Editing Scouting in California (section)

===Girl Scouts of Northern California===
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A new council formed by the merger of Konocti, San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Clara County, Sierra Cascade, and Napa-Solano councils on October 1, 2007. It serves over 50,000 girls in 19 counties (Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, and Trinity).<ref name="gsnorcal">{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/about |access-date=11 January 2015 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref>

Known for it annual "Golden Gate Bridging" where Junior Girl Scouts bridging to Cadette Girl Scouts walk across the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. This event was started in 1981 with one troop, but now has several thousand scouts involved each year, many of them from outside of the council.<ref name="ggbridge">{{Cite web |title=Golden Gate Bridging |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/girls/big-events/golden-gate-bridging |access-date=11 January 2015 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref>  The council has also joined with [[NASA Ames]] to have several Girl Scout robotics teams nicknamed '''Space Cookies'''; including the 80 or so strong troop/team that competes in the [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]] competition and another troop with multiple teams that participates in the [[Robot competition#The VEX Robotics Competition|VEX]] competitions.<ref name="spacecookies">{{Cite web |title=Space Cookies |url=http://www.spacecookies.org/ |access-date=11 January 2015 |publisher=NASA Ames}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dremann |first=Sue |date=25 November 2013 |title=Robotics builds community for Space Cookies girls |url=http://blog.sfgate.com/mpark/2011/03/19/space-cookies-high-school-robotics-team-wins-regionals/ |access-date=11 January 2015 |work=Palo Alto Weekly}}</ref>

====Camps====
* Camp Bothin is in a canyon in Marin county north of San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GSNorCal: Camp Bothin Rental |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalbothin.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502102317/http://girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalbothin.html |archive-date=2012-05-02 |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref> See below for more information.
* Camp Butano Creek is {{convert|145|acre|ha}} located in old growth redwoods in San Mateo County next to [[Butano State Park]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=GSNorCal: Camp Butano Creek Rental |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalbutano.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114405/http://girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalbutano.html |archive-date=2012-03-18 |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref>
* The Cove is a wilderness camp near [[Napa, California]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=GSNorCal: The Cove Rental |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalcove.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219231344/http://girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalcove.html |archive-date=2012-02-19 |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref>
* Camp Deer Lake is a high adventure camp located at {{convert|6800|ft|m|abbr=on}} in [[Tahoe National Forest]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Deer Lake |url=http://www.camprocks.org/deer_lake.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406120917/http://www.camprocks.org/deer_lake.html |archive-date=2012-04-06 |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref> (Closed)
* Camp Sugar Pine is located in [[Calaveras County, California]] in the Sierra Nevada foothills<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Deer Lake |url=http://www.camprocks.org/sugar_pine.html |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref>
* Twin Canyon is {{convert|35|acre|ha}} in the East Bay hills near to [[Briones Regional Park]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=GSNorCal: Twin Canyon Rental |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentaltwincanyon.html |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Camp Two Sentinels, located at {{convert|8000|ft|m|abbr=on}} on Lake Kirkwood in Eldorado National Forest [http://www.twosentinels.org/ Two Sentinels Girl Scout Camp - Home]
* Skylark Ranch {{convert|280|acre|ha}} on the Pacific coast north of Santa Cruz and near to [[Año Nuevo State Park|Año Nuevo State Reserve]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=GSNorCal: Skylark Ranch Rental |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalskylark.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203211244/http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalskylark.html |archive-date=2012-02-03 |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref>
* Hidden Falls has {{convert|90|acre|ha}} in the redwood forests of the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=GSNorCal: Hidden Falls Rental |url=http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalhiddenfalls.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221104843/http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/camp/rentalhiddenfalls.html |archive-date=2012-02-21 |access-date=2012-03-11 |publisher=Girl Scouts of Northern California}}</ref>

=====Camp Bothin=====
[[File:Twoface Titan.jpg|thumb|The Space Cookies' 2011 robot "Mazarine" placed first in the Sacramento FIRST Regional, and the team received the Engineering Inspiration Award.]]
Camp Bothin officially known as the Bothin Youth Center, is a [[Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scout]] summer camp. Since 1948 it has been located in [[Marin County]], California. The site is managed by Girl Scouts of Northern California and supported mostly through private foundation grants and individual donations.

