OA Events

Takhonek Lodge AIA/ICE Weekend

January 29, 2025 by melanie.young@scouting.org

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Registration deadline is March 19, 2025.

Takhonek Lodge's AIA & ICE Workshop is March 21-23 at Camp Arrowhead. It's your chance to learn more about Ceremonies and being an Elangomat. We strongly recommend that anyone interested in the OA’s ceremonies come to this event. Further, we encourage others to come out and spend time with their brothers and even forge an interest in the behind-the-scenes work.

The fee is $20 per person and includes meals, an event patch and other activities. Registration closes March 19th at 11:59 pm.

This workshop is for both youth and adults. Participants will have the opportunity to make a ceremonial craft and learning how to prepare for ceremonies. The fee for the optional craft is $15.

***Be sure to bring a current Health form Part A & B with you!

Questions? Contact David Duncan at 304-541-7559 or david.duncan@suddenlink.net

2025 Takhonek Lodge Dues

December 1, 2024 by melanie.young@scouting.org

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Deadline to pay 2025 dues is November 30, 2025.

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The Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s Honor Society, is made up of thousands of great Scouts and Scouters, just like you. You are an Arrowman and we ask that you continue your support for the Order of the Arrow and it’s worthy goals which are more important now than ever.

Think back to your Ordeal. Remember the Obligation and Admonition. Remember… “The ones who choose you, need you.”

Dues for 2025 are $15 per lodge member.

Fox Pass is $60 per lodge member.

*All Dues and Fox Pass payments must be completed through this online link.*

Why do I need to pay dues to remain a member of the lodge?

Just like your home scouting unit, everyone in the Scouts BSA recharters on an annual basis. By paying your annual dues you are entitled to attend lodge, section, and national events, wear the official lodge flap, and participate in your chapter meetings and activities. The stronger we are, the more help we can provide to our local units and the Buckskin Council.

What is a Fox Pass?

The Fox Pass can be purchased by any dues paying lodge member. It’s no secret that over the last year or so prices on everything have increased. Those increases affect our lodge event budgets the same way they affect your household budget. All weekend long events will cost $20 and the one-day events will cost $10 if registered for individually. If you register in the last week prior to an event, there will be a late fee charged. The late fee will be $10 for weekend events and $5 for one-day events. By purchasing the Fox Pass, you pay less for each event, and you will avoid all late fees. If you register for each event individually, it will cost you $80 over the year. If you purchase a Fox Pass, the cost is only $60.

Think of it as a “Season Pass” for the lodge events.

This year we will only be selling 75 Fox Passes. This is a first come, first served sale.

The benefits to purchasing a Fox Pass:

You are prepaying for ALL 2025 lodge events in advance and at a reduced price. (Excludes Vigil/Vigil Reunion, section, and national events.)
It is a $20 savings verses paying for each event individually.
If you are unable to attend an event, you will still receive the patch for that event.
Avoid late fees for events.

What is included in the Fox Pass:

AIA/ICE Weekend
Spring Ordeal and Brotherhood
Lodge Summer Picnic
Fall Ordeal and Brotherhood
Lodge Winter Banquet

**Special Note: If you are currently an Ordeal member and purchase a Fox Pass, there will be an additional $30 fee if you plan to obtain your Brotherhood in 2025. This is a $15 savings over the cost for non-Fox Pass Brotherhood candidates. The fee will be paid at the time you register for the event.

Limited Edition Memorial Patch for Sale

September 19, 2022 by melanie.young@scouting.org

Takhonek Lodge Arrowman,

Our Lodge lost a great man, Scouter, and Leader this year, Steve Hardman. It is not often that the Lodge produces a patch in memory of a member. The Takhonek Lodge Executive Committee has decided to honor Steve Hardman and what he has done for our Lodge by creating a jacket patch to sell. The patch size will be 6.875 inches x 8 inches it will be fully embroidered. Steve had a huge passion for history and re-enacting. He helped in developing the ceremony regalia the Lodge now has. He has helped plan and lead the AIA & ICE programs for the past 5 years. His knowledge in this field was amazing and will be missed. To honor Steve, we will be producing a limited amount of jacket patches, all the proceeds from these patches would go towards the continued education of the AIA & ICE programs in our Takhonek Lodge.

All of you may not have had the pleasure of working with Steve, but if you did you would never forget him. He was a man that would tell you what was on his mind, he would especially tell you if you were wrong. However, he did it for a reason, and he truly wanted you to learn from your mistakes.

Steve Hardman became a Vigil Honor member in 1994 and lead with Leadership in Service. So, what do I mean by that. Steve was proud of his achievements, but never boasted about them. Steve was a man that did things because he truly was a Brother to all, loved us all and had a passion for Scouting and the Order of the Arrow that many could only aspire to have. Here are some of the leadership roles that Steve held in Scouting and the Order of the Arrow, Assoicate Section Advisor, Lodge Advisor, and Chapter Advisor, AIA & ICE Advisor, District Chair, District Commissioner, District Jr. Leader Training Chair, Wood Badge Trained, Wood Badge Staff, NYLT Staff, Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Cubmaster, Day Camp Director, and served on Staff at two National Jamboree's.

Call the Buckskin Council office at 304-340-3663 to reserve your patch or patches. There is only 195 of these patches to be sold, and there is no limit on the amount one can buy. The cost for each patch is $15.00 (plus postage). Help support our AIA & ICE program and sew your patch onto a jacket or sweatshirt in honor of Steve Hardman. The patches are available now at the Council Service Center. All proceeds go toward the OA ceremonies equipment fund.