| Scouting in California |
Scouting in California has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs related to their environments.
In the early days of ″Scouting″ there were several different ″Scouting″ type organizations. Some of the organizations known to have members in California were:
The Boy Scouts of United States (a wing of the National Highway Protective Association),[3] Young Men's Christian Association and the Salvation Army may have also had ″Scouting″ type programs in California.
In 1914, parents and Chinese-American boys organized their own Boy Scout troop in San Francisco, the first troop for Chinese Americans and possibly the first troop in San Francisco. It was recognized as Troop 3 once San Francisco became a council. The troop continues today.[4]
The 1953 National Scout Jamboree was held at Irvine Ranch, California. Jamboree Road in Newport Beach, California was named to commemorate the site of the 1953 event.
The 1973 National Order of the Arrow Conference was held at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
There are twenty-four Boy Scouts of America local councils in California.
See main article: California Inland Empire Council.
| California Inland Empire Council (#045) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Redlands, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1916 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscout: | Scott "Mac" McLeod |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscout2: | Matt Flanagan |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Chiefscout3: | Joseph Daniszewski |
| Website: | bsa-ciec.org |
The California Inland Empire Council (CIEC) was formed in 1973 through the merger of the Arrowhead Area (#048) and Riverside Area Councils (#045). In 1974 Grayback Council (#024) also merged into the new council.[5] In 2006, the council acquired the San Bernardino County portions of Old Baldy Council (#043). The council territory includes all of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Crater Lake Council serves Scouts in Oregon and California.
See main article: Golden Empire Council.
| Golden Empire Council (#047) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Sacramento, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1917 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | gec-bsa.org |
The Golden Empire Council (#047), first chartered in 1920, serves Scouts in a large section of Northern California, primarily the Sacramento Valley and the northern Sierra Nevada mountains. The council headquarters are located in Sacramento. The council covers 16 counties in Northern California: Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Shasta, Sierra, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
See main article: San Francisco Bay Area Council.
| San Francisco Bay Area Council #028 | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | San Leandro, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | sfbac.org |
The SFBAC (#028) was formed by a merger of the San Francisco Area Council and Oakland Area Council in February 1964.[6] Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving the cities of Colma, Daly City (northern section), San Francisco, Emeryville, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Fremont, Union City, Newark, Pleasanton, Dublin, and Livermore, as well as unincorporated communities such as Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and Sunol. In June 1916, the Oakland-Piedmont Council (#021) was chartered, changing its name in 1921 to the Oakland Area Council after Piedmont elected to organize their own council. In January 1917, the San Francisco Council (#051) was chartered, changing its name in 1924 to the San Francisco Area Council.
See main article: Greater Los Angeles Area Council.
| Greater Los Angeles Area Council (#33) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Los Angeles and Pasadena |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 2015 |
| Members: | Los Angeles Area Council and San Gabriel Valley Council |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner, Steve Craig |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive, Chuck Keathley |
| Website: | www.glaacbsa.org |
The Greater Los Angeles Area Council (GLAAC) is the council made from the merger of the Los Angeles Area Council and the San Gabriel Valley Council. The vote to merge was held on March 21, 2015.[7] The new name Council, Greater Los Angeles Area Council, was announced on June 11, 2015. The new Council will continue with Scouting Service centers in Los Angeles and Pasadena. GLAAC has three Scout shops in Los Angeles, San Pedro and Pasadena.[8] GLAAC operates eight BSA Camps in the greater Los Angeles area.[9] [10] Due to the large size of the two original councils, the merger is a process that will be completed over a time span.
| Greater Yosemite Council (#059) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Modesto, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1917 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
The Greater Yosemite Council (#059) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America based in Modesto, California. It was founded in 1920 as the Modesto Council. In 1921 Modesto changed its name to the Stanislaus County Council, and in 1922 to the Yosemite Area Council. In 1998, the council changed its name to the Greater Yosemite Council. In 1997, the Forty Niner Council (#052) merged with the Yosemite Area Council.
The Forty Niner Council was founded in 1918 as the Stockton Council. In 1922 Stockton changed its name to San Joaquin, and in 1929 to San Joaquin-Calaveras Council. In 1957, San Joaquin-Calaveras Council changed its name to Forty Niner Council.
