Orange County Council

Orange County Council (#039)
OwnerBoy Scouts of America
HeadquartersIrvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center
LocationOrange County, California
CountryUnited States
Founded1921
Membership20,000[1]
PresidentRussell Etzenhouser[2]
Council CommissionerSteve Bradley[2]
Chairman of the BoardWilliam Baker[2]
Website
ocbsa.org
 Scouting portal

Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council,[3] the council was formed by the merger of the North Orange Council (#037) and the Orange Empire Council (#039) in 1972. The North Orange Council was founded in 1944 as the Northern Orange County and changed its name to North Orange in 1965.[4]

Orange County Council is one of the 20 largest councils by traditional membership in the nation. In 2008 it had over 40,000 youth members.[citation needed]

Organization

Discontinued Districts

  • Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 [5]).
  • Santiago District (Merged into Rancho Del Mar)
  • Rancho del Mar District (split into Rancho San Joaquin and Del Mar Districts).
  • El Camino Real District (split into El Camino Real and Tiburon Districts).
  • Tiburon District (merged back into El Camino Real, 2017)
  • Del Mar District (realigned into Pacifica and Rancho San Joaquin Districts).
  • Los Amigos District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
  • Portola District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
  • Venturing District (2019)

Camps

Former Council Camps

  • Camp RoKiLi, at Barton Flats (closed)
  • White's Landing (closed)
  • Rancho Las Flores at Camp Pendelton (closed)
  • Camp Myford, Irvine (closed)

Order of the Arrow

The Orange County Council's Order of the Arrow Lodge, Wiatava #13, was the home lodge of the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow, Evan Chaffee, in 2007.[10]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scouting in California.

References

  1. ^ "About". Orange County Council. Archived from the original on 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Key Three - Orange County Council Leadership Team". Orange County Council. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  3. ^ "Orange County - 1910 to 1929". ocalmanac.com.
  4. ^ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
  5. ^ "ScoutWeek". 2008-02-08. Archived from the original on 2008-06-06.)
  6. ^ "Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley".
  7. ^ "Newport Sea Base".
  8. ^ "Oso Lake".
  9. ^ "Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center".
  10. ^ "Wiatava #13".