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This page is a clearinghouse for Girl Scout Take Action groups.

Be a Girl Scout Sister. Go to their sites and give them support! YOU can help save Girl Scout camps and also help get the word out about Girl Scouting, the Outdoors, and our great Girl Scout traditions.

Be sure to read the hard-hitting ARTICLES on the Article Page too.

Be a Girl Scout Activist and Take Action!

See the SAVE OUR GIRL SCOUT CAMPS Facebook page too, for more info.

LOOK FOR MORE TAKE ACTION SITES LISTED HERE SOON.

Note: some of these petitions and sites are current, others are not. I will be splitting these up soon.

NEWEST: (7-2017)Are you in the GS Heart of Pennsylvania Council?

Comment here to Save Camp Furnace Hills.

NEW! (TWO NEW SECTIONS: "FUNDRAISING" (Va. Skyline and Build a GS Trail) AND

Take Action for Better "INCENTIVES"

ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE...)

July 2016: Help save Camp Louise - - which is in the

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania Council.

Camp Louise

Friends of Camp Louise - this new website is under construction.

You can also join the Facebook page here.
 

NEW: June 25, 2016:

Save Cedar Point Camp

This group is working to save their Girl Scout Camp. They are in the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois Council.

They have a Petition Page here.
 

Other Take Action links:

Check out these other Take Action links. Some are older, others not.

Girl Scouts of Tradition: Our Quest to Restore Sanity (FB group) Discuss all kinds of Girl Scout subjects here.

The GSUSA: Are You Listening Facebook page - They have comments there from a survey they did

Save Our Girl Scout Camps - - because Girl Scouts DO like camping.

CSA Girl Scouts REALLY in the Outdoors - unofficial (for older Girl Scout Girls) - Sarah Young now has her Outdoor Journey for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors, OK'd by her council, the Girl Scouts of Central Texas. It is called Excite, Educate, and Explore, and has a STEM focus, plus girl-led fun adventure too.

This is GREAT news! Their group and council is offering this to OTHER councils too. Just go to their Facebook page (above) and get all that information.

You can get this program OK'd so YOUR council can use it as early as next summer! Find out more at her page.

OTHER TAKE ACTION PAGES

HELP VA. SKYLINE GIRLS GET OUTDOORS

Fund-raising page: (NEW) Help the Girls of Virginia Skyline get outdoors and have fun.

Chris Wilson is raising money to help her help troops get outside and do fun things. Find out more:

FIRSTGIVING: OVER THE EDGE FOR GIRL SCOUTS OF VIRGINIA SKYLINE: Chris Wilson's Page

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HELP BUILD AN OFFICIAL GIRL SCOUT TRAIL!

Help a Girl Scout girl make a NEW Girl Scout trail - - the first of its kind! https://www.facebook.com/JLowTrail/

See the video on her page!

She also has a website here: http://www.jlowtrail.org.

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TAKE ACTION FOR BETTER INCENTIVES

Put the "Scout" in Girl Scout Cookie Prizes -

CHANGE.ORG: ASKING COOKIE BAKERS TO PUT SCOUTING EMPHASIS IN COOKIE PRIZES.

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I am currently checking these other sites and links to see if they are current.

Save Camp Mintahama - For the Girl Scouts of Missouri Heartland.
Save Camp Latonka in Missouri
Restore Camp Dewitt GSHNJ - this camp had a fire recently. They want to rebuild their camp.
Friends of Skyland Ranch (GS of Greater Los Angeles)
Save the U.S. Summer Camp Tradition
The Friends of Camp Crowell/Hilaka in Ohio - Donate here at the website - - And here is the Friends of Crowell/Hilaka Facebook page
Friends of Camp Coleman - Alabama
Save Camp Tweedale - PA (FB group)
Save the Girl Scout Camps of Alabama (FB group)(NOW the Camp Trico Page)
NEW: Save the Girl Scout Little House in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. (FB page)
Save Our Girl Scout Camps - Iowa and Illinois (The SOS Weebly page)
Send me your other Take Action Groups or links to to add here.

contact me by email or snail mail

And be sure to read the hard-hitting articles on the Articles Page too.

OLDER PETITIONS AND INFORMATION.

Camp Noark in Huntsville, Arkansas tried to save their camp!
THIS OLDER PETITION WAS AT CHANGE.ORG
This group is talked to their Board about keeping their camp.
This petition was sent to their Board Chair and also their CEO.
The last comment on this page was 11 months ago. Darn.
 

OLD - - - - SAVE OUR CAMPS (GSEIWI)

GSEIWI camp names pix

August 2015: The Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois tried to keep the time-honored names of 4 of their camps.
This was the petition to allow the girls and volunteers to have the choice of keeping their camp names.
From the page: "We want our council to communicate openly and honestly about plans and actions they are considering that concern our camps. We want our council to let members have an active role in council decisions."
Another volunteer saids, "The Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa western Illinois Council has narrowed the re-named camp choices and are completely blocking the option of members voting to retain the name Camp Conestoga.
Not only is the council refusing to be inclusive of the wishes of girls today they are ignoring the girls from nearly 70 years who ago picked the name Camp Conestoga when a camp naming contest was held, and Conestoga was chosen in as the camp name in 1946."
Old Petition to the Board of Directors Girl Scouts Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois

Some older sites of interest...

Trefoil Integrity - NE Ohio - find out the stories behind the Consolidation/Mergers, Girl Scout camps being closed and more. The author has kept this open for other Girl Scouts.
Freinds of Eagle Island (NJ) - Working to Save Eagle Island Camp for Future Generations - please do not inquire there. They are no longer a Girl-Scout-related camp, but did save it. Kudos to them!
"Rebel Scout": (a FB page once listed here) is now a closed page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/505848892787807/. They advocated for Camp Tahigwa in Iowa. I was a member earlier, but have been taken off. They still have the group though if you are in this council and are curious, and if they OK you.
Save Our Girl Scout Camps - (was for Iowa and Illinois) (FB group) - they had a GoFundMe page, but this has been closed to further donations.

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