Southern Sierra Council
{{Infobox WorldScouting
|name=Southern Sierra Council #030
|image=Southern Sierra Council CSP.png
|type=council
|owner=Boy Scouts of America
|headquarters=Bakersfield, California
|location=Kern, Inyo and Mono County
|country=United States
|coords=
|f-date=1919
|defunct=
|founders=
|founder=
|members=
|chiefscouttitle=President
|chiefscout=Stephen Boyle
|chiefscouttitle2=Council Commissioner
|chiefscout2=Cindy Basham
|chiefscouttitle3=Scout Executive
|chiefscout3=Randy Saunders
|website={{ url| www.sscbsa.org }}
}}
The Southern Sierra Council (#030) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America. The council is headquartered in Bakersfield, California and serves over 1,500 scouts in Cub Scout packs, Scouts BSA troops, and Explorer posts. It serves Kern, Inyo, and Mono counties in California. Southern Sierra Council is the northernmost council of Area 4 in Boy Scouts of America's Western Region.{{cite web |title= Boy Scouts of America Region and Area Maps |url=https://www.scouting.org/outdoor-programs/properties/region-and-area-maps/ |access-date=January 8, 2021}}
History
The Southern Sierra Council was officially founded in 1919 under the name Bakersfield Council.{{cite book |last1=Hook|first1=James |last2=Franck |first2=Dave|last3=Austin|first3=Steve |year=1982 |title=An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation |url=https://www.angelfire.com/tx6/patch/cspbook.html}} Roland Dye was the first Scout Executive of the council, and W.J. Schultz served as the first council president.
Scouting came to Kern County in 1912 after a group of boys from the National Guard auxiliary met at Armory hall.
In the 1930s the council acquired the 160-acre Kern River Country Club, which the council eventually sold to fund building a council office in Bakersfield. Shortly thereafter, the council's first Cub Scout pack was formed in Taft, CA. The scout office in Bakersfield was built in 1952 and still serves the area as both an administrative office as well as a trading post. Due to the name "Kern County Council" causing confusion with other local governmental agencies, as well as the inclusion of other counties served by the council, a contest was held to create a new name for the council. On January 1, 1966, after a final selection by the executive board, the council officially became the Southern Sierra Council.
Organization
- Desert District
- Tejon District
Council Camps
- Camp Kern
- Camp Mirimichi bought from Sequoia council and then later was sold
- Camp Jewett was sold in 2008
Order of the Arrow
- Yowlumne Lodge #303{{cite web| url = http://www.sscbsa.org/oa | title = Order of the Arrow}}
See also
{{Commons category|Scouting in California}}
References
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{{Scouting in the United States}}
Category:Bakersfield, California