The council reorganized eight districts into three in 2011. The 49er District. Calaveras District, and the Big Valley District were combined into the Gold Country District. The Chief Tenaya District and the Golden Heritage District, and Waukeen District formed the Sierra Valley District. The El Capitan District and the Wawona District became the Rio Del Oro District.
Formerly Boulder Dam Area Council, Las Vegas Area Council serves Scouts in Nevada, California and Arizona.
See main article: Long Beach Area Council.
| Long Beach Area Council (#032) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Long Beach, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1919 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Chiefscout3: | John Fullerton |
| Website: | longbeachbsa.org |
The Long Beach Area Council (LBAC), headquartered in Long Beach and founded in 1919, is one of five Boy Scouts of America councils in Los Angeles County, California.
See main article: Los Padres Council.
| Los Padres Council (#053) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Santa Barbara, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1915 |
| Website: | lpcbsa.org |
The Los Padres Council was founded in 1917 as the Santa Barbara Council. The Santa Barbara Council changed its name in 1929 to the Mission Council and stayed that way until 1994. In 1994, the Santa Lucia Area Council merged with the Mission Council to form the Los Padres Council. The Santa Lucia Area Council (#056) was founded in 1933, as the San Luis Obispo County Council. The Central Coast Counties council (#025), founded in 1922 merged into Santa Barbara in 1924.
| Marin Council (#035) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | San Rafael, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1919 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscout: | Chris Cardinal |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscout2: | Sam Guyton |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Chiefscout3: | Michael Dybeck |
One of the six councils that serves the San Francisco Bay area, the Marin Council was formed in 1910. In 1918 it absorbed the Mill Valley and Sausalito Councils. The Marin County's Scouting community was born just six months after the national Boy Scouts of America organization in 1910.[13]
Nevada Area Council serves approximately 14,000 youth through chartered organizations and BSA units in northern Nevada and northeastern California. The parts of California served by the NAC are Alpine County, Lassen County, Plumas County, the northern portion of Mono County, and the eastern portions of El Dorado County, Placer County, and Sierra County.
See main article: Orange County Council.
| Orange County Council (#039) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Orange, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1921 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | ocbsa.org |
Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council,[18] the council was formed by the merger of the North Orange Council (#037) and the Orange Empire Council (#039) in 1972. The North Orange Council was founded in 1944 as the Northern Orange County and changed its name to North Orange in 1965.
Orange County Council is one of the 20 largest councils by traditional membership in the nation. In 2008 it had over 40,000 youth members.
See main article: Pacific Skyline Council.
| Pacific Skyline Council (#031) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Foster City, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1932 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | pacsky.org |
One of the six councils that serves the San Francisco Bay area, the Pacific Skyline Council was founded in 1940 as the Stanford Area Council (#031). In 1994, the Stanford Area Council merged with the San Mateo County Council (#020) to form the current council.[19]
See main article: Piedmont Council (California).
| Piedmont Council (#042) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Piedmont, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1921 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | piedmontbsa.org |
The Piedmont Council (California) of BSA serves chartered organizations and BSA units located in the city of Piedmont, located in the East Bay hills and surrounded by the city of Oakland. The council was first chartered in 1921, and by some measurements is the smallest in the BSA, but has a high level of activity and serves a high percentage of the available youth living in Piedmont. Piedmont Council is one of the six councils that serves the San Francisco Bay Area.
See main article: Redwood Empire Council.
| Redwood Empire Council #041 | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Santa Rosa, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1919 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | redwoodbsa.org |
Redwood Empire Council is the local council of the Boy Scouts of America that serves youth in Mendocino and Sonoma counties in California.
The Petaluma Council (#041) was founded in 1919, later named the Petaluma Area Council. This council renamed itself the Sonoma-Mendocino Area Council when the Scouting districts of northern Sonoma County and Mendocino County were separated from Silverado Area Council in 1942. In 1992, the Sonoma-Mendocino Council merged with the Redwood Area Council (#044), to form the Redwood Empire Council. The Redwood Area Council was founded in 1923.
| San Diego-Imperial Council #049 | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | San Diego, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1916 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | sdicbsa.org |
The San Diego-Imperial Council is headquartered in San Diego, California, and serves youth members and volunteer leaders through Scout units in San Diego and Imperial counties of Southern California, as well as a portion of Arizona. Founded in 1916 as the Coronado Council, and the San Diego Council, in 1917 the two council merged to make the San Diego County Council (#049). Founded in 1922, the Imperial County Council (#029) changed its name to Imperial-Yuma Area Council in 1929, and changed the name again in 1959 to Desert Trails Council. In 1993 Desert Trails and San Diego County merged to become Desert Pacific Council. Desert Pacific Council was renamed to San Diego-Imperial Council on January 3, 2005.
