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==Girl Scouts of the USA== [[File:Michigan-gsusa.svg|360px|right|Map of Girl Scout Councils in Michigan]] There are five Girl Scout councils in Michigan. ===Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan=== Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan serves 30,000 girls in central Michigan. It was formed on October 1, 2008 by the merger of Glowing Embers Girl Scout Council, Girl Scouts of The Huron Valley Council, Girl Scouts - Irish Hills Council, and Girl Scouts of Michigan Capital Council. * Camp Deer Trails, Harrison, MI * Camp Linden, Linden, MI * Camp Merrie Woode, Plainwell, MI * Camp O' the Hills, Brooklyn, MI * Camp Oak Hills, Harrison, MI * Camp Wacousta, Wacousta, MI * Barbara Osterman Cabin, Alma, MI * Jane Harris Cabin, Mt. Pleasant, MI * Program & Training Center, Kalamazoo, MI ===Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore=== Headquartered in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], the Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore serves just over 6,000 members in northwestern Michigan (not including the Upper Peninsula). It was formed by the merger of Girl Scouts of Michigan Pine and Dunes Council, Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails, Girl Scouts of Crooked Tree, and Girl Scouts of Mitten Bay. Camps: * Camp Anna Behrens - Greenville, MI * Camp Woodlands - Alpena, MI * Sherwood Lodge at Camp Anna Behrens - Greenville, MI * Betsy Cutler House - Muskegon, MI * Grand Haven Little House - Grand Haven, MI * Ludington Little House - Ludington, MI ===Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana=== {{main|Scouting in Indiana}} Headquartered in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] serves girls in Berrien and Cass counties. ===Girl Scouts of The Northwestern Great Lakes=== {{main|Scouting in Wisconsin}} Headquartered in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], this dividing serves girls in the Upper Peninsula. * Camp Birch Trails - in Rock Falls, 8 miles N of Merrill, WI * Camp Cuesta - by Bailey's Harbor, West of Traverse City on the across Lake Michigan past South & North Manitou Islands. * Camp Del O'Claire - Weston, WI * Camp Nawakwa - NW of Cornell, WI * Camp Pow-Low - Gwinn, MI near Marquette, MI in waterfall country * Camp Sacajawea - Wisconsin Rapids, WI on Lake Tapawingo. * Camp Winnecomac - NE of Appleton in Kaukauna, WI surrounded by 1,000 Island Nature Preserve. * Appleton Service Center - Appleton, WI * Eau Claire Service Center - Eau Claire, WI * Green Bay Service Center - Green Bay, WI ===Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan=== Headquartered in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], it was formed by a merger on January 1, 2009 of Girl Scouts Fair Winds Council, Girl Scouts of Macomb County - Otsikita Council, Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit, and Girl Scouts - Michigan Waterways Council. * Camp Hawthorn Hollow - Richmond, MI * Camp Innisfree - between Howell and Pinckney, MI - was idled as of September 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michigan Girl Scout Camp Closing |url=http://www.freep.com/story/life/family/2014/09/18/michigan-girl-scout-camp-closing/15809081}}</ref> * Playfair Program Center - near Lexington, MI <!-- Efforts are under way to merge and realign councils across Lower Michigan into three new councils since 2006 as a part of across the country effort to reduce the number of councils. Glowing Embers, Huron Valley, Irish Hills, Michigan Capital, Mitten Bay with the addition of Shiawassee County from Fair Winds Council and Branch, St. Joseph, Van Buren Counties from Singing Sands Council will become Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan |url=http://www.cmgsc.org}}</ref> Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan will be form from Fair Winds, Huron Valley, Macomb County - Otsikita, Metro Detroit, Michigan Waterways Councils<ref>{{Cite web |title=Councils Involved |url=http://www.gssem.org/councils.asp}}</ref> with a portion of Monroe coming from Maumee Valley Council.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2008 |title=Realignment News Issue #3 |url=http://www.gssem.org/files/realignmentNewsMarch08.pdf}}</ref> Crooked Tree, Michigan Pine & Dunes and Michigan Trails Councils, and parts of Mitten Bay are merging into Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore Council. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Council Realignment News |url=http://www.girlscoutscrookedtree.org/documents/CRCnewsletterinsert.pdf}}</ref> Peninsula Waters Council merged with northern [[Scouting in Wisconsin|Wisconsin councils]]: Birch Trails Council (Schofield WI), Fox River Area (Appleton WI), Indian Waters (Eau Claire WI), Lac Baie Council (Green Bay WI), and Girl Scouts of Woodland Council (Wisconsin Rapids WI) into Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes website: About Council |url=http://www.gsnwgl.org/about/council.html}}</ref> '''Post Realignment Councils''' {| class="wikitable" |- | {{Infobox WorldScouting | name = Heart of Michigan Council | image = | image-size = | caption = | type = Council | owner = | age = | headquarters = | location = [[Michigan]] | country ={{USA}} | coords = | f-date = October 1, 2008 | defunct = | founders = | founder = | award-for = | members = | chiefscouttitle = | chiefscout = | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website = {{url| http://www.GSHOM.org}} | affiliation = Girl Scouts of America | next = | prev = }} |{{Infobox WorldScouting | name = Michigan Shore to Shore Council | image = | image-size = | caption = | type = Council | owner = | age = | headquarters = [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]] | location = [[Michigan]] | country ={{USA}} | coords = | f-date = August 1, 2008 | defunct = | founders = | founder = | award-for = | members = | chiefscouttitle = | chiefscout = | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website = {{url| http://www.gsmists.org}} | affiliation = Girl Scouts of America | next = | prev = }} |- | {{Infobox WorldScouting | name = Southeastern Michigan Council | image = | image-size = | caption = | type = Council | owner = | age = | headquarters = Fisher Building, [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] | location = [[Michigan]] | country ={{USA}} | coords = | f-date = January 1, 2009 | defunct = | founders = | founder = | award-for = | members = | chiefscouttitle = | chiefscout = | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website = {{url| http://www.gssem.org}} | affiliation = [[Girl Scouts of America]] | next = | prev = }} | {{Infobox WorldScouting | name = Northwestern Great Lakes Council | image = | image-size = | caption = | type = Council | owner = | age = | headquarters = | location = [[Michigan]], [[Wisconsin]] | country ={{USA}} | coords = | f-date = | defunct = | founders = | founder = | award-for = | members = | chiefscouttitle = | chiefscout = | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website = {{url| http://www.gsnwgl.org}} | affiliation = [[Girl Scouts of America]] | next = | prev = }} |} -->
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