Time to Pow Wow...Mowogo Style!!!
Greetings, Fellow wearers of the Arrow!
We hope this finds you well and getting excited about our Pow Wow event next weekend. Current registration for the event has exceeded total registrations for this event in 2021 and 2020. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so and join us in fellowship as we prepare for 2023 by choosing our youth leadership for next year. If you have already registered for Pow Wow, thank you and we look forward to sharing fellowship together!
For those who are our newest members that joined us this year, Pow Wow is our time to share training in Order of the Arrow operations as well as other important aspects of Scouting as we continue to prepare for new members and celebrate the achievements of our youth. It is also a time for fellowship as our Chapters compete in the Quest for the Black Bear in games and competitions during Saturday afternoon. As a new highlight, our Lodge Chief has arranged for additional opportunities in Shooting Sports for our youth to enjoy!
Because our youth leadership continue to reach inward to make our lodge and our council better, they have also shown the strength and talent that we have enjoyed to a broader reach beyond our borders. At Pow Wow will welcome youth leadership from some of our fellow lodges in our Section. We will also enjoy having another Lodge Adviser from our section (in addition to being a Mowogo alum!) join us as well. It is an honor to have them join with us and share in our fellowship as honored Scouts. In addition, we have invited leaders from our districts and our council in Northeast Georgia to join us as well to say thank you for the support they provided in 2022 to help us reach a record percentage of units with Ordeal elections! We also want to let them see and experience what the largest youth-led program in the Northeast Georgia Council has to offer. Please take a chance and thank them for joining with us when you see them at lunch on Saturday.
Thank you also to those of you who have already submitted your letter of intent to run for a lodge office. The quality of Mowogo Lodge is centered on the foundation of the outstanding quality of our youth leadership which continues to reach new heights in service and leadership in our council and in our section and region. We encourage all of our youth to stretch yourselves and serve in a leadership role in Mowogo Lodge for 2023 and become a part of this legacy of exceptional leadership. The Letter of Intent (to run for a lodge office) and the Lodge Officer Expectations forms are attached to this article for you. If you have questions about being a lodge officer, we encourage you to reach out to our youth leadership, our lodge advisers, and your Chapter leadership to learn more.
Mowogo Lodge is the honor society for the Northeast Georgia Council. Thank you for continuing to show why this is true and for being role models for our Scouts and Scouters. Your presence and example will help Mowogo Lodge continue to grow as well as provide service and leadership unparalleled to our units and communities.
See you at Pow Wow!
Yours in Brotherhood, Cheerfulness, and Service,
Rusty Royston
Lodge Adviser, Mowogo Lodge
Northeast Georgia Council, BSA
P.S. Please to a moment to remember all those affected by the 9/11 tragedies that occurred 21 years ago today.