Order of the Arrow, Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge #129

On behalf of Egwa Tawa Dee I would like to welcome you to our website. Here you can find any OA related news and information. If there is something that you think should be added contact the VC of Communications.

The year 2010 is the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. It is going to be a busy year, but I am confident that it will be a great year. This will be the year for the OA to “Shine the Brightest” in the Atlanta Area Council. It will be an opportunity for us to prove how great an organization the Order of the Arrow really is.

We as Scouting’s Society for Honor Campers have a responsibility and privilege to lead Scouting into its next century. Egwa is charged with setting the example as Scouts. To celebrate the Centennial year of the BSA I challenge every Arrowman, every Scout, youth or adult to carry out Scouting’s original purpose. That is to give service to others, to provide unique opportunities, and to train and raise boys into men. I further to find and take any opportunities to provide Service and Leadership, and you as the finest Scouts and Scouters that the AAC has to offer are the best candidates to lead the Lodge, Council and Scouting.

There are many great opportunities that are overlooked. OA High Adventure is one of the greatest experiences one can have as a youth in the Order of the Arrow. For a greatly reduced cost you can experience two weeks at any one of the BSA’s High Adventure bases, make friends and give service to the great outdoors.

Serving you will be my greatest opportunity for the year 2010, it will be difficult, I know, but it will be rewarding. There will always be opportunities to serve your Lodge. I will need chairmen and members for our many committees, if you are interested please contact me at chief@aacegwa.org.

Celebrate Scouting for what Scouting really is, seek out opportunities, and be an honored member of the Brotherhood of Cheerful Service.

Patches!

Brothers, take a look at the newest patch design for the 2010 World Jamboree seen right. It was pointed out that our original design did not fully match the current Jamboree Scout Patch designs that the Atlanta Area Council is using seen below. All the Jamboree Scout Patches have a small back area with a map of Georgia and a Fleur De Lis showing where Atlanta Area Council is located in Georgia. So, our OA Jamboree patch has changed slightly since our last LEC at the Allatoona Ordeal. It now has the outline of Georgia with the Fleur De Lis in its design so that it matches better with the Atlanta Area Council Jamboree participant patches.

AAC 2010 whole sets of National Scout Jamboree patches (seen right) can be ordered by anyone. Click Here for the order form. The deadline for ordering is February 1, 2010.

In addition, if you have any ideas for designs for the Lodge 2010 patch set, send them to Lans Swofford at vcfinance@aacegwa.org. We need as many ideas and designs as possible so that we can have some more great patches for next year. You are strongly encouraged to send in a design by the January 10th LEC; you never know, your design might be picked.

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OA High Adventure

How far can you go with the OA? What is the cheapest way to celebrate the great North American Wilderness? The answer to these questions is OA High Adventure. If you would like to go to Philmont, Northern Tier, or Sea Base with the OA for a fraction of the cost it would be with your troop, OA High Adventure is perfect for you. The 2010 applications for OA Trail Crew, OA Wilderness Voyage, and OAWV: Canadian Odyssey, have been posted to the Boy Scout High Adventure website, www.adventure.oa-bsa.org.

There will be nine sessions of each program, including the new Canadian Odyssey Voyage, running from early June through mid-August. The OA Ocean Adventure program is currently being revised to give Arrowmen the opportunity to leave an even greater impact on the areas Sea Base serves. All of this, at a lower cost to the participants. Each year the OA's High Adventure programs continue to grow in popularity and have been filled to capacity for four straight years. As such, we encourage all Arrowmen to apply as soon as possible.

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AAC Campership Fund

The Campership fund is a fund offered by Egwa Tawa Dee and Atlanta Area Council which helps Scouts attend summer camp. Most of these Scouts are from low-income single parent families, where they would not be able to attend summer camp without our help! For a donation of $35 or more to this fund you will receive one of our new Atlanta Campership Fund Council Patches seen above. For a Donation of $10 or more you will receive one of our special silver metallic Egwa Tawa Dee Campership Fund Lodge Flaps with "Campership Fund" ghosted into the design. All money raised goes straight to our Camperships Fund to help those scouts to be able to attend summer camp like the rest of us. Click Here for the order form.