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                  <text>ORDER OF THE ARROW • ECHOCKOTEE LODGE • NORTH FLORIDA COUNCIL #87 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

2016
ANNUAL
REPORT
Chickasaw
Council
February 16, 2017

AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN

Grant Van Horn
Lodge Chief

�Agenda
• Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge
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Commitment to Outdoor Program
Section Conclave Service Lodge
Leadership Development
Membership Retention
Journey to Excellence Performance
Impact on Council Program

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Commitment to Outdoor Program
• 66% Staff from
OA

• OA members serve on Camp Staff
– 62 of 94 staff members, 65.9%
– 7 of 8 key leaders, 87.5%

• 88% of key staff
• ”Where to go
Camping” Book
• Summer camp
traditions

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Camp promotion efforts:
– New “Where to go Camping” book
– 80 unit visits

• Summer Camp
– Weekly Summer Camp Fellowship
– Brotherhood Ceremony at camp each week

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Commitment to Outdoor Program
• Spring Induction Weekend at Kia Kima Scout
Reservation to set up camp
• Fall Induction Weekend serving Camp Currier
• Centennial Cub Rally Service Corps

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Section Conclave Service Lodge
• First conclave at
Kia Kima since
1989
• Conducted 3
service
weekends to
prepare camp for
conclave
• Won awards for
Planbook,
Newsletter, and
Where to Go
Camping Book

• Hosted more than 650 Scouts from
throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, and
parts of Arkansas, and Mississippi at
Kia Kima Scout Reservation.
• 128 lodge members participated in
conclave

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Leadership Development
• Lodge Leadership Development Conference
– Vision, Purpose, Mission
– Planning and Execution

• Support of Council Training Programs
– University of Scouting
– Wood Badge

• Section | Region | National
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Section Conference
National Leadership Seminar
National Lodge Adviser Training Seminar
Developing Youth Leadership Conference
NEXT

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Membership Retention
• 543 Members
• Increase of 25
over last year
• 150 new Ordeal
members this
year

• Ended 2016 with 543 active members
– 25 member increase over 2015

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Inducted 150 Ordeal members
Had 28 Brotherhood members
Recognized 7 Vigil Honor members
Brotherhood conversion rate was 13.4%
Work is underway to improve Brotherhood
conversion and improve reporting from
Summer Camp Brotherhoods

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Journey to Excellence
• Silver status
• Scored in 16 of
17 categories
• Highest scores:
– participation;
– program support;
– leadership
development;
– and planning

• Working on
improvements
for 2017

We achieved Silver status with 2,100 points:
• We had improvements in
– Improved event participation
– Council program support
– Leadership development

• Opportunity for improvement exists
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Brotherhood conversion
Increased unit visits
Service
Promotion of the OA Unit Award of Excellence

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Impact on Council Program
FOS, $3,500

• Direct financial
support of $4,500
• Labor worth
$23,323

Capital,
$1,000

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Direct financial support:
– FOS $3,500

– Capital Campaign $1,000
Labor, $23,323

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3,217 service hours worth $23,323

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�Impact on Council Program
• Membership retention (offering older Scouts
an opportunity to stay involved)
• OA High Adventure Programs
• Training opportunities
– Lodge Leadership Development
– Section Seminars
– National Leadership Seminar

• Developing future leaders

ORDER OF THE ARROW • AHOALAN-NACHPIKIN LODGE • CHICKASAW COUNCIL #558 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

�ORDER OF THE ARROW • ECHOCKOTEE LODGE • NORTH FLORIDA COUNCIL #87 • BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

Mission of the Lodge
The mission of the lodge is to achieve the purpose of the
Order of the Arrow as an integral part of the Boy Scouts of
America in the council through positive youth leadership
under the guidance of selected capable adults.

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