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Arrowmen Give Service Cheerfully to Ridgecrest Conference Center

Arrowmen providing cheerful service at RidgecrestThroughout Indian Summer Arrowmen have participated in a variety of service projects for Ridgecrest Conference Center.  Interestingly, it was the first time that an organization has volunteered service to the Ridgecrest Conference Center.  The main service project consisted of landscaping a new prayer garden. This landscaping included moving cinder blocks, building a retaining wall, and repairing the prayer garden trail. Andy Newberry from Mawat Woakus Lodge of Black Swamp Area Council stated, “This service project has been great. I have never felt so rewarded when I have been so dirty.”

Arrowmen providing cheerful service at RidgecrestPeople always knew when the service projects were going on because of the roar that came up from the creek where the work was being done. “Some guys got started singing Karma Chameleon and before you knew it we were all working and singing 80s music at the same time,” said Adam Schmidt of Tom Kita Chara Lodge of Samoset Council.

Overall, over 800 person-hours of service were provided by the OA to Ridgecrest.  All participants and staff that helped in the service project received a pin that completed the conference patch.

Revised 08/06/2003.

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