Latest News & Updates
New Patch Set Available!
Illini Lodge will begin the sales of a new lodge flap at the Spring Fellowship on May 1st. The eight point buck will sell for $8.00. Illini Lodge members will be able to purchase this design with a red border. National Order of the Arrow participants and staff members from our lodge will be able to obtain the black bordered edition. Look for your new` threads at the Fellowship or the natural resting place for all quality emblems…the Raymond Lee Scout Service Center.
Wild West Fellowship
Buckin’ broncos, chuck wagon cooking, and rootin’ tootin’ shootin’ will entertain Illini arrowmen at the Spring Fellowship on May 1-3, 2009 at Camp Robert Drake. The Brotherhood of Cheerful Fun will celebrate western style at our favorite camp with themed activities, special events, and all kinds of western cooking. The Saturday night supper show will provide a fanciful feast, accompanied by BBQ everything. Additional eventswill include Brotherhood ceremonies, after-hours crackerbarrels, service preparations for the summer season, and chapter activity competitions. SCOUTMASTERS’ NOTE: This is the last event for elected candidates from 2008 to participate in their Ordeal ceremony. Please follow up with any outstanding candidates to remind them of this deadline.
Top Arrowmen receive National Training
OA “attaboys” go out to Lodge Chief Nate Lee and Vice Chief Robert Sloan upon receiving a passing grade at the National Leadership Seminar at the Geneva Center in February. Kudos also to Many Streams Chapter Advisor Mark Hoagland for his participation in the NLS program as well. Congratulations to the new Lodge Advisor Butch Price and new Associate Lodge Advisor Jim Lee for their graduation from the National Lodge Advisor Training Seminar in Rochester, IN. To congratulate Butch, note that his new e-mail is Illini55advisor@yahoo.com
National Order of the Arrow Conference
Illini Lodge is forming the greatest group of OA Bucks to ever attend a national event in the history of Illinidom. From August 1st to August 6th, 2009, the Illini Lodge contingent will enjoy fabulously entertaining shows, high quality leadership training, awe-inspiring Native American events, nation-wide sporting challenges, plus more Arrowrific activities each day. Youth can pay a deposit of $100.00 to the Raymond Lee Scout Service Center, Box 6267, Champaign, IL, 61826-6267 to sign up for the National Order of the Arrow Conference at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. This is set to be the largest NOAC ever. Everything that is OA comes to life in grandiose style at a National Conference, especially in the Big Ten! Contact Lodge Advisor Butch Price at "Illini55advisor at yahoo.com" to be a part of this historic event.