Editing Scouting in Virginia (section)

==Girl Scouts of the USA==
{{Main|Girl Scouts of the USA}}
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|caption2 =Map of Girl Scout Councils in Virginia 
|name = Girl Scouts of the United States of America
|headquarters = New York, [[New York (state)|New York]]
|country = United States
|members = {{unbulleted list|
2,164,318 youth|
846,600 adults (2013)<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/facts/pdf/2013_annual_report.pdf |title=2013 GSUSA Annual Report |page=18 |ref=GSReport2013 |access-date=June 8, 2015}}</ref>}}
|f-date = {{start date and age|1912|03|12}}
|founder = [[Juliette Gordon Low]]
|chiefscouttitle = CEO
|chiefscout = Bonnie Barczykowski
|website = [http://www.girlscouts.org/ www.girlscouts.org]
|affiliation = [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]]
| uniform_caption = Brownie
}}

There are seven Girl Scout councils serving girls in Virginia; three are headquartered in the state.

===History===
In 1939, the [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]] Council and the [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]] Council formed.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|48}} This version of the Arlington Council included Falls Church, Fairfax City, and Fairfax County. Later the Fairfax County Council of Girl Scouts formed, but would not include all the Fairfax County troops until 1946.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|48}} In 1946 the Fairfax County Council of Girl Scouts had 26 troops with 476 girls.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|52}} By 1958 there were 485 troops with 7,800 girls.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|52}} Before buying land in 1942 to build Camp Potomac Woods, the Arlington Council would send their Scouts to National Park Service Camp Chopowamsic in Triangle Virginia.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|50}}

In 1958, The District of Columbia Council formally changed names to National Capital Council, putting an end to the informal name of Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia and Montgomery County.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation">{{Cite book |last=Robertson |first=Ann E. |title=Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital |date=Dec 2, 2013 |publisher=Arcadia |pages=127}}</ref>{{rp|48}} Also in 1958 the Fairfax County Council of Girl Scouts spread by including Falls Church and Quantico and so later took the name Northern Virginia Girl Scout Council.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|48}} Then in the June 1962 issue of the Trefoil magazine the National Capital Council held a mail in vote to rename the council with the choices of: Potomac River Council, Nation's Capital Council, Greater Washington Council, and a space to write in your own suggestion.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|54}} Nation's Capital Council won that contest.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|54}}

That kind of consolidation continued in 1963 when the new Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital was formed from the National Capital, Southern Maryland, Alexandria, Arlington, and Northern Virginia councils, as well as including a single troop from Prince William, another in Fauquier, and one in Loudoun.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|48}} A new Shawnee Council also formed in 1963 which consolidated the Blue Ridge Council of Virginia, the Eastern Panhandle Council of West Virginia, the Washington County Council of Maryland, and the previous Shawnee Council that included the Maryland county of Alleghany, the Maryland county of Garrett, and the Pennsylvania county of Bedford.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|48}} In 1972 this much larger Shawnee Council moved their headquarters to Martinsburg, West Virginia.<ref name="Girl Scout Council of the Nation" />{{rp|48}}

===Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians===
See [https://www.girlscoutcsa.org/ Girl Scouting in Tennessee].  Serves Virginia girls in the extreme southwest of Virginia.

nearest Service Center: [[Johnson City, Tennessee]]

===Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council===
See [https://www.bdgsc.org/ Girl Scouting in West Virginia].  Serves Virginia girls in Bland, Buchanan, and Tazewell counties.

Headquarters: [[Charleston, West Virginia]]

===Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council===
See [https://www.gscb.org/ Girl Scouting in Delaware].  Serves Virginia girls on the [[Delmarva Peninsula]].

Headquarters: [[Newark, Delaware]]

===Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast===
Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast serves nearly 8,000 girls, with more than 4,000 adult volunteers in southeastern Virginia and northeastern [[Scouting in North Carolina|North Carolina]]. It was established in 1981.

