Occoneechee Council

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Occoneechee Council
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Raleigh, North Carolina
CountryUnited States
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The Occoneechee Council (421) of the Boy Scouts of America serves some 8,200 youths and 4,600 adults in central North Carolina, US. The Occoneechee Council is the largest Boy Scout council in North Carolina and serves Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Vance, Wake and Warren counties. These twelve counties are divided into four districts. Besides providing administrative support for Scout troops in their council area, they also maintain three large campgrounds.

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History

In 1921, the Raleigh Council was formed. In 1925, it changed its name to the Wake County Council (421). In 1925, the Durham County Council (696) was formed. In 1925, the Walter Hines Page Council (423) was formed. In 1929, Wake County (421), Durham County (696), and Walter Hines Page (423) merged to become the Occoneechee Council (421). [1]

Organization

The Council headquarters is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the Highwoods Office Complex. Occoneechee Council operates three year-round camping properties, available for use by the units and districts of the Council and non-Scouting groups. The Occoneechee Scout Reservation, which includes Camp Durant and Camp Reeves, is a 2,400-acre (9.7 km2) wilderness property in Moore County. Camp Campbell, a primitive camping facility, is located on Kerr Lake in Virginia.[ citation needed ]

The Council derives its name from the Occaneechi Indian tribe, a band of the Saponi Nation, which lived throughout the North Carolina Piedmont and still maintains a community in Hillsbourough, a town served by the Occoneechee Council.[ citation needed ]

The twelve counties that comprise the Occoneechee Council are divided into four districts as of 2021. Each district is led by a volunteer District Chairman, a volunteer District Commissioner and a professional District Executive, employed by the Occoneechee Council. The districts of the Occoneechee Council are organized as follows: [2]

Finance

The Occoneechee Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. The Executive Committee of the Executive Board serves as trustees and officers of the corporation. The annual budget of the Occoneechee Council is $3.5 million. Of this, $1.25 million was raised through the annual Friends of Scouting giving campaign, which, as of 2020, has been replaced with (annual membership fees - still being evaluated). [3] The Council also participates in the annual popcorn product sale, which generates $1.5 million to support Scouting programs in the Council.[ citation needed ]

Camps

Camp Durant

Camp Durant is the primary summer camping facility of the Occoneechee Council. Camp Durant is a part of the Occoneechee Scout Reservation, a 2,400-acre (9.7 km2) tract in central Moore County, North Carolina. The property straddles the geographic division of the Piedmont and Sandhills regions of North Carolina.[ citation needed ]

Camp Durant operates as a full-service summer camp for the Scouts of the Occoneechee Council during the months of June, July and August. The Council currently offers five weeks of summer camp but will expand as the attendance increases.[ citation needed ]

As a result of the "Come with Us and Build Leaders" Capital Campaign, the Occoneechee Council has completed a complete renovation of the camp.[ citation needed ] The hallmark of the campaign is the completion of the 700-seat Grand Lodge Dining Hall. This fully air conditioned dining hall will seat the entire camp population at one setting, and boasts four serving lines and a full-service Trading Post and Grill below. Other facilities improvements include:

Camp Durant has fourteen campsites, each divided into two sides. Each campsite also has a shower house, complete with three hot/cold showers and three flushing toilets. These shower houses also allow for electric power during summer camp. The entire camp has also been wired with fiber optic cables, which allows for both wired and wireless highspeed internet connections.[ citation needed ]

Camp Reeves

Situated on the remainder of the Occoneechee Scout Reservation, Camp Reeves provides primitive facilities for unit and district camping. The camp has several large Jamboree-style camping fields, as well as unit campsites and several buildings. Camp Reeves was the original summer camp for the Occoneechee Council after the Moore County property was purchased.[ citation needed ]

Camp Campbell

Camp Campbell is the most primitive of the camping properties operated by the Occoneechee Council. Located on Kerr Lake, in Townsville, Virginia, just north of Henderson, North Carolina, Camp Campbell offers Scouting units access to Kerr Lake.[ citation needed ]

Occoneechee Lodge

The Occoneechee Council is the home council of Occoneechee Lodge #104, the local branch of the Order of the Arrow, Scouting's National Honor Society. The Occoneechee Lodge has more than 2,000 members and meets several times a year at Camp Durant for fellowship and service. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ "District Realignment in 2021". Occoneechee Council. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Annual Program Fee". Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Occoneechee Lodge". Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
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