Massachusetts

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, GSEM
  • Camp Paradise, Beverly (sold to the city of Beverly in July 2015)
  • The Center, Rowley
Decision to sell announced July, 2013

  • Hingham Girl Scout House
Council withdrew funding in 2013
Hingham Girl Scout House, Inc. took over ownership in 2013 or 2014
Beverly completes Camp Paradise sale
http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/beverly-completes-camp-paradise-sale/article_71c43c6f-42e6-5edc-994b-cf7848f30860.html
Update on Camp Paradise- May 2014
City of Beverly working to acquire camp to create a city-owned recreation facility.
http://www.beverlyma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Camp-Paradise-Acquisition.pdf
Hingham Girl Scout House undergoing restoration
http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140607/NEWS/140607058/12662/NEWS
HINGHAM –  Construction of the Girl Scout House was a community effort back in 1929.  So is the restoration effort now underway.

Businesses have donated materials and labor, Eagle Scout candidates have made building improvements their projects, and town has approved $98,049 in Community Preservation Act money for the effort.

“I think it’s a perfect example of preserving community values,” said Peg Doyle, president of the Hingham Girl Scout House Inc. “The support has been just great.”

She said the effort has involved hundreds of volunteers and donations.
When the group took over ownership of the house last year from the regional Girl Scout council, the Burr Road building was in tough shape.

“The furnace broke, the roof leaked and there was water leaking in around the foundation, Doyle said. “In six months, we’ve made huge progress.”
Hingham Girl Scouts
Link to Hingham Girl Scout House Page
http://www.hinghamgirlscouts.org/index.php/hingham-gs-house
Girl Scouts to sell Camp Paradise
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x2040125553/Girl-Scouts-to-sell-Camp-Paradise
The sale of Camp Paradise is part of a nationwide trend of local Girl Scout councils selling off longtime summer camps. The Girl Scouts of the USA are facing declining membership, a drop in volunteers and a $347 million deficit in its pension plan.

Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts, GSCWM
  • Camp Neyati, Leicester
  • Camp Kinnebrook, Chester
  • Camp Marion White, Richmond.
Above camps to be divested per property plan approved in November 2014. 

  • Camp Hickory Hill, Whitinsville
Closed, lease not renewed 2014
Girl Scouts divest while eyeing expansion
http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20141126/NEWS01/141129949/girl-scouts-divest-while-eyeing-expansion
The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts (GSCWM) said it will divest of three of its seven outdoor facilities while leaving open the possibility of expanding its four remaining properties in the future.

The five-year property plan was adopted at a November meeting of the local Girl Scouts board of directors, according to a statement. The organization will divest of Camp Neyati in Leicester, Camp Kinnebrook in Chester and Camp Marion White in Richmond.

Girl Scouts pull up stakes at Hickory Hill
http://www.telegram.com/article/20140612/NEWS/306129938/1116