In Remembrance

February 17, 1932 – November 22, 2021

Former Girl Scouts of Utah Board of Directors member, volunteer and member

Edith Gates was a valued member of Girl Scouts for more than 50 years as a member and 48 cumulative years as a volunteer. She stepped up three separate times to save her service unit from dissolution and served as its manager, spending 10 years leading Mt. Olympus Service Unit. Edith has also volunteered over the years as a troop cookie manager, service unit fund development representative, service unit awards and recognition representative, day camp helper, and member of the GSU Board of Directors.

In the 1970s, Edith worked with Char Corbit and the council’s camping task group to encourage girls to attend GSU’s resident camps by creating the Activity Credit Program. Activity Credits earned during the cookie program brought families into Girl Scouts by allowing girls to earn credits so they could go to camp. Since the creation of Activity Credits, the program has evolved in a big way. They are still used to help pay for camp, and now can be used to purchase items in the council shops and cover registration fees associated with GSU programs and other activities.

May 17, 1920 – August 20, 2021

Former Girl Scouts of Utah volunteer, neighborhood chairman, and Heritage Alumni

Lois Wheatlake Fitzgerald was born in Denver, Colorado on May 17, 1920. Her family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1925 when she was five years old. Along with her older sister Joy and her older brother Burton, she enjoyed a fabulous childhood which included horseback riding, skiing, music and Girl Scouts. She met Martha Flandro Bethancourt when she was 9 years old in Girl Scouts. They remained best friends throughout their lives, and even traveled to Europe together in their 80s. Lois attended Uintah Elementary, Roosevelt Jr. High and East High School. After high school, she attended Westminster College for two years and then graduated in Biology from Whitman College. From there she studied for a year at Chouinard Art School hoping to become an interior decorator. However, because of World War II, she became an Air Traffic Controller for the government, and was sent to the Ogden tower where she met her soon-to-be husband, “Fitz” Fitzgerald, who was teaching Navy cadets to fly. Fitz taught Lois to fly and she earned her private pilot’s license. The two were married a year later. Together, they had three children: Lee, Keith and Lynne. At the age of 94, she sold her house of 64 years and moved to a beautiful, assisted living facility in California where most of her family lived. She enjoyed spending time with her seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Lois died on Aug. 20, 2021, at the age of 101.

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Paying Off Camp Cloud Rim Debt

In 2012, Girl Scouts of Utah made a strategic land purchase to ensure that Camp Cloud Rim could continue to operate securely for future generations. In 2020, we were able to negotiate a land exchange and GSU now owns all the land on which Camp Cloud Rim is located.

Our Board of Directors approved paying off the remainder of the $4.25M Camp Cloud Rim loan.

The loan was officially paid off in July 2022, a milestone accomplished through the prudent management of the council’s resources as well as an incredible commitment from Girl Scouts to allocate $0.25 per box of cookies sold. This exciting news of a zero balance on the Cloud Rim loan further substantiates the dedication we have to prudent fiscal management.

As we continue to move Girl Scouts of Utah forward, we promise our commitment will remain strong to adopting conservative policies that will ensure stability and strength of the council.