January 2024 Feather

My Fellow Arrowmen,

I am honored for the privilege to serve as your 2024 Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge Chief! I know I speak for our entire 2024 Executive Committee when I say we are dedicated to making this a remarkable year for our lodge.

As we begin the new year I would encourage everyone to follow and share the lodge social medias. Our two main platforms are Facebook and Instagram. You can find all the lodge links at https://linktr.ee/lodge70. As the year goes by, I suggest that everyone look into our lodge events at lodge70.org. We have numerous service opportunities throughout the year including our major events, such as our upcoming Spring Fellowship.

As the chief I can personally say that the OA has helped me not only within Scouting, but has extended into every aspect of my life. It all started with my first fellowship and led to something much greater than itself. I challenge you all to take the first step and go to your first event, try that first ceremonies practice, and, above all, do a good turn daily.

Yours in the Arrow,
Grayson Cardwell
Lodge Chief
Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge 70
Order of the Arrow, BSA

Paying your dues is a key aspect of your duty to Tsoiotsi Tsogalii. Dues help to fund our Lodge’s annual events and activities, as well as a contribution to our national organization. Keeping your dues current will also ensure that you can receive essential communications from our leadership team about upcoming events and opportunities you don’t want to miss. Finally, dues are the only way to secure your membership within the Order of the Arrow, allowing you to continue on the path to cheerful service. Use the link below to pay your dues online.

Pay Dues

Spring Fellowship

Spring Fellowship promises to be a fun, safe event for Scouts and Scouters alike to join at Cherokee Scout Reservation for a weekend of activities, fun, and celebration. Will be held on the weekend of March 8th through 10th.

This year's Spring Fellowship theme is Western!

We hope you can join us!

Registration

Registration closes Tuesday, March 5th at 11:59 pm.

Conclave 2024

April 19-21, 2024
Camp Raven Knob, North Carolina

What is Conclave?

The E8 Section Conclave is an annual gathering of over 1200 Arrowmen at a Scouts BSA camp in our Section. To summarize, it's a great weekend of fun, training, and fellowship! Conclave is made possible by physical contributions from the lodges in our Section and the Service Lodge.

More information will be available as the event approaches. Use the link below to register for Conclave today.

Registration

National Order of the Arrow Conference

Join us for the biggest event the Order has to offer!

Every two years the Order of the Arrow holds a National gathering to display the best that the order has to offer. This year you can take a landmark trip to the University of Colorado Boulder to see the best ceremonies in the nation, experience brotherhood like never before, and receive nationally ranked leadership training.

Join us, for NOAC 2024.

For more information, go to https://oa-bsa.org/program/events/noac.

Calling All Adults!

Anyone 18+

We are in need of Adults who are willing to support our program.

If you are interested in helping with the execution of our program, or insuring the safety of our members, then please reach out to Alli Houck at ajbear808@gmail.com for more information.

Interested in Ceremonies?

Our ceremony team is always looking for new members to assist in inductions and competitions! Ceremonies are a great way to get involved in Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge, whether by serving as a principle, helping with set up, or by being a torchbearer. Senior ceremonialists are always available to help and guide new members of our team.

If you are interested in joining the ceremony team, contact Keegan McArdle, Vice Chief of Inductions, Ceremonies, and Evaluations (ICE) at seahawksphan02@gmail.com.

Ceremony practices will be scheduled soon! Sign up for the AIA/ICE Remind if you are interested by texting @oaaia to 81010

Service Announcement

In the month of December, we had our Winter Camp Workday. We are very pleased to announce that we had a wonderful turnout and we are looking forward to growing attendance from the Council. We have many service opportunities that we will hold this year. We, as the service team, look forward to working alongside you, growing this Brotherhood of Cheerful Service. If you have any questions or want to get involved, please email us at servicecorps@lodge70.org.

Join our Remind group by texting @70service to 81010