See main article: Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council.
| Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | San Jose, California |
| Location: | Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, San Benito County, Monterey County |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | August 20, 1920 |
| Founder: | John Crummey, Robert Bentley, Jr., Archer Bowden |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Chiefscout3: | Jason Stein |
| Website: | svmbc.org |
Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council (#055), the result of a council merger between the Santa Clara County Council and the Monterey Bay Area Council, is a Boy Scouts of America council headquartered in San Jose, California. As of 2022, the council serves over 9,200 youth in Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout packs, Venturing crews, and Explorer posts.
(not to be confused with the Sequoyah Council located in Tennessee and Virginia)
| Sequoia Council #027 | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Fresno, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1919 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscout: | Richard Schneider |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscout2: | Mark Millett |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Chiefscout3: | Currently Vacant |
| Website: | seqbsa.org |
The Sequoia Council serves Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare Counties in California. Founded in 1919 as the Fresno Council, it changed its name to Sequoia Council in 1925. In 1992, the Mount Whitney Area Council (#054) merged into Sequoia.
See main article: Southern Sierra Council.
| Southern Sierra Council #030 | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Bakersfield, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1919 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | sscbsa.org |
The Southern Sierra Council serves Kern, Inyo, and Mono counties in California. Founded in 1919 as the Bakersfield Council, it changed its name to the Kern County Council in 1921, and then to the Southern Sierra Council in 1965.
See main article: Ventura County Council.
| Ventura County Council #057 | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Camarillo, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1921 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | vccbsa.org |
Ventura County Council of the Boy Scouts of America was officially chartered as Council 57 on June 23, 1921, after a series of meetings that followed a proposal put forward at a County Chamber of Commerce meeting on March 28, 1921 in the Masonic Hall. Mr. C. H. Whipple, then of Moorpark and later Oxnard, became the president; and Col. J.L. Howland became commissioner. Harvey R. Cheesman, an assistant Scout executive in the Los Angeles Council, became the first Scout Executive, assuming his duties on July 11.
| Verdugo Hills Council #058 | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Glendale, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1920 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | vhcbsa.org |
Verdugo Hills Council (VHC) is one of five Boy Scouts of America councils in Los Angeles County, California. Headquartered in Glendale. It was founded in 1920 as the Glendale Council, changing its name in 1922 to the Verdugo Hills Council (#058).
See main article: Western Los Angeles County Council.
| Western Los Angeles County Council (#051) | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America |
| Headquarters: | Van Nuys, California |
| Country: | United States |
| F-Date: | 1917 |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | bsa-la.org |
The Western Los Angeles County Council (WLACC) (#051) is one of five Boy Scouts of America councils in Los Angeles County, California. Headquartered in Van Nuys, the council services over 30,000 youth spanning six districts including the San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Antelope Valley, Malibu, and much of West Los Angeles.
The Western Los Angeles County Council was formed in 1972 with the merger of the Crescent Bay Council (#026) and the San Fernando Valley Council (#050) to form the Great Western Council. The Great Western Council was renamed Western Los Angeles County Council in 1985.
| Girl Scouting in California |
Girl Scouting officially started in California by 1917 when Lou Henry Hoover help form a troop in Palo Alto. In 1922 the first service unit in the western United States, Service Unit 1, was set up in Palo Alto by Lou Henry Hoover, then president of the Girl Scouts of the US, and is now part of the Girl Scouts of Northern California council.[20] [21]
There are 13 Girl Scout councils serving California of which 8 have headquarters there.
See main article: Scouting in Arizona. In California, serves a small portion of far eastern San Bernardino County in the south-east of the state.
