Vigil Honor Committe Meeting

The Vigil Honor Selection Committee will host its annual meeting at the Monmouth Council Service Center (located at 705 Ginesi Dr. in Morganville) on Saturday, March 6th at 1:00 PM. The meeting is expected to last two to three hours. You are welcome to attend if you are an Ordeal or Vigil Honor member of Na Tsi Hi in good standing (current dues paid and registered with the BSA). If you sealed your membership in the bonds of Brotherhood less than two years ago, you are also welcome to attend.
This meeting is the only forum available for selecting Vigil candidates. Regardless of whether or not you can attend, all members are encouraged to review the list of those eligible for selection as a Vigil Honor member and submit a nomination form. Much like how the members of your troop were allowed to vote for as many or as few individuals as they felt were deserving for the Order of the Arrow, you are allowed to nominate as people as you feel are deserving of the Vigil Honor. Please help the Vigil Honor Selection Committee recognize our brothers who have made distinguished contributions and deserve this high mark of distinction. The meeting is casual attire with OA sash.

For a list of the brothers eligible for the Vigil Honor, please click here.

What Will You Do This Summer?

Are you looking for adventure and purpose this summer rather than just a job?
Yes? Then this job's for YOU! The lodge needs a youth Arrowman to serve as the 2010 OA Camp Chief at Forestburg summer camp. If you want to have a great summer - grab this terrific job now. Email the Lodge Key3 at key3@natsihi.org

What will YOU do as OA Camp Chief?

Represent the lodge and the Order of the Arrow.
Meet with troops and help their Scouts to become fully active in the lodge.
Work with other lodge members to deliver the OA program in camp.
Run the Brotherhood Induction program during camp.

Service projects, ceremonies, fellowship crackerbarrels – you lead all of these activities. Awards – you get to hand out cool stuff like the Forestburg Heritage Trail medal and the OA service award. Recordkeeping is a snap! Handling money is simple.

Do YOU have what it takes? Are you a Brotherhood member in the lodge? Can you give a decent presentation to groups? Are you between the ages of 15 to 20? Yes, yes, yes, yes? Then you're our Arrowman!

How do YOU seal the deal? Contact the Key 3. Candidates endorsed by the lodge chief will be interviewed by the camp director who will answer all your questions and outline the terms of employment and salary.

More Staff Openings

We still have summer camp staff openings at Quail Hill and Forestburg. We need some merit badge counselors, econ staff, and an 18+ high adventure director for Forestburg who runs the climbing program and off-camp activities like horseback riding, Delaware canoe trips, backpacking, and waterskiing. Call the council service center: 732-536-2347. Camp Staff is a great summer job – free suntan included!

Spring Fellowship 2010!

The 2010 Spring Fellowship is coming up and coming up fast. It is right around the corner on April 9th - 11th at Quail Hill Scout Reservation. This is a wonderful opportunity for elgible arrowmen to participate in the Brotherhood conversion. However, the weekend will still be filled with a plethora of fun activites for all arrowmen. For the registration forms, click here.

A Message from the National Chairman!

In October of 2009, Ray Capp, the new National Order of the Arrow Chairman, sent a letter to each and every lodge in the nation. He wrote:

At the recent National BSA meetings in Dallas, as my first act as Chairman of the National Order of the Arrow Committee, I announced the creation of a new subcommittee entitled: Unit, Chapter, and Lodge Support. This group will focus on supporting our lodges. My time in this role will be marked with a dramatic focus on helping lodges with new tools, new resources, and new training programs which help you. To punctuate the importance of lodges in this new Order, I am sending you an Ordeal Ceremony figurine, which I hope you will choose to present to a deserving youth on behalf of the National Order of the Arrow Committee during the upcoming winter banquet season.
Wishing you all the best as we close out this year, I remain,

Devotedly yours in the Order of the Arrow
Ray Capp

Na Tsi Hi presented the Ordeal Ceremony figurine to our Lodge Secretary Ryan Bolger at our winter banquet this past January. Congratulations Ryan!

Vigil Nominations due March 1st!

For more information on the vigil honor and to download the nomination forms, click here.

Lodge Annual Report!

In December, Na Tsi Hi submitted its charter for 2010 and Chief Lelesi gave the annual lodge report to the Monmouth Council Executive Board. Take a look, our accomplishments are impressive. Our Quality Lodge petition tells the rest of the story - a list of reasonable, attainable and meaningful goals. It is in essence our report card. Our membership keeps growing, our Brotherhood inductions are respectable, and our contributions to our camps in dollars and service hours are generous. It all adds up to ArrowPower! As we celebrate our 60th birthday, let's make 2010 another outstanding year for Na Tsi Hi. To see the Quality Lodge Petition click here.To see the Lodge Annual Report click here!

New Section Chief!

Na-Tsi-Hi would like to extend its congratulations to Ron Apostle, the newly elected NE-5A Section Chief!

Winter issue of Voice of the Pines Online!

To view the most recent issue, click on this link.

OA Staff Jobs Available at Jambo!

The Indian Village is full, but there are still openings for the OA Service Corps and the Mysterium Compass. The fee for youth staff is half the regular Jamboree fee. For more information, follow this link.

OA high adventure applications for summer of 2010 are available!

For more details, look here.

2010 Spring Trails and Campbuilders Weekend

The weekend of May 21-23 is the 8th FSR Trails and Campbuilders weekend. This weekend is free of charge to any volunteers who work that Saturday doing either trail work or other projects. Food, lodging, and entertainment are provided throughout the weekend. Any scouting volunteer can attend, and troops are welcome to register as a unit. Please contact the FSR Trails Committee at fsr_trails@natsihi.org for more information. A flyer and pre-registration form can be found here.

Wanted: Website committee members

If any brothers are interested in becoming part of the Website Committee, they are encouraged to contact us via webmaster@natsihi.org. We are looking for interested youth and adult advisers. While no experience is necessary, an interest and familiarity with computers is helpful.

Lost and Found

Have you lost something at a past Lodge event? Check the online Lost and Found.

Great Resources for Units

Check out the information on hiking the Battle of Monmouth Historic Trail, and our recently-updated Where to go Camping directory. A new CD-ROM directory of Scout camps in the northeast has also been issued by the Northeast Region OA committee and is being distributed to all troops in the council this spring.

Packs, Troops, and other groups can book the Native American Dance Team to perform their dance program at the next Blue and Gold dinner, Court of Honor, or other event. The Ceremonies Team is available to perform their famous Webelos Crossover or Eagle Scout “Four Winds” ceremony at your next event.

NOAC Flap

A limited amount of these special edition NOAC flaps will be sold at Lodge events for $10 so hurry before they are all gone!