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Istrouma Area Council serves Scouts in both Louisiana and Mississippi, primarily in the Greater Baton Rouge Area and Florida Parishes. Specifically, the council includes scouts from the following parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, St. Tammany, Washington, and Tangipahoa. Wilkinson County is the sole Mississippi county in the council. Scouting came to Louisiana shortly after the establishment of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. Rev. T. M. Hunter of the First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge established the first troop in that year, and two years later, affiliated the troop with BSA. The Istrouma Area Council was officially established in 1919. In 1923, the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge presented the council with a campsite in Greenwell Springs called Camp Istrouma.〔"A Century of Scouting," Baton Rouge Advocate, March 7, 2010. http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/86674987.html?showAll=y&c=y〕 After the council outgrew the camp, they raised money to move to the Avondale Scout Reservation located in East Feliciana Parish, doing so by the late 1950s. Istrouma was later sold to the United Methodist Church and serves as a Christian camp to this day. ==Organization== The council is administratively divided into districts: * Avondale District—includes East and West Feliciana Parishes, northern portion of East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, and Wilkinson County, Mississippi * Bogue Tuchenna District—includes St. Tammany and Washington Parishes * Chappepeela District—includes Tangipahoa and eastern Livingston Parishes * Red Stick District—includes inner-city Baton Rouge, primarily at-risk youths * Tunica District—includes portions of East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes * Sewell-Eagle District—includes North and South Baton Rouge * Cypress Chauve District—includes Ascension and portions of St. James and Iberville Parishes * Exploring District—includes Explorer Posts in Greater Baton Rouge * Operation First Class District—includes Learning for Life Units 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Istrouma Area Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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