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==Girl Scouting in Oregon== {{Infobox WorldScouting |name=Girl Scouting in Oregon |image=Oregon-gsusa.svg |caption=Map of Girl Scout Councils in Oregon |type=council }} There are two Girl Scout councils serving girls in Oregon. ===Girl Scouts of Silver Sage=== {{main article|Girl Scouts of Silver Sage}} Serves girls in [[Malheur County, Oregon]] with headquarters in [[Boise, Idaho]]. ===Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington=== {{Infobox WorldScouting |name=Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington<!-- |image=Cimarron Council CSP.png --> |type=council |owner=[[Girl Scouts of the USA]] |headquarters=[[Portland, Oregon]] |location= |country=United States |coords= |f-date=2008 |defunct= |founders= |founder= |members= |chiefscouttitle=President |chiefscout= |chiefscouttitle2=Council Commissioner |chiefscout2= |chiefscouttitle3=Scout Executive |chiefscout3= |website=[http://www.girlscoutsosw.org girlscoutsosw.org] }} Formed by the merger of Girl Scouts - Columbia River Council, Girl Scouts of Santiam Council, Girl Scouts of Western Rivers Council, and Girl Scouts of Winema Council in October 2008. ====Service centers in Oregon==== * [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]] * [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] * [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]] * [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] Program centers: * Albany Program Center is located in a residential section of [[Albany, Oregon|Albany]]. * Lebanon Program Center is a converted schoolhouse located in [[Lebanon, Oregon|Lebanon]]. * Newport Program Center is located in residential [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]] near the beach and the [[Oregon Coast Aquarium]]. * Seaside Program Center is located in residential [[Seaside, Oregon|Seaside]] near the beach. ====Summer resident camps==== * Camp Arrowhead is {{convert|260|acres|km2}} located in the Gorge near [[Stevenson, Washington]]. Camp Arrowhead has 260 acres of forest, meadows, trails, and a lake. It was opened in 1948. * Camp Cleawox is located two miles south of [[Florence, Oregon|Florence]] in the [[Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area]]. This {{convert|47|acre|m2}} site is situated on a freshwater lake. Girl Scouts first started camping there before 1930 and in 1938/1939 substantial work was done by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]]. The property was also leased by other groups until 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(OR0165))|title = Camp Cleawox Organizational Tract, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Siuslaw National Forest, Florence, Lane County, OR}}</ref> * Camp Whispering Winds is located in the forested hills of [[Kings Valley, Oregon|Kings Valley]]. The camp includes {{convert|220|acres|km2}} and a central lake. Outdoor Program Centers: * The Homestead Outdoor Program Center is {{convert|32|acres|m2}} located on the historically significant Creighton Homestead in [[Rhododendron, Oregon|Rhododendron]] at the base of [[Mount Hood]]. * Mountaindale Outdoor Program Center is located off Sunset Highway in [[North Plains, Oregon|North Plains]]. Mountaindale has {{convert|50|acres|m2}} of woods, a meadow, and a pond. * Ruth Hyde Outdoor Program Center is {{convert|90|acres|m2}} about seven miles west of [[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass]].
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