Youth Organizations Based in North Carolina - Scouting in North Carolina, Old North State Council, Campus Pride (Paperback)

Chapters: Scouting in North Carolina, Old North State Council, Campus Pride. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Old North State Council (ONSC) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America that serves the western Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The council is headquartered at the Royce Reynolds Family Scout Office in Greensboro, North Carolina and operates four camps; one of which is outside the council boundaries. The Old North State Council was formed from the merger of three smaller councils in the mid-1990s: General Greene Council, Uwharrie Council, and Cherokee Council. The ONSC represents boy scouting in Davie, Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Alamance, Rockingham, Caswell, and Person counties of North Carolina. The council's name is derived from the state's official song, The Old North State. A portrait of CSR founder Allan "Doc" Lewis rests within the OA Lodge Building named in his honor.Cherokee Scout Reservation (CSR) is a Boy Scout camp in central Caswell County, North Carolina near the town of Yanceyville. It is situated on over 1,700 acres (6.9 km) of hardwood forest and is the headquarters for the Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge. The camp was founded in the 1960s by Allan "Doc" Lewis and associates and was named after the local Cherokee tribe. It hosts the council's largest summer camp, which is usually held each week for about seven weeks each summer. ( ) The aquatics staff found here is believed to be the best in comparison to most, if not all other camps. In addition the Dining Hall staff keeps the entire place running with their amazing service and good food in comparison to other North Carolina Camps The camp's official camp song is "The Eyes of Cherokee," which was written by Doc Lewis and is sung to the tune of "I've Been...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=630123