Isabella County Girl Scouts, Inc.

The Council was started in 1930 as the Girl Scout Council of Mount Pleasant, Mich., Inc. Original goals of the Scouts were to help girls realize the ideals of womanhood as preparation for their lives in the home and community service. By 1980, the Council included 45 troops with over 600 socuts in Mount Pleasant and Isabella County (Mich.). They had/have many activities, including the annual cookie sale. In 1953, Edward Owen Harris donated a cabin named for his daughter, the Jane Harris Girl Scout Cabin, to the Council. Moved from its original location, it now backs Chippewa Park in Mount Pleasant (Mich.). In 1963 the Council merged with 12 other counties in the Mitten Bay Council, headquartered in Saginaw (Mich.). The Council now includes 21 counties.