Headquarters: Phoenix, ArizonaWebsite:
| Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | Camarillo, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Chiefscout: | Gina M. Jaeger |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Board Chair |
| Chiefscout2: | Tammie Helmuth |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Chief Operating Officer |
| Chiefscout3: | Karen Skole |
| Website: | girlscoutsccc.org |
This council was formed by the merger of Monterey and Tres Condados councils on October 1, 2007. It serves approximately 10,000 girls in Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.[22]
Camps:
| Girl Scouts of Central California South | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | Fresno, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Chiefscout: | Dr. Russel Statham |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Board Chair |
| Chiefscout2: | Keith Pretzer |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Excutive |
| Website: | girlscoutsccs.org |
Girl Scouts of Central California South was formerly Girl Scouts Golden Valley Council before expansion and renaming in October 2008. It serves about 11,000 girls in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera and Tulare Counties.[25]
| Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | Los Angeles, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | girlscoutsla.org |
The new council, "Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles", is a merger on December 1, 2008 of Angeles Girl Scout Council, Girl Scout Council of Greater Long Beach, Joshua Tree Council (southeastern portion), Mt. Wilson Vista Council, Spanish Trails Council, and San Fernando Valley Girl Scout Council. It serves nearly 45,000 girls and has over 22,000 volunteers.
| Girl Scouts Heart of Central California | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | Sacramento, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Chiefscout: | Linda Farley |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Board Chair |
| Chiefscout2: | Robin Kren |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | girlscoutshcc.org |
Girl Scouts Heart of Central California (GSHCC) serves nearly 27,000 girls and 10,000 volunteers in 18 counties (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba). GSHCC was formed on June 1, 2007, by the merger of the old Muir Trail and Tierra del Oro councils.The main headquarters is in Sacramento with an additional office in Modesto. Both offices feature large meeting spaces for troops and community members, as well as interactive STEM centers that host weekly activities. Given the natural surrounding environment in the Northern Central Valley, this council has a large and historical presence in outdoor activities such as camping, stewardship, and backpacking. [26]
Residential camps:
| Girl Scouts of Northern California | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | Oakland, California and San Jose, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Chiefscout: | Marina Park |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Board Chair |
| Chiefscout2: | Diana Bell |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | www.girlscoutsnorcal.org |
A new council formed by the merger of Konocti, San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Clara County, Sierra Cascade, and Napa-Solano councils on October 1, 2007. It serves over 50,000 girls in 19 counties (Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, and Trinity).[30]
Known for it annual "Golden Gate Bridging" where Junior Girl Scouts bridging to Cadette Girl Scouts walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. This event was started in 1981 with one troop, but now has several thousand scouts involved each year, many of them from outside of the council.[31] The council has also joined with NASA Ames to have several Girl Scout robotics teams nicknamed Space Cookies; including the 80 or so strong troop/team that competes in the FIRST competition and another troop with multiple teams that participates in the VEX competitions.[32] [33]
Camp Bothin officially known as the Bothin Youth Center, is a Girl Scout summer camp. Since 1948 it has been located in Marin County, California. The site is managed by Girl Scouts of Northern California and supported mostly through private foundation grants and individual donations.
In 1905 Camp Bothin was established as "Hill Farm", a convalescent home for women and children, near Fairfax, California, on property then owned by Henry E. Bothin. Before antibiotics, medicine had few treatments other than rest and good food for many illnesses, especially tuberculosis (TB). The patients were initially housed in an old farmhouse. Normally, Hill Farm was home to 30 patients, but during the summer the mild climate allowed as many as 60, who were housed in tents and slept on cots. During this time, Miss Elizabeth H. Ashe was director.
In 1910, the officers formed the corporation named Bothin Convalescent Home for Women and Children. Mr. Bothin deeded of land to this corporation. The old farm house was torn down and a rustic building, now known as Manor House, was erected that could accommodate 40 patients. It had deep sleeping porches (fresh air was considered important for TB patients) and an outdoor dining room.
That same year the Arequipa Sanatorium, directed by Dr. Philip King Brown, was opened to serve women in the first stages of TB. At the time, the only known treatment was rest and good nutrition, in the hopes that the lungs could recover and heal. The name Arequipa, taken from a city in Peru, was said to be a Native American word signifying 'place of rest.' Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, dust- and ash-filled air had contributed to a tuberculosis epidemic in San Francisco.
