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1 EGWA TAWA DEE Upcoming Events Quiver Fall Fellowship September 10-12, 2010 Woodruff Registration Deadline September 1, 2010 LEC September 12, 2010 Woodruff Scout Memoribilia Show & Trade-O-Ree September 24-25, 2010 Volunteer Service Center Trailblazer Adventure Camp and LEC October 1-3, 2010 Bert Adams Registration Deadline September 22, 2010 Lodge Officers Lodge Chief Bradly Jacquet VC Administration Scott Conner VC Program Paul Danaj VC Indian Affairs William Horton VC Communications Andrew Bates VC Finance Lans Swofford A T L A N T A A R E A C O U N C I L Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge #129 Official Newsletter Robin Hood (no tights allowed) is the Theme for our Fall Fellowship on September Fall Fellowship will be enjoyed this year on September at Woodruff Scout Reservation. The theme is Robin Hood (no tights allowed, sorry!). Tights aside, feel free to wear Robin Hood apparel. Arrowmen can look forward to Indian workshops including regalia making, ceremonialist training, and Elangomat and Nimat training in the morning, and archery, tomahawk throwing, teambuilding Chiefly Thinking This has been a long year but a very good one. Thank you for allowing me to share this year with you as Lodge Chief. Fall Fellowship is just around the corner. challenges, and a special semi-surprise lodge-wide event in the afternoon! (Note that activities are tentative at this point and are subject to change). Lodge elections will be held on Saturday evening so we Sherwood love everyone to come out and make your vote count! Of course, Vigil Honor members will be tapped out and Brotherhoodeligibles will have a chance to get those bars It will be September 10th- 12th at Woodruff Scout Reservation. We will have a weekend of Fun, Excitement, and Fellowship. Remember to register soon and I F A L L, on their sashes. The registration deadline is Wednesday, September 1st, so get those forms in ASAP! See you there! Yours in Brotherhood, Joshua Buchsbaum Fall Fellowship Committee Chair hope to see you all there. Bradly Jacquet Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge Chief Page 1

2 Last year we had 1938 Cub Scouts from all over the council Adventure Camp Staff Needed! Each October Egwa Tawa Dee partners with the U.S. Sportsmen s alliance and the DNR to put on a program for the Cub Scouts of Atlanta Area Council. This program called Adventure Camp acts as a phenomenal program based mainly on outdoor activities such as archery, fishing, and BBs for the Cub Scouts. However, in addition to this it serves as the largest fundraiser which our Lodge has. Because of this event we are able to keep are dues at the levels they are at now. However, the only way we can carry out such a program for the Cub Scouts is if we have staff to work it. Last year Egwa had 89 OA Brothers on staff and this year we will need even more. Sign up for Adventure camp on the left hand side of our website ( by printing out and mailing in the 2010 Membership Renewal and Event Registration Form. Those who staff this weekend will receive discounts on all other Lodge events throughout the Egwa calendar year. Contact your chapter to find out which activities they are assigned to staff for the 2010 Adventure Camp. In addition, Vigil members can join us at the Vigil gathering. attend our Adventure Camp. Can we get more this year? It is The OA at the Centennial Jamboree up to you! The more staff we have, the better our program! The Order of the Arrow had three main official responsibilities which were imperative to the Jamboree. They were The Mysterium Compass, the OA Service Corps, and the Indian Village. The Mysterium Compass was the successor of Twelve Cubed from the 2005 Jamboree. The entire program took $1,000,000 to produce and had a working staff of over 300 Arrowmen. The program made participants think deeply about their lives as The Mysterium Compass related its activities to participants lives in a much larger scale. The OA also carried out its Obligation of Cheerful Service through working in the Service Corp. We also lead the Indian Village located near Merit Badge Midway. Page 2

