Camp Lowden 70th Anniversary

A celebration was held for the 70th Anniversary of Camp Lowden out at camp today.  Steve Sarver, who's wife delivered their second child on Friday, organized the event.  It was a great day as the weather had cooled from the hot summer temperatures of summer camp and it was a bright, sunny day.  There were staff alumni from Tennessee, Kansas, and Michigan in attendance.  Staff from as far back as the 1940s were there.  In conjunction with the event, Steve has completed a new edition of the Camp Lowden history that I'm looking forward to going through and a couple of picture books that can be ordered.  Thanks to Russ and Sue Sarver for doing registration and Jef Heckinger who got a lot of new scouting alumni registered.

1940s Camp Lowden Staff

1950s Camp Lowden Staff

1970s Camp Lowden Staff

1980s Camp Lowden Staff

1990s Camp Lowden Staff

2000s Camp Lowden Staff

Extreme Service Project – Blackhawk Area Council Anniversary Event

Last Saturday was the date of the Extreme Service Project conducted by the Order of the Arrow, Walupeju Lodge chapters as one of our council 100^th anniversary events.  Since community service is a big part of the Boy Scouts of America it made sense that one of our anniversary events would be a day of community service.  There were five different locations where local OA chapters arranged for service projects.  In White Eagle District, the Mawat Chapter organized a group to work on the perimeter trail around Camp Lowden.

In Wetassa District, the Wetassa Chapter organized a clean up of Krape Park in Freeport.

In Wanchanagi District, the Gokos Chapter organized a clean up of Klehn Aboretum in Rockford.

In Sycamore District, the Kishwaukee Chapter organized two projects, one at Marengo Woods and the other at The Hollows, both McHenry County Conservation District sites.

All together there were hundreds of scouts and their families that came out to help with the projects.

Patches commemorating the event are available for order, please contact me directly if you would like to have some ordered for your unit.

I also had an event flag that traveled to each site and was signed by participants.  If you did not get a chance to sign the flag and want to borrow it for a unit, district, or chapter event contact me and we can arrange for you to borrow the flag.