills has been in existence for more than four decades. The Girl Scouts want to close the 240-acre Camp Singing Hills near Middlebury, Indiana, saying it’s under-utilized and other camps in the area have more potential. Video View the short video below to hear from those who want the camp saved. “I went [...]
Camp Singing Hills in Middlebury, Indiana is scheduled to close. The article “Camp Singing Hills scheduled to be closed” has more information. Will Menges from Friends of Camp Singing Hills sent us the media release below. Local Girl Scouts Take Action to Save Local Girl Scout Camp Contact: Friendsofcsh@gmail.com As a response to the Girl Scouts of [...]
The 360-acre Joy Hollow Girl Scout Camp in Iowa is at risk of closing. Posters at a packed meeting of a crowd of 125 people read “We sell cookies, why sell our camp?” and “Our hearts would be hollow without Joy Hollow”. Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa (GSGI) is looking at options for Joy Hollow Camp, [...]
The Girl Scouts day camp in Hudson, Wisconsin is slated to be sold, according to the article, “Group fights to save Girl Scouts camp in Hudson, Wis.” . The Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys announced the sale of Camp Rolling Ridges — and two Minnesota camps — earlier this year, according to the [...]
Below is an e-mail we received recently with the subject line ”Friends of Rolling Ridges/Greenwood Update — July 25, 2010″ (MN/WI): July 25 — Update on the effort to preserve our Girl Scout camps: We’re in good company! Since our last update, the Friends of Rolling Ridges has joined forces with a Friends of Camp Greenwood group of [...]
