This issue includes an in-depth look at the National Planning Meeting,  reports from our Region Chief, Richie Ferolo and Region Chairman, Chris Grove, the "Fill in 50" campaign (are you up to the challenge?), and much much more!

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Calling all Lakota Youth Members!  
Don't miss the 2010 Spring Lodge Leadership Development. You will have fun, get some great OA Training and meet the current National Order of the Arrow Chief, Brad Lichota ! !
March 6-7, 2010

The address of the Allstate Arena is as follows:
6920 N. Mannheim Road,
Rosemont, IL 60018

We will begin the conference at 10:00am and then at 3:00pm we will head to the floor to watch the Chicago Wolves vs. the Grand Rapid Griffins on the first level. Lunch will be catered to us during our planning meeting. Conference fee will be $25 per member and this will cover lunch, the game, and other conference expenses.

The New 2009-2010 Vigil Nomination Forms are now available Here.

Please note, these forms are due by March 31 2010.

DALLAS- Richie F. has just been elected as the 2010 Central Region Chief at the National Planning Meeting in Dallas, Texas.

There will be 9 sessions of each program, including the new Canadian Odyssey Voyage, running from early June through mid-August.

Each year the OA’s High Adventure programs continue to grow in popularity and have been filled to capacity for four straight years.

Do you have any pictures from Lakota Lodge's 2009 Events? If so email them to pictures@lakotalodge.org.

Thanks for your support!

159 pictures from this years, 2009 Haunted Hike, were added Here.

Congratulations to Richie!

Richie was elected to serve as the 2009-2010 Section Chief, at the 2009 Section C-3B Conclave at Cayon Camp.

We are honored to have two special guests with us at this event, the current Central Region Chief for the OA, as well as the 2008 National Chief. We also have quite a handful of new trainings that will be taught, including some directly from the 2009 NOAC. This LLD is promising to be very successful and different than previous LLD’s. If you have come to LLD before, you should come anyways to have an entirely new experience.  

LLD will be held on Nov. 14th-15th at the American Legion Hall 964 in Lake Zurich. Please plan on arriving around 11 am on Saturday. Lunch will be provided upon your arrival. We would like to begin trainings as soon as possible.
 
If you are new to the lodge we encourage you to attend! This is a very good opportunity of understanding how the OA functions as well as getting to know some fellow arrowmen of Lakota Lodge. If you are new to the lodge you do not want to miss out on this unique experience.
 
Please contact me before October 23rd if you are planning on attending Lodge Leadership Development.. The cost is only $7 if you notify us before the 23rd. Any notifications after the 23rd will cost $10. You are allowed to show up on Saturday if you have not told us, but we encourage you to notify us before hand so that we can plan accordingly with the amount of people we have signed up.
 
If you have any questions regarding Lodge Leadership Development, please contact me at sig1145 at yahoo.com
 
I look forward to seeing all of you in November,
 
Robert P.
Lodge Leadership Development Chairman
sig1145 at yahoo.com

There will be 9 sessions of each program, including the new Canadian Odyssey Voyage, running from early June through mid-August. The OA Ocean Adventure program is currently being revised to give Arrowmen the opportunity to leave an even greater impact on the areas Sea Base serves, at a lower cost to the participants. Details about the program, as well as the application, will be available later this summer.

Each year the OA’s High Adventure programs continue to grow in popularity and have been filled to capacity for four straight years.