Northeast Georgia Council

The Northeast Georgia Council, a local council of the Boy Scouts of America, provides scouting programs for 26 counties in northeastern Georgia, and serves more than 25,000 youth in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, Venturing, Exploring, and in-school Learning for Life.

Northeast Georgia Council
OwnerBoy Scouts of America
HeadquartersPendergrass, Georgia
Location148 Boy Scout Trail, Pendergrass, GA 30567
CountryUnited States
Coordinates34.153448°N 83.663190°W / 34.153448; -83.663190
Website
http://nega-bsa.org/

Organization

The council has service centers is in Pendergrass and Lawrenceville, Georgia. The council is administratively divided into seven districts (not including the E-V district):

  • Apalachee District serves northern Gwinnett County;[1]
  • Chattahoochee District serves Barrow, Hall, and Jackson counties;[2]
  • Cherokee district serves Hart, Elbert, Franklin, Madison, Clarke, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Morgan, and Greene counties;[3]
  • Currahee District serves Banks, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, and White counties;[4]
  • Etowah District serves Forsyth, Dawson, and Lumpkin counties;[5]
  • Mountain District serves Gilmer, Fannin, Towns, and Union counties;[6]
  • Sweetwater District serves Walton and southern Gwinnett counties.[7]
  • Exploring-Venturing District offers the Venturing and Exploring programs in Gwinnett and Walton counties (as these are not discussed in their other districts' roundtables.)

Camps

Camp Rainey Mountain

Camp Rainey Mountain, founded in 1954, is a Boy Scout camp near Clayton, Georgia.[8] Centered around Lake Toccoa, the camp contains 24 campsites with tents and Adirondacks. Just off of the Parade Field is the H. Randolph Holder Dining Hall, where scouts, scouters, and staff eat all of their meals during the week. The Trading Post is a hotspot for campers, dealing in everything from T-shirts to coffee mugs to pocket knives, as well as housing the Snack Shack, where hungry campers can pick up candies, sodas, and ice cream. Right on the shore of Lake Toccoa, The Stewart Amphitheater holds three campfires each week. The Amphitheater is made entirely of granite from Elberton, GA. On the north end of camp, the Big Rock trail guides hikers to a granite outcrop on the side of Rainey Mountain itself, providing a beautiful view of the camp and the Blue Ridge Mountains around. Summer camp runs for seven weeks, starting in early June and running until late July, but the camp is available for Scout Troops to enjoy year round.

The main activity during camp is the merit badge classes. Class periods are 50 minutes long, but many classes run for two or three periods. There are currently 43 different merit badge classes offered, many of which provide the opportunity to earn multiple merit badges. In addition to merit badge classes, Camp Rainey Mountain provides many classes that focus on other areas of scouting. A program called TNT (The New Trail) is offered, which provides newer scouts with an opportunity to focus on rank advancement in a structured, group setting. The Waterfront offers the BSA Lifeguard course, which certifies older scouts and adult leaders to be lifeguards, allowing safer year-round aquatics activities for their troops. High Adventure classes are available as well, including C.O.P.E, Climbing merit badge, and many off-property opportunities like Whitewater KR. A program called Gold Rush focuses on a pioneering lifestyle, and Scouts spend the week living as if it were the 1820s, sleeping in large cabins, cooking meals over an open fire, and learning skills of the era such as blacksmithing and candlemaking.

Scoutland

Located on Lake Lanier, Scoutland provides year-round camping and aquatics activities. Scoutland is home to one of Northeast Georgia Council's two Summer Camps and to Webelos Adventure Camp.[9]

Camp Rotary

Located on Lake Hartwell, Camp Rotary provides year-round "primitive" camping. This 25-acre camp on the lake was built with funds raised by the Rotary Club of Hartwell, Georgia.[10]

Order of the Arrow

The Northeast Georgia Council is serviced by Mowogo Lodge of the Order of the Arrow. Each year, hundreds of hours of service are provided by the arrowmen to the council's three camps. The lodge's totem is a black bear on all fours.

Mowogo Lodge is divided into seven Chapters, each representing a different district:[11]

  • Ani-Gatogewi (Cherokee District)
  • Canantutlaga (Apalachee District)
  • Japeechen (Etowah District)
  • Jutaculla (Curahee District)
  • Lau-in-nih (Sweetwater District)
  • Machque (Mountain District)
  • Yona-Hi (Chattahoochee District)

The current Lodge Adviser is Rusty Royston and Lodge Chief is James Chalmers.[12]

Camp Rainey Mountain hosted the SR-9 Conclave in April of 2016,[13] and is set to host it again in 2027.

See also

References
  1. "Boy Scouts of America, Northeast Georgia Council: Apalachee District". Apalachee District. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  2. "Chattahoochee District, Northeast Georgia Council". Chattahoochee District. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  3. "Cherokee District, Northeast Georgia Council". Cherokee District. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  4. "Currahee District, Northeast Georgia Council". Northeast Georgia Council. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  5. "Etowah District, Northeast Georgia Council". Northeast Georgia Council. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  6. "Mountain District, Northeast Georgia Council". Northeast Georgia Council. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  7. "Sweetwater District, Northeast Georgia Council". Northeast Georgia Council. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  8. "Rainey Mountain". Northeast Georgia Council. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  9. "Scoutland". Northeast Georgia Council. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  10. "Rotary". Northeast Georgia Council. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  11. "Mowogo Lodge - Mowogo Chapters". mowogo.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  12. "Mowogo Lodge - Lodge Officers". mowogo.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  13. "History". Section SR-9. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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