MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

Boy Scouting, one of the traditional membership divisions of the BSA, is available to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 years old. The program achieves the BSA's objectives of developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness.

TROOP AWARDS

Polaris District Gold Star Award
2007
2008

Boy Scouts of America - TROOP 414

Spring, Texas

Training boys to become godly men

Troop 414 Order of the Arrow

The Order of the Arrow is Scouting's National Honor Society.

Purpose

The purpose of the Order of the Arrow is four-fold:

To recognize those Scout campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives
To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit
To promote Scout camping
To crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others

History

The Order of the Arrow (OA) was founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America. It became an official program experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the Scouting program in 1934.

Colonneh Lodge is the Sam Houston Area Council's Order of the Arrow Lodge. The Lodge is named in honor of General Sam Houston; who was called Colonneh, meaning Raven, when he lived with the Cherokee Indians.

Every year Colonneh Lodge holds many great activities.

Lodge Banquet
Fall Ordeal
Spring Fellowship
Fall Powwow
May Service Days
David Hinds Training

Troop 414 OA Members

Scouts

Justin L. (Brotherhood)
John B. (Ordeal)
Hunter T. (Ordeal)
Chris B. (Ordeal)

Adult Leaders

Paul Taylor (Brotherhood)
Gary Greer (Ordeal)
Nico Garza (Ordeal)

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