Illinek Lodge's Annual Winter Banquet

  • Sun, Jan 9, 2022 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Valley of Springfield

    1020 Rickard Road, Springfield, Illinois, USA
    Springfield, Illinois 62704
Ticket Price $25.00 This event is now over
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Event information is below.

Pre-Order our NEW Pullover Hoddie and Full Zip Hoddie today and pick them up at the winter banquet! 

Order Here: store.illineklodge.org

There will also be a Silent Auction and Museum open at the Banquet to make sure to get there early!

Doors Open: 5:00pm

Dinner Starts: 6:00pm

 

The Winter Banquet is an annual recognition event. At this event, you can see all the exciting things that happened over the year. You’ll have the opportunity to see the recognition of the new Vigil Class, as well as the newest Founders Award Recipients! You will get to meet our new Youth Leadership and Officers! You’ll also hear a lot of promotions about our Spring events. This event is open to all Arrowmen, even other Lodges! Be on the lookout, and you might just meet another Arrowman in our Section. 

 

Scoutmasters will also learn more about and sign up for Unit Elections at the event.

Date & Time

Sun, Jan 9, 2022 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

Valley of Springfield

1020 Rickard Road, Springfield, Illinois, USA
Springfield, Illinois 62704 Valley of Springfield
Illinek Lodge #132

Illinek Lodge 132, is one of the oldest Order of the Arrow lodges continuously chartered by the Boy Scouts of America. The lodge was originally chartered on August 20, 1938, in Abraham Lincoln Council, Springfield, Illinois. At the time of the founding of Illinek Lodge, the Order of the Arrow was still an experimental program of the BSA. Several “honor camper/honor scout” societies existed. Many were local to one or two councils and a few like the Order of the Arrow were gaining wider acceptance. During the earliest years, Illinek Lodge was signified by a Blackhawk totem. This was soon replaced by the Cardinal which has remained through to today. The origins of the name “Illinek” can be traced to the Algonquin Confederacy of our area; a word meaning “men”. Camp Illinek was founded in the late 1930s on land along the shores of what was then the new Lake Springfield. Our lodge, therefore, took its name from Camp Illinek. Prior to that time, our council met each summer for camp at a property known as Camp Sangamo. During those years, a local Scouting society was formed called the Tribe of Sangamo. Little is known of this society, with only scant references found in period publications. In these early years, our lodge played an active role in the growth of the Order of the Arrow. In 1945, William E. Hoffman became our Supreme Chief of the Fire and concurrently was very active at the National Lodge level. Lodge members of Illinek were chosen to perform the Ordeal ceremony in demonstration at early National Lodge gatherings. By 1948 the BSA had formally recognized the Order of the Arrow as its official honor campers society. During this period, Illinek Lodge served at least once as the “host service lodge” for the National Lodge gathering (what has today become the National Order of the Arrow Conference). Our history is rich in service to Scouting and our community