3 Got Brotherhood? We have many Arrowmen who are eligible for Brotherhood throughout our lodge. Chapters, please assist our Lodge in encouraging your chapter members to go through Brotherhood at the last two opportunities for this year, Fall Fellowship and the Bert Adams Ordeal. This will be especially Vice-Chief of Administration Brothers, Thank you for a wonderful two years as your Vice Chief of Administration. Thank you all the brothers that helped me get things accomplished, elangomats, Vice-Chief of Indian Affairs Brothers, First of all, I hope you all have enjoyed your vacations. I am happy to report that the Lodge remained active in Indian Affairs this summer, culminating in a Pow Wow held at Summerfest in July. It is my hope that this enthusiasm for drum and dance continues to grow and spread for the rest of my term and under whomever you choose to succeed me. This fall, though, we still have important if our Lodge is to have any chance for Quality Lodge. Fall Fellowship offers you an opportunity to come and have a great time of fun and the Brotherhood Trail. Bert Adams Ordeal provides you with another opportunity to serve as an Elangomat while going through the Brotherhood trail. The Officer Reports and John. Remember to register for Fall Fellowship. We need to know as soon as possible if you can attend. I'll see you guys at fall fellowship. YIB Scott Conner more work to do. It is very important that we encourage all those who are eligible to seal their membership in the Brotherhood. While Brotherhood conversion numbers are important, it is even more important that every Brother who is ready and willing takes the opportunity to participate more fully in our Brotherhood. Every chapter needs to take responsibility for its members and explain to them the importance of taking the next step after Ordeal. Brotherhood will be offered at Fall Fellowship and at Lodge invites each of you to come and seal your membership in the Order of the Arrow. Registration for the Brotherhood Trail takes place at check-in at these events. See you there!! Brotherhood Chair Ethan Gordan Earn those bars! the Bert Adams Ordeal, and I hope to see many candidates enter the Brotherhood at each event. Also, we are in need of Pre- Ordeal and Ordeal teams for the Bert Adams Ordeal in November. Any team that wants to help at that event should begin practicing soon if they want to be ready. Ceremony sites will be assigned at a later date. Yours in the Arrow, William Horton Page 3

4 Did You Know? More than 180,000 youth and adults are members of the Order of the Arrow. This number is ap- proximately one-seventh of the total num- ber of those registered in the Boy Scout Vice-Chief of Communications Brothers, It is hard to believe that I have been in this position for nearly a year now! I have enjoyed both becoming more involved in the Lodge and meeting so many great Arrowmen. You may notice that this Quiver is different than past ones. The old Vice-Chief of Finance Brothers, Well I am glad to see all of you are active in the OA for starters. At our past event, SummerFest, the trading post sold Cvmpe Vekiwv is looking forward to an exciting upcoming year for our Chapter We have much to offer our new Arrowmen. Come be a part. Our Ceremonies teams will be holding our regular practice sessions on Tuesday nights at Alpha Fowler Chapter Reports Community Building, Douglasville, GA. We encourage our new members to get involved with our various ceremoney teams. We also encourage all members to register for Fall Fellowship (WSR), OA Trailblazer Adventure Camp (BSR) and the Bert Adams Ordeal (BSR). Quiver design has been used for many years now and it has been discussed and decided that a new design may add some spice to the venerable Quiver. In addition, the more modern format may win over better with the judges at Conclave in the newsletter competition. I would like to thank all those who I have had the privilege to work with over this past year and I especially thank those Secretaries and Vice Chief of Communications who reverently sent in those chapter reports for every Quiver. I would also like to greatly thank my adviser Mr. Brooks who has guided me throughout the year. YIB, Andrew Bates Attention Chapters: This is the easiest way for your Chapter to communicate to other Chapters and to the Lodge about what your Chapter has done or is planning to do in the near future. We strongly encourage every Chapter Chief or Secretary to submit a Chapter report to vccommunications@aacegwa.org by the stated deadlines. Cvmpe Vekiwv $308 worth of merchandise. Also we recieved our new t-shirts in at that event as well. I hope to see you all at Fall Fellowship. YIB, Lans Swofford There will be lots to do, lots of fun and we need your help to make these events a great success. OA Trailblazer Adventure Camp is the Lodge's only fundraiser which keeps all Lodge events at a minimum cost. Page 4

