Heart of America Council serves Scouts in Missouri and

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

. This council was formed on July 1, 1974, with the merger of the former Kansas City Area (Kansas City, Missouri) and Kaw (Kansas City, Kansas) Councils.

History

The Heart of America Council has grown from a fledgling organization in 1910 to a council serving over 30,000 youth in 2015. There are 14,813 trained leaders volunteering their time and talent to serve the youth in the nineteen counties making up the council. In 2015 Scouts provided over 196,000 hours of service to residents and organizations in the council. There were 16,905 rank advancements and 32,279 merit badges earned during that calendar year. Over 18,000 Scouts camped at one of the camps run by the Heart of America Council during 2015.

Camps

H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation is a

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reservation located in of woodland outside of

Osceola Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Muscogee language, Creek), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a S ...

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, and bordering on

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in the Heart of America Council (HOAC
Lone Bear district
It is one of two Scout reservations operated by the Heart of America Council. It is also miles away from Iconium, Missouri. It was named after former

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, mayor and Boy Scout council executive

H. Roe Bartle Harold Roe Bennett Sturdyvant Bartle (June 25, 1901 – May 9, 1974), better known as H. Roe Bartle, was an American businessman, philanthropist, executive, and professional public speaker who served two terms as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. ...

. The reservation is divided into three camps named Lone Star (previously Wigwam), Sawmill, and Piercing Arrow (previously Frontier). Bartle is one of two Boy Scout camps to participate in the leadership program named Micosay. Theodore Naish Scout Reservation is an 850-acre

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camp located in

Bonner Springs Bonner Springs is a city in Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and Johnson counties, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,837. Bonner Springs was incorporated as ...

. The camp was named after

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civil engineer and draftsman Theodore Naish, who was killed in the sinking of the

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in 1915. The first of the land were donated to the Boy Scouts in 1926 by Naish's wife, Belle Saunders Naish.hoac-bsa.org Naish History
/ref> Camp Naish is run by the Heart of America Council and is one of two camps sponsored by the council. Naish is home to the Tamegonit Lodge of the

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Order of the Arrow

Tamegonit Lodge is in the

and located at Theodore Naish Scout Reservation in

Bonner Springs, Kansas Bonner Springs is a city in Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and Johnson counties, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,837. Bonner Springs was incorporated as ...

. At the 2006 NOAC, the Ceremonial Team was chosen to represent the plains tribes with their Cheyenne set of regalia in a living museum. There were only 5 areas of the Plains Indians to represent. The Ceremonial Team also has been recognized as one of the best in the country. They have won many awards at Section Conclave, including the most recent Section C-5B Conclave for 2018, and even were the National champions in 1983 – one of the last years champions were named. Tamegonit Lodge ended 2015 as the largest Lodge in the Nation with 4,541 dues paying members.

References

External links

*http://www.hoac-bsa.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Heart Of America Council Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America Central Region (Boy Scouts of America) Youth organizations based in Missouri 1974 establishments in Missouri

History

Camps

Order of the Arrow

See also

References

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