=====Convalescent home=====
In 1905 Camp Bothin was established as "Hill Farm", a [[convalescent]] home for women and children, near [[Fairfax, California]], on property then owned by [[Henry E. Bothin]]. Before [[antibiotics]], medicine had few treatments other than rest and good food for many illnesses, especially [[tuberculosis]] (TB). The patients were initially housed in an old farmhouse. Normally, Hill Farm was home to 30 patients, but during the summer the mild climate allowed as many as 60, who were housed in tents and slept on cots. During this time, Miss Elizabeth H. Ashe was director.

In 1910, the officers formed the corporation named Bothin Convalescent Home for Women and Children. Mr. Bothin deeded {{convert|152|acres}} of land to this corporation. The old farm house was torn down and a rustic building, now known as Manor House, was erected that could accommodate 40 patients. It had deep sleeping porches (fresh air was considered important for TB patients) and an outdoor [[dining room]].

That same year the Arequipa [[Sanatorium]], directed by Dr. Philip King Brown, was opened to serve women in the first stages of TB. At the time, the only known treatment was rest and good nutrition, in the hopes that the lungs could recover and heal. The name ''Arequipa'', taken from a [[Arequipa|city in Peru]], was said to be a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word signifying 'place of rest.' Following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], dust- and ash-filled air had contributed to a tuberculosis [[epidemic]] in San Francisco.

With the help of local artists and members of the area's [[philanthropy|philanthropic]] community, Dr. Brown introduced therapeutic [[handcrafts]] to the women, to combat idleness and avoid the stigma of charity. The hospital hired potter [[Frederick Hurten Rhead]] to teach patients and develop a pottery studio. Work from the [[Arequipa Pottery|Arequipa pottery]] is now highly prized among [[collecting|collectors]]. In 1913 Rhead was dismissed for not being sufficiently businesslike, as he led his students to experiment with glazes and techniques, and tried to get the best materials for them. His successor at the pottery was directed to reduce production costs.

In 1917, the Bothin Helping Fund was incorporated. This organization, now known as the [[Bothin Foundation]], was responsible for raising the $30,000 needed to build Stone House. It was here that professional and business women could come to rest and recuperate after illness.

As treatment methods for TB changed, the need for the Bothin Convalescent Hospital was reduced. The Bothin property was abandoned from 1922 to 1940.

=====Girl Scout camp=====
In 1948, Miss Ashe offered a small building now known as Little House to the San Francisco Girl Scouts for troop camping. A few years later she made Manor House available for Girl Scout use, and by 1955 the entire Bothin property was offered to the Council for its use. The Girl Scouts developed the property as a camp, and added a swimming pool. They changed the name to the Henry E. Bothin Youth Center.

In the 1950s, Arequipa was closed as a hospital. In 1959 the property was leased to the Girl Scouts. By 1963 both sides of the property began to operate as the Henry E. Bothin Youth Center.

=====Timeline=====

;1905:Hill Farm convalescent home for children opened by Henry E. Bothin
;1910:
* Bothin Convalescent Home Board founded and {{convert|152|acre|km2}} is deeded.
* Manor House built.
* Arequipa built.
;1917: Bothin Helping Fund was incorporated to distribute funds under the terms of H. Bothin.
;1919: Stone House completed.
;1922–1940: Bothin was abandoned.
;1948:Use of Little House and Bothin property was offered to Girl Scouts.
;1948–1953: During this time, 181 troops, representing 2221 Girl Scouts and 556 leaders, made use of Bothin.
;1954: Severely crippled and mentally retarded Girl Scouts attend camp sessions.
;1955:
* Use of Bothin offered to Girl Scout for at least 10 years.
* Name changed to Henry E. Bothin Youth Center.
;1959: Use of Arequipa offered to Marin Girl Scout Council.
;1963: Entire property becomes Henry E. Bothin Youth Center.