5 Cvmpe Vekiwv Continued During the summer our chapter had a great time combining community service with a chapter fundraiser assisting Paulding County Parks and Rec. with their July 4th Celebration. Thanks to all of our youth and adult Arrowmen who Etowah The Etowah Chapter has been busy at work taking part in various activities and socials. To kick off the summer we played 18 holes of frisbee golf at our official OA meeting place, the Troop 268 Scout Hut. Over the course of the summer we had one individual, Preston Burns, successfully go through brotherhood and had another individual, our Chapter Chief Justin Kenesaw Kenesaw Chapter meetings are currently held on the 2nd Thursday of every month at Roswell Baptist Church. Meetings start at 7:30 PM. All Arrowmen are welcome to attend. We will be holding our Election at our October meeting. Soquili Gvnagei Soquili Gvnagei is planning to kick off a great new year of service and brotherhood with our upcoming meeting at the Alpharetta Presbyterian Church. At this meeting, we will elect our Camp, serve the entire summer on the Brotherhood Ceremony Team at Woodruff. On August 14 we sent a group out to Lake Allatoona for the Day of Service cleaning up trash that has littered the lake. On August 18 we had an outstanding pool party and BBQ event to celebrate a new year of fellowship with the Etowah Chapter. We meet the 1st and Lowanne Nimat Lowanne Nimat had a great summer! In June, we had a summer party at Will s Park. We still encourage all of our members to do their best to attend meetings. We meet on the second Thursday of every month at 7:30 in the Scout Hut behind Roswell First Baptist chapter officers for the year, and follow up with some amazing water games for all to enjoy. If you're a Soquili member, we look forward to seeing you there. Quiver helped make this a great success. If you missed the bowling outing, we had a great time of fun and fellowship. A big thanks to all our members who helped with the Summerfest Event at Allatoona Aquatics Base. Best wishes to all our chapter Arrowmen who will be entering college this fall. All Brotherhood eligible members be reminded that we only have two opportunities to seal your membership. Plan to attend the Fall Fellowship or Bert Adams Ordeal to get your Brotherhood. Our chapter continues to meet on the Fourth Thursday of each month at Bethany Christian Church, Hwy 61, Dallas, GA at 7pm. See you there! the 3rd Wednesdays of each month at the Troop 268 Scout Hut; 4147 Chamblee Dunwoody Road Chamblee, GA If you would like to join in on the fun and fellowship or simply have a question, please contact Scott Filipek at or scottfilipek@comcast.net. For camping, for service, for brotherhood. Church. We also want to encourage everybody to attend Fall Fellowship! We need everyone s support as two of our Chapter Officers plan to run for lodge positions so please sign up! Other than that, we re still going strong and can t wait for Fall Fellowship. We will also have a busy fall planned with our Milton Order of the Arrow Leadership Seminar and other OA events. Looking forward to seeing old and new friends soon. Page 5

6 Tella Qualla Boundaries Over the summer some TQB Brothers taught several classes at an ITOLS course. TQB also helped out at Summerfest by being the cook team and that went very well. Tella Qualla Boundary will also be having its Chapter elections coming up. Council District Alignment Wachtsu Chuppecat The Chuppacats are doing great! we are back form our summer break and we're going strong. we have our meetings the 2nd Thursday of every Quiver mouth (same night as round table) at Ben King United Methodists Church at 7:30. Our ceremonies team is working on a Brotherhood ceremony to perform at Fall Fellowship as well as starting a new set of regalia. Remember to sign-up for Fall Fellowship and Adventure Camp! Council Chapter Alignment No chapter reports submitted from: Achewon Woapalane, Creek, Echota, Lockchau Talofau, Nagatamen, Seven Springs, Thennethlofkee, Quinigisi, Wesadicha Patches, Patches, Patches! The 2010 Atlanta Scout Memorabilia Show and Trade O-Ree will be held Friday, September 24th and Saturday, September 25th at the Volunteer Service Center. With 70 tables, 4,00 square feet, and good lighting you can not find a better place to buy, sell, or trade patches. And, it is FREE to visit, buy, and trade. The only fee is if you want to rent a table. Show Hours: Fri: 5:00pm to 11:00pm and Sat. 9:00am to 3:00pm. We will have two Silent Auctions of great items donated to the Lodge/AAC. Auction Times: Friday 8:00pm & Saturday 11:00am. All Donations Welcomed All money raised goes to our Campership Fund to help Scouts attend camp! Page 6

7 SummitCorps - The New River Experience The National Order of the Arrow Committee is pleased to announce SummitCorps - The New River Experience - a hybrid of ArrowCorps5 and our OA High Adventure programs. During July 2011, SummitCorps - The New River Experience will provide service to the New River Gorge National River in West Virginia. Upgrading the trail bed of the Garden Grand Hike and Bike Trail, along with invasive species removal, will be the focus of the project. The Garden Grand Hike and Bike Trail connects the New River Gorge National River to the Boy Scout's new high adventure base and home of the Jamboree - The Summit: The Bechtel Family National Reserve. Lodge contingents have a choice of four sessions to attend - 1) July 3-9, 2) July 10-16, 3) July 17-23, and 4) July Similar to Arrow- Corps5 and our High Adventure programs, the week will consist of service and recreation opportunities. The projected cost for each participant is $250. Youth and adults may participate in SummitCorps - The New River Experience. Lodge contingents are responsible for transportation to and from the event site. The Charleston, WV and Columbus, OH airports are convenient to the event site. Participants will be required to meet the BSA High Adventure Height/Weight Requirements found on the BSA Annual Health and Medical Form. About Our Organization The Order of the Arrow is Scouting s national honor society, its purpose, to serve the scouts, troops, and communities it is associated with. As you read this letter keep in mind that it is your obligation to keep cheerful service in mind. Published By: Egwa Tawa Dee Edited By: Andrew Bates VC of Communications vccommunications@aacegwa.org The Quiver A straight shot to all Arrowmen Check us out on the web: Page 7