Headquarters: [[Chesapeake, Virginia]]

Camps:
*Camp Darden is almost {{convert|100|acre|km2}} near [[Franklin, Virginia]]. It was acquired in 1961 and named after [[Colgate Darden]] and his wife.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Early Years |url=http://www.blueheronlodge.org/history_chronicle_002.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426120827/http://www.blueheronlodge.org/history_chronicle_002.asp |archive-date=2010-04-26 |access-date=2008-12-19 |website=blueheronlodge.org}}</ref>
*Camp Skimino is a {{convert|90|acre|m2|adj=on}} camp near [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].
*Camp Apasus is located in Norfolk, Virginia.
*Camp Burke's Mill Pond is a {{convert|30.06|acre|m2|adj=on}} camp located in [[Gloucester County, Virginia]]. It was donated to the Heritage Girl Scout Council in 1975, along with an additional {{convert|6.23|acre|m2|adj=on}} tract which contains the original mill house. Heritage Girl Scout Council and Tidewater Girl Scout Council merged to become the Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast.
*Camp Outback is a designated site on the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail, with an 8.5 acre nature area, and is located behind A Place for Girls, the council's headquarters and program center in Chesapeake, Virginia.

===Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia Council===
The Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves more than 16,000 girls and has about 5,700 adult volunteers in 30 central Virginia counties.  It was chartered in 1963, when three smaller councils serving Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Southside Virginia merged.  In 2007, Surry County was moved from this council to Colonial Coast.  The first troop formed in central Virginia was Troop #1, Highland Springs in 1913.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Realignment |url=http://comgirlscouts.org:80//PDF/marketing/PressRelease06/Realignment.pdf |website=Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185839/http://comgirlscouts.org:80//PDF/marketing/PressRelease06/Realignment.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-25 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Newest History |url=http://www.comgirlscouts.org/PDF/marketing/newesthistory.pdf |website=Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185845/http://www.comgirlscouts.org/PDF/marketing/newesthistory.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-25 }}</ref>

In 1932 the first African-American troop in the South, Girl Scout Troop 34, was founded in Richmond by [[Lena B. Watson]].  It was first led by [[Lavnia Banks]], a teacher from Armstrong High School.  It first met in Hartshorn Hall, [[Virginia Union University]].  In 2008, a tree was planted in commemoration at Hartshorn Hall.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-18 |title=Girl Scout Commonwealth Council to celebrate and honor first African‐American Troop in the South |url=https://www.comgirlscouts.org/News%20Room/vuu.pdf |website=Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225150043/https://www.comgirlscouts.org/News%20Room/vuu.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1922, Girl Scouts of Richmond was chartered.  In 1942 Petersburg Girl Scout Council was formed and in 1944, Hopewell Girl Scout Council.  In 1953 Petersburg and Hopewell merged to form Southside.
In 1963 Southside, Richmond, and Fredericksburg councils merged to form the current council.

Headquarters: Richmond, Virginia

Camps:
*Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp is {{convert|240|acre|km2}} in [[Hanover, Virginia]] along the banks of the [[Pamunkey River]].  It was opened in 1996.
*Camp Kittamaqund is {{convert|387|acre|km2}} and {{convert|5|mi|km}} of shoreline on the [[Northern Neck]].  It was named after the chief in power at the time of English arrival.  The property was acquired in 1964.  In 2006 the council attempted to sell the property, but the sale fell through due to zoning regulations that limited redevelopment.

Earlier camps include Camp Pocahontas acquired in 1928; Camp Pinoaka, created in 1936 for African-American Girl Scouts; and Camp Holly Dell in 1951 (sold in 1996).

===Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital===
See Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital. Serves girls in northern Virginia as well.

Headquarters: [[Washington, D.C.]]

===Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council===
This council serves about 10,500 girls in 36 Virginia counties.  It was established in 1963.

Headquarters: Roanoke, Virginia

Camps:
*Camp Sacajawea is {{convert|119|acre|km2}} on the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] near [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]].  It was named after the Native American woman who accompanied the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
*Camp Sugar Hollow is {{convert|60|acre|m2}} at the foot of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] near [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]]
*Icimani Adventure Program Center in [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]]