News:
 Spring Service Projects Posted 
Our Service Chairman and Advisor have been hard at work prepping for the 2nd Spring Service weekend at Resica Falls . A list of project have been posted on the Service Page. Take a look and see how you can help with Cheerful Service on the weekend. The service page can be found under the communications tab on the menu above.
Lend a Helping Hand
We are in need of some volunteers to help out at the Hart shower house project Saturday May 3rd, May 10th and May 17th. If you are available to help out for even part of the day that would be great. Going to Hart is just a short drive for most of us in the Council and some of us are very close. It is crucial that the project be kept on the current timeline. Let's show the willingness of Unami to answer the call of service. If you are interested please Email: Steve Ranjo
New Lodge Property
The long awaited Unami Lodge Belt Buckle is now available for Pre-order. Download the Pre-order form now to reserve your Belt Buckle now. The buckles will fit any standard leather scout belt that you would get in the trading post or scout camp. The belt buckles will be distributed at the Fall Fellowship at Hart Scout Reservation in October. In the coming weeks look on the new properties page for a conceptual drawing as to what the belt buckle will look like.
LodgeMaster - Please Remember
Unami Lodge has now migrated it's membership database to LodgeMaster! LodgeMaster is powerful system for managing lodge membership in an easy, yet powerful way. OA LodgeMaster allows multiple members of your lodge leadership to access and edit lodge membership information at the same time. And it handles more that just membership information; OA LodgeMaster can track everything from service hours to ceremonies experience, and help you manage all aspects of your lodge from attaining Quality Lodge to printing membership cards. Unami Lodge is asking EVERY member young and old to please, start bringing your BSA Scout card to all Lodge functions so we can obtain the unique BSA number that national uses to track your registration. If you cannot make the Lodge weekend please EMail this information to webmaster@unamilodge.org and we will get your profiles updated. This is pivital to the success of using this new database in Unami Lodge.
Sign up for Arrow Corp5
Summer of 2008, what are you doing? If the answer is staying at home, that's the wrong answer! In 2008 Order of the Arrow members from around the country have the unique opportunity to get together at five different sites across the country for an event to remember. Unami Lodge has selected to go to the George Washington and Jefferson National Forrests. If you want to see all the beauty of the Washington and Jefferson National Forest then we have the program for you - ArrowCorps5! For more information please click on the link below or Email Jeff Aster or Jeremy Slocum. If you are interested in signing up please click here or go to the forms page and download the registration form.
Read the Unami Lodge's 2008 -2012 Strategic Plan
Fresh off the presses and adopted at March's Executive Meeting here is Unami Lodge's 2008-2012 Lodge Strategic Plan.
2008 Spring Service Weekend Forms Posted!
The long awaited 2008 Spring Service forms hot off the press have now been posted on the Forms Page. Spring Service #1 will be at Hart Scout Reservation on April 18-20 and this years theme will be Music. If you are a fan of Music then I would attend, I saw a list of proposed games for Saturday night and it sounds awesome. Spring Service #2 will be at Resica Falls on May 16-18 and the theme for that weekend will be Gladiators! Hurry and sign up for both before all the good spots are taken up!
2008 NE4A Conclave registration form posted!
The registration forms for the NE4A Conclave hosted by Wunita Gokhos Lodge 39 was now been posted to the forms page. This year Conclave will be held at Camp Bayshore which is part of the Pennsylvania Dutch Council camps. We were only given 35 spots so space is limited. Sign up early to secure a spot on this years conclave contingent.
SUPPORT THE HOME TEAM
 Unami Lodge in conjuction with the Council Camping Committee are calling on ALL Troops in the Council to come home and sign up to attend a Cradle of Liberty camp this summer. Even if you have already made a deposit at another camp we are asking you to reconsider your choice and think about Resica Falls or Treasure Island as your 2008 summer camp destination. As part of the many different incentives offered, the Council will credit your $50 deposit required for signing up if you have made a deposit at another camp. Details on the many different incentives and a sign up form can be found here. For more information check out the new Camping Website which will launch soon on the the Council's website at www.colbsa.org.
Unami Lodge Resource Database
The lodge resource database is an independent database created to assist the lodge, especially the service committee, with adult members that have a skill and / or interest that would be used on the service weekends and future projects that the lodge may undertake. We are encouraging all adult members to support this effort. All that is requested is your name, home phone, cell phone, e-mail address, skill, and interest and of course cheerful service. You can send this info to joestan624@comcast.net.
The Kekeenowin of the Wimachtendienk 1915 to 1948
This Brand New 400 page book contains copies of all ceremonies from 1916 to 1948 that are known to exist. Plus chapters on Ordeal, Brotherhood, Vigil, Local Lodge Manuals, Constitution/By-Laws, Handbooks, Membership Cards and Sashes up to 1948.
Copies of all resource documents used in the research and documentation and many, many deltailed photos. For more information and prices of the book please go to:
http://www.groveagle.com/kekeenowin.htm
Important Changes In How Unami Lodge Operates
Read
the Lodge Rules and Procedures (Adopted 10/2007). Lodge
Rules and Procedures
Calling all Arrowmen!
Are you interested in helping the lodge? Do you want
to get involved but don’t know how? We have an answer! Become an OA Representative.
You can serve your lodge by passing information from the Lodge to your unit and
in the process fulfill the requirement for a leadership position and also get
credit for the Participation Award. This is a great was to get involved in the
Lodge and it is a vital program to the lodge. To become an OA Rep, just ask your
unit leader to give you the form to fill out and then send it to the address
on the bottom of the form or give it to your chapter chief. If your unit leader
didn't get a form, or if you have any questions or problems, you should
contact the OA Rep Chairman, Jim Benischeck or
call him at (215) 283-2434.
Get
Involved!
Everyone interested in getting involved in the lodge should contact Lodge Chief John Bickel at chief@unamilodge.org. We are always looking for additional people to help out on our committees, so pick one that interests you and jump on in. I look forward to working with all of you!
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