Occoneechee Lodge 104 Mission
It is our mission as members of the Occoneechee Lodge, Order of the Arrow, to meet the purposes of the Order of the Arrow and to support the programs of the council.
It is our mission to create a fun experience for our members through quality programing where Brotherhood is the motivating factor.
It is our mission to demonstrate service and leadership based on the Scout Oath and the Scout Law.
It is our mission to recognize scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and the Scout Law in their daily lives.
It is our mission to create an environment where all members can experience service and leadership.
It is our mission to promote an understanding of the Order of the Arrow and its traditions within our council.
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Occoneechee Lodge, Order of the Arrow
In the summer of 1915, E. Urner Goodman and Carroll Edson, then the leaders of the Philadelphia Council Camp on Treasure Island in the Delaware River north of Philadelphia, sought a definite system of recognizing those Scouts who best represented the Scout Oath and Law. They organized the Wimachtendienk, W.W., lather known as the Order of the Arrow.
Eventually, the Order of the Arrow evolved into it's present organization, and adopted the following four objectives as it's guiding purpose:
- To recognize those campers - Scouts and Scouters - who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives and, by such recognition, cause other campers to conduct themselves in such a manner as to warrant similar recognition;
- To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit;
- To promote Scout Camping which relates it's greatest effectiveness as a part of the unit's camping program, and to help strengthen the District and Council camping program both year-round and in the summer, as directed by the camping committee of the Council;
- And to crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service.
Occoneechee Lodge began as an idea when Mr. Claude Humphreys recognized the potential of the Order of the Arrow at the 1937 National Jamboree. The application for membership was approved on August 30, 1937, and early in 1938 the new lodge members voted to take on the name of the Council; thus Lodge 104 became the Occoneechee Lodge. From that humble beginning almost 60 years ago with 50 active Arrowmen, Occoneechee Lodge has grown into a vibrant, active Lodge with a roster of over 1,600 Scouts and Scouters.
Promotion of not only our Council's Summer Camping Program but also every Unit's year-round camping, the Occoneechee Lodge is very active in Camp Service and Native American studies. Principally a youth organization since it's inception, the Lodge allows its youth members, under the guidance and support of dedicated adult advisers, the unique opportunity to grow and develop as leaders, thereby taking back these skills to their own 'home' Units and strengthening the Scouting Program for us all.
For information and support to your own Unit by these dedicated and active Arrowmen, notify the Scout Office at 1-800-662-7102 or your District Executive for the current contact person in your area.