Agency Details:

Girl Scouts Of Wisconsin- Badgerland Council

The mission of Girl Scouts is to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

Description:
The local council of Girl Scouts serves girls in 10 counties in southwestern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa with a membership of over 3500 girls and adults in over 450 troops in 75 rural and urban communities.

History:
Girl Scouting began in the La Crosse area in 1917, only 5 years after Juliette Gordon Low brought her ideas of Girl Scouting to the United States. The first Girl Scout troop in the La Crosse area was started in 1926 by Miss Bertha Shuman. The first camp experience for girls was run by Miss Shuman at Spring Banks near Sparta, Wisconsin. The present camp property, Camp Ehawee, was purchased in 1951. Riverland Council was formed in 1956 with Mrs. Lambert Hansen as president. The Service Center is located in La Crosse and was built in 1980 with a state-of-the-art passive solar design which maximizes winter sun and minimizes summer sun to make the building more efficient in all seasons of the year.

Contact people:

Sarah Felicelli, District Field Executive, (phone), (email) Britney Beneke, District Field Executive, (phone), (email) Bekky Mayfield, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (608) 784-3613

Address:

2710 Quarry Road La Crosse, WI 54601 (See a map)

Web Site: http://gsbadgerland.org/

Directions:

From downtown La Crosse, take La Crosse Street east to Losey Boulevard. Turn left (go north) on Losey Boulevard and go approximately 1/4 mile. The parking lot for Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and Hixon Forest Nature center will. . . (more)

Last updated on July 23, 2009