With the help of local artists and members of the area's philanthropic community, Dr. Brown introduced therapeutic handcrafts to the women, to combat idleness and avoid the stigma of charity. The hospital hired potter Frederick Hurten Rhead to teach patients and develop a pottery studio. Work from the Arequipa pottery is now highly prized among collectors. In 1913 Rhead was dismissed for not being sufficiently businesslike, as he led his students to experiment with glazes and techniques, and tried to get the best materials for them. His successor at the pottery was directed to reduce production costs.
In 1917, the Bothin Helping Fund was incorporated. This organization, now known as the Bothin Foundation, was responsible for raising the $30,000 needed to build Stone House. It was here that professional and business women could come to rest and recuperate after illness.
As treatment methods for TB changed, the need for the Bothin Convalescent Hospital was reduced. The Bothin property was abandoned from 1922 to 1940.
In 1948, Miss Ashe offered a small building now known as Little House to the San Francisco Girl Scouts for troop camping. A few years later she made Manor House available for Girl Scout use, and by 1955 the entire Bothin property was offered to the Council for its use. The Girl Scouts developed the property as a camp, and added a swimming pool. They changed the name to the Henry E. Bothin Youth Center.
In the 1950s, Arequipa was closed as a hospital. In 1959 the property was leased to the Girl Scouts. By 1963 both sides of the property began to operate as the Henry E. Bothin Youth Center.
| Girl Scout Council of Orange County | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | Irvine, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | President |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Council Commissioner |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | girlscoutsoc.org |
The council serves nearly 18,000 girls and 12,000 adult volunteers representing every zip code in Orange County.[42] Council offices are located in Irvine, CA.
The Argyros Girl Scout Leadership Center (GSLC) located in Newport Beach is Orange County’s hub for Girl Scout STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs. Visits to the GSLC provide Orange County Girl Scouts from all cultures and backgrounds extraordinary opportunities to practice leadership the Girl Scout way as they explore exciting 21st Century careers and learn how they can take action to make the world a better place.
In addition to The Argyros Girl Scout Leadership Center, Camp Scherman, and Council Office, Girl Scouts of Orange County operates 4 program centers, located in Anaheim, Laguna Beach, Yorba Linda, and Seal Beach.
Beginning in the fall of 2020 Girl Scouts of Orange County began operating two new Girl Scout Activity Centers located in the Brea Mall and the Shops at Mission Viejo.
| Girl Scouts San Diego Council | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | San Diego, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Chiefscout: | Interim Gerry Keshka |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Board Chair |
| Chiefscout2: | Rick Brooks |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | sdgirlscouts.org |
The council serves about 35,000 members in San Diego and Imperial counties.[43]
Camps are Camps Winacka and Whispering Oaks both in the Cuyamaca Mountainsnear Julian. Winacka has 625acres with two small lakes. Whispering Oaks has 58acres.[44]
| Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council | |
| Type: | council |
| Owner: | GSUSA |
| Headquarters: | Redlands, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Chiefscouttitle: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Chiefscout: | Cynthia H. Breunig |
| Chiefscouttitle2: | Board Chair |
| Chiefscout2: | Debbie Gradias |
| Chiefscouttitle3: | Scout Executive |
| Website: | gssgc.org |
This council serves more than 10,000 girls in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Council camps are Camp Azalea Trails with 12acres high in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idyllwild and Camp WiWoCa in Yucaipa.[45]
See main article: Scouting in Nevada.
In California it serves girls in southern Inyo country.
This council serves 4,500 girls and 2,000 volunteers in northern Nevada and northeast California [46] Camps:
See main article: Scouting in Nevada.
Cambodian Scouting in exile existed at least into the early 1990s in Los Angeles, alongside fellow Vietnamese Scouting in exile and Laotian Scouting in exile groups. Colonel Oleg Pantyukhov, Chief Scout of Russia, moved to the United States, where large troops of Russian Scouts were established in cities such as San Francisco, Burlingame, California, Los Angeles, etc. Also, Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség Hungarian Scouting maintains four troops in Los Angeles and two in San Francisco. There is also a branch of Polish Scouting for girls in the San Francisco Bay Area.