Boy Scouts of America | Hawkeye Area Council

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Matching Grant Received to Support Handicapped-Accessible Improvements at Boy Scout Reservation in Central City, Iowa
 

(Cedar Rapids, IA, January 9, 2012) The National Order of the Arrow Committee has awarded the Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America a $5,000 matching grant to purchase a swimming pool chair lift and renovate a wilderness camping area to ensure handicapped-accessibility at the Howard H Cherry Scout Reservation near Central City, Iowa.
 

The proposal written by youth members of the Order of the Arrow was the highest funded project out of 15 awards presented nationwide and will allow the in-ground swimming pool to become completely handicapped accessible using a mobile lift.  In addition, the grant will support the renovation of a campsite, including pouring two handicapped-accessible concrete pads, a concrete pad under a covered pole shelter, and accessible walkways between facilities.  The total project cost will be $10,000 with the local Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Order Lodge matching the national grant through individual donations of cash and materials.
 

Hawkeye Area Council currently serves over 50 youth with physical or cognitive disabilities through the Trailblazers program.  These youth fully participate in all of Scouting’s experiences, while learning in a tailored environment suited to their individual needs.  Thanks to this grant, many of these youth will be able to fully participate in camping activities this summer.
 

The Order of the Arrow, a service organization of the Boy Scouts of America, honors individuals with exemplary service to Scouting.  The Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock lodge is the local chapter affiliated with the Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America and has been in existence for 60 years in Eastern Iowa.  The Order of the Arrow strives to be an integral part of the Boy Scouts of America providing resources to promote and advance Scouting at all levels.
 

Since 1999, the National Order of the Arrow Committee has annually selected lodges from across the nation to receive matching service grants.  For 2012, Hawkeye Area Council was one of 15 lodges to receive a combined total of $40,000 in grants.
 

For more information on this project please contact John Myers at 319.862.0541 or john.myers@scouting.org.
 

From the National Lodge:

Do you know an Arrowmen who just earned his Eagle but you have no idea what to get him? The Order of the Arrow has produced a congratulatory letter that would be the perfect addition to any Eagle Court of Honor. Click link below..

http://oa-bsa.org/resources/unit/congratulatoryeagleletter.pdf

The location for the Red Cedar OA Chapter Meeting has been changed to Regis Middle School, 735 Prairie Drive NE, Cedar Rapids.  The next meeting will be on January 13, 2010 from 7pm - 8:30pm.