Founder's Award

Introduced at the 1981 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the Founder's Award was created to honor and recognize those Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowmen who demonstrates to fellow Arrowmen that he or she memorializes in his or her everyday life the spirit of achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson. Lodges may petition the national Order of the Arrow Committee to present up to four awards annually, based on lodge membership. If the lodge presents more than one award, one must be to a youth under the age of 21.

2012 Founder's Award Nomination Petition

The nomination petition must be received at the AAC Program Center by Monday, September 3, 2012 or you may hand deliver it to the Founders Award Committee Chairman or his designee by Friday night of the Fall Fellowship at WSR on September 14, 2012.

Questions? Contact Founder's Award Committee Chairman, Christian Goerner

OA MEMBERS NEEDED FOR THE
2013 NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE

Youth members have two ways to attend:

(1) With the Atlanta Area Council contingent were you can be one of the Troops, Crews, or Patrols Leaders.

(2) With the OA Jamboree Service Corps Staff where you can work in one of three different OA program areas.

Adults are needed for many Jamboree Staff positions.

Now is the time to sign-up!

For both youth and adults, and for all positions, go to https://summit.scouting.org to register online or print off the paper registration form. The cost of the Atlanta Area Council contingent is $1,300 which includes all Jamboree expenses, meals and transportation. There is an easy payment plan and some limited financial aid. Staff fees are listed on The Summit website, and youth staff members receive a discount.

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The 18th National Scout Jamboree will be celebrated at the new home of the National Scout Jamboree at The Summit: Betchel Family National Scouting Reserve in West Virginia. Make your plans now to be part of the Jamboree in 2013. With the new facilities being built at The Summit, the Jamboree experience will be all new for everyone attending. Over 40,000 acres in the New River Gorge are being developed to host future National and World Scout Jamborees and BSA’s fourth High Adventure base. There will be over 9 miles of Zip Lines, 6 acres of Shooting Sports, Whitewater Rafting and more activities than you can imagine for 10 days. This is truly a once in a lifetime chance to be at the first Jamboree held at The Summit.

The Atlanta Area Council is forming Jamboree Troops and Venturing Patrols to take our youth to represent Atlanta at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree. Minimum requirements for Boy Scouts will be 12 years old and 1st Class rank by the Jamboree start date. Venturer Scouts (Co-ed) must be registered with the BSA. The Jamboree dates are July 15 – 24, 2013.

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Brothers, there are still some spots left for NOAC. If you are interested, please contact Jack Brinson at noaccontingentleader@aacegwa.org, or Marilynn Parker at 2nparker@bellsouth.net

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Special NOAC Patches

Here's an opportunity to add some really cool patches to your collection while helping to offset the Lodge's NOAC contingent costs as well as help those arrowmen who might not otherwise be able to attend NOAC. These patches will be available for a limited time, order TODAY!

2012 Egwa Tawa Dee NOAC Patches THE DARK HAWK RISES
2012 Egwa Tawa Dee NOAC Fund Raiser Two-Part Patch Set Funds help the Egwa Contingent attend NOAC (2 patches in all)
2012 Egwa Tawa Dee NOAC Egwa Fellow Two 2-Part Patch Sets Funds help low income Scouts attend NOAC with the Egwa Contingent. (4 patches in all)

EGWA TAWA DEE LODGE SPECIAL NOAC PATCH ORDER FORM

High Adventure Opportunities for Arrowmen

Do you need an escape from that 9-5 job, summer classes or the monotony of staring out of your bedroom window longing for something new? If your answer is yes, the Order of the Arrow has the answer for you. Each summer, the Order of the Arrow offers a myriad of different High Adventure opportunities to meet your summer needs whether its wetting your appetite by going for a plunge in the Atlantic Ocean with the Ocean Adventure at the Florida Sea Base; maybe hiking is your passion, what better place to go than the Philmont Scout Ranch where you can hike the same trails as your Scoutmaster or Scouting ancestors as a part of your Trail Crew experience. Have you ever given thought about what the Native Americans and early explorers did to be avid traders, maybe the OA Voyage is for calling.

Whatever your summer aspirations may be, these National High Adventure bases have put together a multitude of options for you. Along with your one week trek completely designed by you, each Arrowmen will be afforded the opportunity to leave their mark in history by helping to sure up portage trails, backpacking trails or coral reefs. Aside from providing a good deed to each of these high adventure bases, every participant will have the opportunity to work closely with Arrowmen from across the country, who have a similar interest in the future of both the program and the adventure base.

You may be thinking that this is a daunting task but it is an experience unlike any other afforded to you in scouting in that it takes you out of your world and places with people, who want to do something different. It’s not every day that you can tell your friends that you climbed into Cypher’s Mine, watched the Northern Lights from a canoe or went scuba diving in the Florida Keys.

These programs help to insure that the future of scouting has a place to live, work and interact. This summer, try something new or do something you thoroughly enjoy, but do something with the Order of the Arrow High adventure opportunities.

For more information about these High Adventure programs, please visit http://adventure.oa-bsa.org.