The Founder's Award
Introduced at the 1981 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the Founder's Award was created to honor and recognize those Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to the lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowmen who demonstrates to fellow Arrowmen that he or she memorializes in his or her everyday life the spirit of achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson. The Award is a handsome bronze medallion bearing the likenesses of E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson, with wooden base and brass plate suitable for engraving. Also available is a special Founder's Award arrow ribbon, with a gold colored arrow suspended from a red ribbon. Lodges may petition the National Order of the Arrow Committee to present up to four awards annually, based on lodge membership. If the lodge presents more than one award, one must be to a youth under the age of 21.
CLICK HERE for award form.
The Crenshaw Family Arrowman of the Year
The O. A. (Olvin Alexander) Crenshaw and Family Arrowman of the Year Award is given to one adult and one or more youth per year for outstanding service to the Lodge. All members of the Lodge may make nominations for the Arrowman of the Year Award. The youth recipients are voted on by adults and the adult recipient is voted on by youth. It is voted on at the October Executive Committee Meeting. These Awards are presented at the Lodge's annual banquet in December.
CLICK HERE for award form.
James E. West Award
The award is named after the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America who exemplified Ralph Walso Emerson's observation that "an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man." Scouting today is the "lengthened shadow" of more than three decades of the farseeing and dedicated leadership of Dr. James E. West.
Those who are recognized by the James E. West Fellowship Award will cast their own "lengthened shadow" as they help ensure the Scouting legacy for future generations of young people and create the financial stability of the program in the twenty-first century for their local council.
A gift to a local council, designated by the donor to the council endowment fund, qualifies for membership as a James E. West fellow. The gift must be in addition to— and not replace or diminish—the donor’s annual Friends of Scouting support. A minimum gift of $1000 in cash or marketable securities qualifies for the Bronze level membership. Donors may make cumulative gifts to reach Silver, Gold, and Diamond member levels. For example, 5 years of giving at the Bronze level would qualify for Silver level membership. Many individuals and corporations make these gifts either on behalf of someone else—such as in honor of an Eagle Scout, Silver Beaver recipient, a retirement, a special accomplishment, or anniversary—or in memory of a special individual.
Fall Fellowship 2024 - October 4-6
Catawba Lodge hosts its most prominent event of the year, the Fall Fellowship, at Belk Scout Camp.
During the weekend, Lodge members conduct service for the camp and participate with their chapter in an all out Spirit Competitions. There are training sessions and Indian Lore seminars offered, along with one or two unique activities every year. The annual Patch Auction is held on Saturday night. This is the last time that Brotherhood induction is offered in the calendar year. Fall Fellowship is the venue for the Lodge and Chapter elections, as well as for the reception and recognition of new Brothers in the Vigil Honor.
Additional Fall Fellowship information can be found at:
DRAFT #7 Schedule FOR 2024 Fall Fellowship
Registration CLOSED!
Deadline for registration is: September 25, 2024.
NEW - 75th Anniversary Sash NOW AVAILABLE!!
Support your the Catawba Lodge and commemorate it's 75th anniversary by purchasing one of our new 75th anniversary sashes!!! ONLY SOLD through pre-ordering at $40.00 each. Custom printing on back of sash also available!
To receive your sash at Winter Banquet 2024 all orders must be placed by November 22!!!
Click HERE for sash order form!
Winter Banquet 2024 - Friday, December 6
Catawba Lodge holds its final event of the calendar year in the first week of December. This is a time for Arrowmen to come with their families and friends, and enjoy fellowship and great food.
The Founder's Awards and the OA Crenshaw Arrowman of the year Awards are both presented at the Banquet, as well as other recognitions for outstanding Arrowmen and our former Lodge officers.
Additional Winter Banquet information can be found at:
PENDING FOR 2024 Winter Banquet SCHEDULE
Registration at: https://www.campclerk.org/mcc/oaevents/oaevents.phtml?showevents
Deadline for registration is: November 27, 2024.
NEW FOR 2024...
NEW INDUCTIONS NEWS FOR 2024!
Your Lodge Inductions Team has made signing up for this year's Elangomat and Nimat efforts EASY!!! The following are hyperlinks for both of those service efforts. Additionally, the Inductions team is also providing REQUIRED training for both roles. All information on event and training dates are available in the following sign up pages.
Elangomat: https://forms.gle/9NkuhR8wMN2ZFRur5
Catawba Point Information
Updated: 1.12.24
Catawba Point is our new meditation garden on the property of Camp Grimes near the new Belk Dining Hall. It consists of a Flagpole, Totem Poles from our 2015 Dixie Fellowship incorporated with local plants and flowers. But your help is needed to make PHASE 2 of this dream come true. Through the purchase of commemorative bricks and commermorative jacket patches, you can help see this plan to fruition. Help honor a loved one such as an Eagle Scout, Silver Beaver Recipient, Woodbadge Participant/Staff Member, or someone special who has passed.
Thank you for your support in this endeavor, it is greatly appreciated!
Please click on the following links for Commemorative BRICKS and JACKET PATCH orders:
BRICKS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OCJtrppWhEj1FOUs8F1gPQJ2bwI5FSOj/view?usp=sharing
Other Lodge News
Chapter Election Results
Congratulations to the following Arrowmen and their officer elections within the Apache, Etowah and Sehwatu Chapters for 2023-2024:
Apache Chapter:
Chapter Chief - Karis Hunt
Vice Chapter Chief - Derek Leswing
Chapter Secretary - Colin Turner
Chapter Quartermaster - Charles Thompson
Chapter Spirit Chair - Nash Pelak
Etowah Chapter:
Chapter Chief - Rachel Kauffman
Vice Chapter Chief - Megan Todd
Chapter Secretary - Julia Pearce
Chapter Quartermaster - Evan Lind
Chapter Spirit Chair - Taylor Vernon
Sehwatu Chapter:
Chapter Chief - Ben Bruh
Vice Chapter Chief - Skyler Phelps
Secretary - Hunter Welch
Chapter Quartermaster (appointed) - Brayden Kaminski
Chapter Spirit Chair (appointed) - Reed Hinson
Lodge Election Results
The following are our New Lodge officers for 2023-24.
Lodge Chief - Louis Maillet
Vice Chief of Program - Nick Daniels
Vice Chief of Inductions - Jolie Coughlin
Vice Chief of Indian Affairs - Adam Shaw
Vice Chief of Administration - Reed Coleman
Lodge Quartermaster - Andrew Maillet
Thank you for your continued service to the Lodge!!
Lodge Calendar and Events Update
Good Day Catawba Lodge 459!
Updates to the calendar will be posted here as they arise,
Yours In Brotherhood,
Louis Maillet
Catawba Lodge Chief
What's New!
Catawba Lodge has launched a revamped web site that is geared toward supporting desktops, tablets and phones.
The banner at the top of the site will show breaking items of interest.
Reminders of events and activities will be posted in the slideshow and some slides will have links to the details.
A handy agenda style calendar is posted below that quickly shows upcoming events and it is scrollable to look further out.
Additional work will continue toward cleanup of old data and some new features so you will see more changes.
Email Key Three:
Chief: Louis Maillet
Adviser: Al Nedrich
Staff Adviser: Brian Sweeney
Page Revised: 5/6/2024