Editing Scouting in Colorado (section)

==Girl Scouting in Colorado==
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===History===

In 1955, $600 was raised to help restore [[Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace|Juliette Low's birthplace]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}} In 1959, the Girl Scouts of Metro Denver council name changed to Girl Scouts-Mile Hi Council, which remained the name until 2007. In 1967, troops for girls with special needs were started at [[Fletcher Miller School]] and at [[Fort Logan]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}}

International Girl Scout gatherings named [[Senior Roundups]] were held every three years from 1956 until 1965.<ref name="roundupstamps">{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=Keith |year=2000 |title=Girl Scout Senior Roundups |url=http://www.sossi.org/girls/roundup.htm |access-date=2006-09-08 |publisher=Scouts on Stamps Society International}}</ref> The National [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] Roundup was held from July 3 to July 12, 1959, adjacent to the site of the then-new [[United States Air Force Academy]] north of Colorado Springs, attended by 10,000 girls.

====Oldest living GSUSA Girl Scout====

The oldest living Girl Scout was [[Marianne Elser Crowder]], born in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] in April 1906. She joined the Wagon Wheel Council Troop 4 in 1918 and was awarded her Golden Eaglet, which was then the GSUSA highest award. She later operated her own dance studio in Colorado Springs and headed the dance department at [[Colorado College]] before moving to [[Menlo Park, California]] in 1939. The Wagon Wheel Council named Crowder the nation's oldest Girl Scout after it conducted a nationwide search and sifted through council archives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oldest Living Girl Scout |url=http://www.fox21news.com/Global/story.asp?S=6217363}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Century-old Girl Scout says lessons have served her well |url=http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=20112&template=article.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203223144/http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=20112&template=article.html |archive-date=2009-02-03}}</ref>

===Girl Scouts of Colorado===
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The Girl Scouts of Colorado was formed in 2007 by a realignment of the five councils that had been serving the state, and the incorporation of nine counties that were previously served by councils in border states. The five previous Colorado councils were Mile Hi (Denver), Wagon Wheel (Colorado Springs), Columbine (Pueblo), Mountain Prairie (Fort Collins), Chipeta (Grand Junction); and the eight Colorado counties previously served by councils in other states were Archuleta, Dolores, Jackson, La Plata, Las Animas, Montezuma, Prowers and San Juan. The council serves 40,500 girl members and 11,000 adult volunteers.

Girl Scouts of Colorado has service center locations in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], Denver, [[Durango, CO|Durango]], [[Fort Collins]], [[Grand Junction, CO|Grand Junction]] and [[Pueblo, CO|Pueblo]]. There are also staff members who work in other areas of the state such as Bailey, Breckenridge, Estes Park, Crowley, Greeley, Johnstown, Longmont, Merino, Monte Vista, Parachute, Sterling, Trinidad, Red Feather Lakes, Sanford, Steamboat Springs and Woodland Park. Additionally, Girl Scouts of Colorado has divided the state into eight regions.

The council maintains three resident camp properties:
* Magic Sky Ranch, near [[Red Feather Lakes]], Larimer County is {{convert|750|acre|km2}}
* Sky High Ranch, [[Woodland Park, CO|Woodland Park]], Teller County established in 1952 has {{convert|880|acre|km2}}
* Tomahawk Ranch, near [[Bailey, CO|Bailey]], Park County is {{convert|480|acre|km2}}
And some regular camps:
* Meadow Mountain Ranch, near [[Estes Park]], Boulder County is at {{convert|8600|ft|m}} above sea level.
* Kiwa Korral, near [[Lyons, CO|Lyons]], Boulder County
* Hamp Hut, in [[Garden of the Gods]] Park, El Paso County. Built in 1953.
* Lazy Acres, near Pueblo, Pueblo County established in 1945
* Pawnee Lodge, near [[Sterling, CO|Sterling]], Logan County
* Twisted Pine, {{convert|20|mi|km}} west of Denver