A Note from the Lodge Chief

Welcome to our Lodge Website:

The 1300 members of Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge welcome you to our official website. We are members and supporters of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) Program in Metro Atlanta’s 13 counties. The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the BSA’s National Honor Society. Scouts are elected into the order by their fellow Scouts because of their commitment to the Scout Oath and Law and dedication to the camping program. You can learn more on this by visiting the OA National Website: www.oa-bsa.org

Our OA Lodge was first chartered to the Atlanta Area Council in 1938 as the Broad-Winged Hawk Lodge Number 129. In the early 1950's, our name was changed to Egwa Tawa Dee, which is from the phrase “equa tawadi” meaning big hawk in the Cherokee Indian language.

Our OA Lodge is divided into 16 Chapters along the same lines as the Atlanta Area Council is divided into Districts. These chapters plan and run independent programs to foster the principles of the OA and scouting in their districts. The programs include: staffing district camporees, community service projects, Cub Scout crossover ceremonies, and numerous other programs.

Our lodge enhances the traditions of the Order of the Arrow through unselfish service to the community and our council. Each year our Lodge and Chapters provide hours of cheerful service to the Council’s three camps: Allatoona, Bert Adams, and Woodruff. These camps are used by the Council’s over 1,000 Scouting units comprising of approximately 74,000 registered youth members for Summer camp and for off-season camping as well.

At our annual Fall Fellowship in September Lodge officers are elected and begin their term immediately. Our Lodge hosts several events every year including Spring Pow Wow, three induction weekends, Fall Fellowship and the Winter Banquet. Arrowman from all 16 chapters come out to celebrate food, fun and fellowship. Also every fall we serve as staff for the Council’s Scoutreach Mentoring Program and the OA Trailblazer Adventure Camp at Bert Adams.

We hope that this website provides you with the information you need. I welcome all arrowmen brothers to attend each and every event this year.

Yours in Scouting,

Joseph Hawkins
2008 Lodge Chief
Egwa Tawa Dee

Vigil Honor

Alertness to the needs of others is the mark of the Vigil Honor. It calls for an individual with an unusual awareness of the possibilities within each situation.The Vigil Honor is the highest honor that the Order of the Arrow can bestow upon its members for service to lodge, council, and Scouting. Membership cannot be won by a person's conscious endeavors. The Vigil Honor is a high mark of distinction and recognition reserved for those Arrowmen who, by reason of exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, have made distinguished contributions beyond the immediate responsibilities of their position.

The Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge Vigil committee will convene at the Bert Adams Ordeal to select the 2008 Vigil honorees. Recommendation forms must be received by Council no later than Wednesday May 14th. If you know of a Brother that is deserving of this honor please complete and mail to Council the 2008 Vigil Recommendation Form.

Questions? Contact Mark Boyd, Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge Vigil Chief

70th Anniversary Commemorative Patches

As you may already know 2008 is the 70th anniversary of the formation of Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge. Check out the Lodge's history. To commemorate this anniversary the Lodge as issued a number of anniversary patches and Arrow Corps 5 patches to celebrate the largest service project ever taken on by the OA.

Orders are welcome from any current OA members. Non Egwa Tawa Dee members,
Please enclose a photocopy (non-returnable) of your current OA membership card. Egwa
Tawa Dee members, if you have not paid your 2008 dues, you must do so to order these
special items. Use our 2008 OA Dues & Event Registration Form.

Deadline for all Orders are May 30, 2008. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for our mailing your order.

70th Anniversary Patches Order Form

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.

This Founder's Award Petition must be received at the AAC Program Center by Monday, September 8, 2008 or you can hand deliver it to the Founder's Award Committee Chairman by Friday night of Fall Fellowship.

FOUNDER'S AWARD PETITION

We Need You!'
Do You Have What it Takes to be a
Lodge Officer?

Do you possess the dedication, time and energy to be in a youth leadership position within the Lodge? The Order of the Arrow is a brotherhood of Scout campers led and run by youth leadership and guided by adult advisers. Being a Lodge Officer will teach you a great deal about yourself and how well you can set your own goals and work to achieve them. The process for election is very simple. On Sunday morning of Fall Fellowship, the gen¬eral meeting of the Lodge will be opened. Candidates must submit a formal nomination form approved by their Chapter Adviser and District Executive prior to the election. The nomination form must be turned in to the Lodge Chief or his designee prior to the election. Each candidate will be given a few minutes to speak and tell the Lodge members present why they feel they should be elected. The same process is followed for the offices of Lodge Chief, Vice Chief of Administration, Vice Chief of Program, Vice Chief of Indian Affairs, Vice Chief of Communications, and Vice Chief of Finance.

Take a look at the responsibilities of each officer.

2008 OA High Adventure Opportunities