Missouri

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Inc.
Update November 2013: 
Council accepted volunteer plans to retain Green Berry Acres, Latonka Program Center, Mintahama Program Center, and Sacajawea West Program Center for a 3-year term.

Sacajawea East Program Center to be divested.

  • Cherokee Ridge Program Center , SE Region (upgrade camp, but sell "unneeded land")
  • Greenberry Acres, Central Region (divest)
  • Latonka Program Center, SE Region (Work to end lease with US Army Corps of Engineers by September 30, 2016. Develop timeline to sell acreage owned by council adjacent to leased property.)
  • Mintahama Program Center, SW Region (Retain until September 2015 and then begin divestment process.)
  • Sacajawea East Program Center, SE Region (divest)
  • Sacajawea West Program Center, Central Region (divest)
  • Suzanne Program Center, SW Region (Work with the local Boy Scout council to deed interest in the property to them with an end goal of their organization assuming the responsibility for maintaining the property and allowing GSMH to use it when requested. )
  • Friendship Fields, Crawford County (Retain based on deed restrictions, review again in 2017)
Above list from plan recommendations that took place June 4, 2013

Possible closures first discussed September 2010 mtg.
Possible closures announced July 2012
Sacajawea West Program Center Update December 2014
http://www.sedaliademocrat.com/news/home_top-news-photo_gallery/50874587/Camp-Sacajawea-to-stay-open-in-2015
Camp Mintahama Update 2014
Volunteers help improve Girl Scout camp in order to make it more attractive
http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/article_15e21fc6-3c91-11e4-bf33-7357f3a3f5b2.html
In June 2013, the Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland property committee recommended selling the 180-acre camp, which is nine miles south of Joplin. The Friends of Camp Mintahama formed in an effort to save the camp, and in November 2013, the board of directors for the Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland approved the group’s three-year plan.

The group was charged with taking care of deferred maintenance, increasing camp usage by 20 percent and raising 50 percent of the camp’s annual operating costs.

It was estimated that the group would need to raise $150,000 annually to meet its financial requirements.

If the volunteer group doesn’t meet its goals on time, the regional board could decide to return to its earlier plan to divest the camp, or it could decide to move forward with the partnership and continue operating the site.
GSMH Property Update-November 15, 2013
http://www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/content/long-range-property-plan
Criteria for Volunteer/ Community Plans to Retain Girl Scout Program Properties released July 25, 2013
http://www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/sites/default/files/Criteria%20for%20Volunteer-Community%20Plan.pdf
Glimmer of hope for Girl Scout camp
Green Berry Acres faces closure, sale unless local group can raise funds to maintain it
http://www.newstribune.com/news/2013/aug/15/glimmer-hope-girl-scout-camp/

Girl Scouts may face longer trip for camping
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1976137.html

Closing of Girl Scout service center, camp discussed at meeting
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1874852.html

Closing of GSA service center, Latonka, still possible
http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/1874514.html

Long Range Property Plan
http://www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/content/long-range-property-plan

From the report:
...the only reason a council should have property is to support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.