Heart of America Council serves Scouts in Missouri and
Kansas. 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
Boy Scouts of America reservation located in of woodland outside of
Osceola,
Missouri, and bordering on
Truman Lake 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
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
, 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
Boy Scout
A Scout (in some countries a Boy Scout, Girl Scout, or Pathfinder) is a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. Because of the large age and development span, many Scouting associations have split ...
camp located in
Bonner Springs,
Kansas. The camp was named after
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
civil engineer and draftsman Theodore Naish, who was killed in the sinking of the
RMS Lusitania
RMS ''Lusitania'' (named after the Roman province in Western Europe corresponding to modern Portugal) was a British ocean liner that was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 and that held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlanti ...
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 Order of the Arrow
Order of the Arrow
Tamegonit Lodge is in the Order of the Arrow 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.
See also
* Scouting in Missouri
References
External links
*http://www.hoac-bsa.org
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Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America
Central Region (Boy Scouts of America)
Youth organizations based in Missouri
1974 establishments in Missouri