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==Girl Scouting in Arizona== {{Infobox WorldScouting |name=Girl Scouting in Arizona |image=Arizona-gsusa.svg |caption=Map of Girl Scout Councils in California }} There are two Girl Scout councils in Arizona. In Arizona, Girl Scouts was started in Prescott in 1916 by Maxine Dunning though the first troop in Arizona was not formally recognized until 1918 in [[Ajo, Arizona|Ajo]].<ref name=acp-history>{{cite web|title=History Committee|url=http://www.girlscoutsaz.org/en/about-our-council/about-us/history-committee.html|publisher=Girl Scouts: Arizona Cactus-Pine|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> The Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum in Phoenix focuses on Girl Scout history, and in particular, Arizona Girl Scout history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum|url=http://phoenix.org/museums/barbara-anderson-girl-scout-museum/|access-date=2 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910085634/http://phoenix.org/museums/barbara-anderson-girl-scout-museum/|archive-date=September 10, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ===Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council=== {{Infobox WorldScouting | name = Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council | image = Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine Council.png | alt = | caption = | image2 = | caption2 = | type = | owner = | headquarters = [[Phoenix, Arizona]] | location = | country = United States | coords = | f-date = | defunct = | founders = | founder = | members = | chiefscouttitle = Chief Executive Officer | chiefscout = Mary Mitchell and Christina Spicer | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website = [http://www.girlscoutsaz.org girlscoutsaz.org] }} Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine Council serves over 25,000 girls in northern Arizona as well as in the Utah and New Mexico sections of the [[Navajo Nation]] and in a small part of California.<ref name=acp-aboutus>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.girlscoutsaz.org/en/about-our-council/about-us.html|publisher=Girl Scouts: Arizona Cactus-Pine|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> ====Camps==== * Camp Maripai is {{convert|80|acre|ha}} at {{convert|6000|ft|m}} near [[Prescott, Arizona]]. It was established in 1942.<ref name=acpa-camps>{{cite web|title=Our Camps|url=http://www.girlscoutsaz.org/en/camps/our-camps.html|publisher=Girl Scouts: Arizona-Cactus Pine|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> * Parsons Leadership Center is {{convert|20|acre|ha}} at the base of [[South Mountains (Arizona)|South Mountain]] near [[Phoenix, Arizona]] * Camp Stephens is {{convert|5|acre|ha}} at {{convert|6100|ft|m}} {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of [[Kingman, Arizona]] * Shadow Rim Ranch is {{convert|40|acre|ha}} at {{convert|5600|ft|m}} in [[Tonto National Forest]] near [[Payson, Arizona]] * Willow Springs Program Center is {{convert|190|acre|ha}} at {{convert|6000|ft|m}} in [[Prescott National Forest]] {{Clear}} ===Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona=== {{Infobox WorldScouting | name = Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona | image = | alt = | caption = | image2 = | caption2 = | type = | owner = | headquarters = [[Tucson, Arizona]] | location = | country = United States | coords = | f-date = | defunct = | founders = | founder = | members = | chiefscouttitle = Chief Executive Officer | chiefscout = Debbie Rich | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website = [http://www.girlscoutssoaz.org/ www.girlscoussoaz.org] }} Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona council serves more than 14,000 girls in Pima, Cochise, Greenlee, Yuma, and Santa Cruz counties and southern parts of Graham, Maricopa, and Pinal counties.<ref name=sa-who>{{cite web|title=Who we ar|url=http://www.girlscoutssoaz.org/who-we-are/|publisher=Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> It was previously known as Sahuaro Girl Scout Council. ====Camps==== * Whispering Pines Program Center is {{convert|16|acre|ha}} on [[Mount Lemmon]] in [[Coronado National Forest]] * The Hacienda Program Center in Tucson * Camp Tucker is a leave no trace camp ground near [[Rimrock, Arizona|Rimrock]].
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