Editing Scouting in Virginia (section)

===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).