Editing Scouting in Tennessee (section)

==Girl Scouting in Tennessee today==
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There are four Girl Scout councils serving Tennessee.

===Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta===
See [[Scouting in Georgia (U.S. state)|Scouting in Georgia]] for complete information.  This council serves girls in [[Polk County, Tennessee]]

Headquarters: [[Atlanta, Georgia]]

===Girl Scouts Heart of the South===
Girl Scouts Heart of the South was established on June 1, 2008, by the merger of Girl Scouts of Northeast Mississippi, Girl Scout Council of Northwest Mississippi, Girl Scout Council of The Mid-South, and Reelfoot Girl Scout Council.  It serves 6,000 girls and has 2,000 adult volunteers in west Tennessee, north Mississippi and [[Crittenden County, Arkansas]].<ref name="heart-about">{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.girlscoutshs.org/en/about-girl-scouts/who-we-are.html|publisher=Girl Scouts Heart of the South|access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref>

Headquarters: [[Memphis, Tennessee]]

Camps:
* Kamp Kiwani is {{convert|1250|acre|ha}} including a {{convert|70|acre|ha|adj=on}} lake in [[Middleton, Tennessee]]<ref name="kiwani">{{cite web|title=Kamp Kiwani|url=http://www.girlscoutshs.org/en/outdoors/kamp-kiwani.html|publisher=Girl Scouts Heart of the South|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>
* Camp Tik-A-Witha is {{convert|310|acre|ha}} with a {{convert|20|acre|ha}} lake in [[Van Vleet, Mississippi|Van Vleet]], [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi]] next to the [[Tombigbee National Forest]].<ref name="tik-a-witha">{{cite web|title=Camp Tik-A-Witha|url=http://www.girlscoutshs.org/en/outdoors/camp-tik-a-witha.html|publisher=Girl Scouts Heart of the South|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>  
* Camp Fisherville is {{convert|72|acre|ha}} in  [[Fisherville, Tennessee]]<ref name="fisherville">{{cite web|title=Camp Fisherville|url=http://www.girlscoutshs.org/en/outdoors/camp-fisherville.html|publisher=Girl Scouts Heart of the South|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>
* Girl Scout Program/Training Center in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]

===Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee===
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee serves over 14,000 girls and has 7,000 adult volunteers in 39 Tennessee counties.  Nashville had its first troop in 1917 and Nashville Girl Scout Council was chartered in 1926.  In 1958 a reorganization led to Cumberland Valley Girl Scout
Council covering 20 counties in Tennessee and southern Kentucky.  In 2006 a new realignment led to the current larger council.<ref name="midtenn-about">{{cite web|title=About|url=http://gsmidtn.org/about-us/|website=Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee|access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref>

Headquarters: [[Nashville, Tennessee]]

Camps:
* Camp Holloway is {{convert|76|acre|ha}} in [[Millersville, Tennessee]], and established in 1951 as a camp for "Negro girl scouts"; it now serves all girls.  It is named for [[Josephine Holloway]] who founded the first official African-American Girl Scout troop in Nashville in 1942 (some 18 years after establishing one unofficially and 9 years after first seeking official permission).<ref name="jgholloway">{{cite web|title=Josephine Groves Holloway|url=http://gsmidtn.org/josephine-holloway/|publisher=Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="holloway-encyclopedia">{{cite web|last1=Perry|first1=Elisabeth Israels|title=Josephine Groves Holloway|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=641|website=Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture|publisher=University of Tennessee Press|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>
* Camp Nee Kah Nah is {{convert|354|acre|ha}} in [[Gainesboro, Tennessee]].  Its name derives from "friendship crossing" in [[Cherokee]].
* Camp Piedmont is {{convert|29|acre|ha}} in [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]]. (sold in 2024)
* Camp Sycamore Hills is {{convert|742|acre|ha}} in [[Ashland City, Tennessee]].  It was established in 1959.

Founded in 2017, Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Troop 6000 serves scouts at homeless shelters across Middle Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-11|title=Girl Scout troop helps foster sisterhood at homeless shelters|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/girl-scout-troop-helps-foster-sisterhood-at-homeless-shelters|access-date=2022-02-11|website=WTVF|language=en}}</ref>

===Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA)===

Formed by the merger of Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council, Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council, and Girl Scouts of Moccasin Bend Council.  This council covers 46 counties in southwest Virginia,  east Tennessee, and north Georgia and has service centers in [[Johnson City, Tennessee]], [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], and [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]].<ref name="gs-councilinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.girlscoutcsa.org/en/our-council/about-our-council.html|title=About our Council|publisher=Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref>

Camps:<ref name="gs-campinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.girlscoutcsa.org/en/camps/our-camps.html|title=Our Camps|publisher=Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref>
* Camp Wildwood in [[Johnson City, Tennessee]] is {{convert|12|acre|ha}} owned by the Harris Foundation but for the use of the Girl Scouts.
* Camp Tanasi covers {{convert|461|acre|ha}} on [[Norris Lake (Tennessee)|Norris Lake]] near [[Andersonville, Tennessee|Andersonville]]
* Camp Adahi covers {{convert|900|acre|ha}} on [[Lookout Mountain]] in Georgia and includes {{convert|10|acre|ha}} lake.  It was acquired in 1965.

Former camps:
* Camp Sky-Wa-Mo in [[Bluff City, Tennessee]]. Put on the market in September 2012.<ref name="sky-wa-mo">{{cite news|title=Camp Sky-Wa-Mo to be sold|url=http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/camp-sky-wa-mo-to-be-sold/article_3490f63e-4cbf-540b-a713-c496a77ddcdd.html|access-date=28 August 2016|work=Bristol Herald-Courier|date=13 September 2010}}</ref>
* Camp Windy Knob in [[Greenville, Tennessee]]
* Warren-Kelly Memorial Center for Girls("The Hut") in [[Big Stone Gap, Virginia]]