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Oregon

Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington, GSOSW

  • Tomlin Woods, Medford
Close and sell camp, manage as timber revenue in the meantime.
 
  • Low Echo, at Lake of the Woods
Negotiate closure with Forest Service.

  • The Dalles House, The Dalles
Return property to the city.

  • Camp Wallace Creek, Jasper
Discontinue as program site, manage as timber revenue asset, and explore options to sell

  • Elkhorn Outdoor Program Center, Baker City
Discuss disposition of land with Silver Sage Council. Most likely closed and for sale in November 2013. 

  • Lebanon Program Center, Lebanon
Status under review

Long Range Property Plan approved November 2012

Service Centers:
  • Klamath Falls
  • Roseburg
  • Salem
Voted to close August 2012
Property listing for Elkhorn Program Center:
12 acres in Baker County, Oregon
http://www.landsofamerica.com/oregon/land-for-sale/12-acres-in-Baker-County-Oregon/id/1556925
A remarkable property for sale in the Baker Valley. The Elkhorn Girl Scouts Camp on Pine Creek Lane includes 12 acres that is buildable and sub dividable with the creek running through the middle of the property, a full pavilion with storage, vault toilet facilities, fully fenced and gated! This "camp" could be yours to enjoy has hundreds of people have over the years!
Also see news article on Idaho state page.
GSOSW Long-Range Property Plan
http://www.girlscoutsosw.org/files/LRPPFinalBoardApproved.pdf
Girl Scouts organization to sell Camp Tomlin
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130624/NEWS/306240305/-1/rss01
The camp operates one week a year, and Scouts use the site a few other times a year for other activities. It has a shelter for picnics and crafts but no other buildings. It has a well and phone but uses portable toilets. Its annual operating costs are $800, said Eppinger.

"I'm very sad, depressed and disappointed," said Alecia Elverude, a volunteer for eight years. "I thought combining with the upstate council was a mistake to begin with, but I didn't know it was going to cost us Tomlin."
Eppinger and other leaders took issue with a suggestion by the larger organization that the camp be held in regional parks.

"It's very sad, horrible what they're doing to these girls," said Camp Director April Browder, overseeing its final hours Friday. "It's the only opportunity in the area for the camp experience, to be outside, in nature, building leadership skills and making new friends. We can't put it in a park, as they suggested. They can't get map skills, hiking, archery in a park."

"It's not safe in parks," Eppinger added. "These are 6- and 7-year-old girls. We can't leave our equipment there for the next day, either."
Girl Scouts frustrated by camp closures
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130113/NEWS/301130327

From the comments section:
Purchased for about $20,000 in 1959 at the bequest of John Tomlin, owner of Timber Products, the property has few structures and costs little to maintain. Zoned as Forest Reserve land under Oregon land-use laws, it can be sold only for logging or recreation, not development, Payne said.

"They don't even know how and if they can sell it, and they're shutting us off our land," Payne said.
From letter from the GSOSW board
view pdf
Over the past three years, Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington has operated in an unsustainable budget deficit. The board of directors mandated that we begin the 2013 fiscal year with a balanced budget, which will require significant spending cuts. The deficit's causes are varied; however, the most significant are retirement obligations for former employees, accumulated unfunded depreciation, personnel and service center operations.
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