Paldani has started the year out strong by proudly attended the Winter Ordeal down at Camp Everglades on January 6-8. We had 22 candidates undergo the Ordeal along with five members sealing their ties in Brotherhood.

On January 9, Paldani held its monthly Chap-ter meeting. On January 28, Paldani will help out at the Seminole District Cub-o-ree at Tree Tops Park.

On February 13, 2012 Paldani held our chap-ter meeting at Bellante’s All You Can Eat Pizzeria. This fellowship allowed friends and family of Chap-ter members get a chance to meet each other and en-joy true fellowship.

At Scoutmaster’s Camporee, many of our new Chapter members helped out at the Indian Vil-lage Paldani put on the two separate Scout’s Own Ceremonies on Sunday morning. We also had sev-eral members attend the Coconut Groves Arts Festi-val on Sunday and Monday to help collect tickets and stamp people going in and out of the event.

On March 1-3, Paldani proudly attended the Lodge Banquet in full force. At night several of our members received awards. Aaron Kudja, Josh Semander, John Semander, Andres Badel, Gabe Gutierrez, Chris Alverez, Sebastian Torres, and myself all received LEC recognition plaques. Aaron Kudja, Josh Semander, Cody Brown, and Bob Brown all received the First Year Arrowmen award.

In addition, Paldani came in third for the Golden Pumpkin Award. Aaron Kudja, Jose Kudja and Cody Brown received the Meritorious Service Award. And finally, Andres Badel, Gabe Gutierrez, and Chris Alverez all received the Vigil Honor.

Our next Chapter Meeting is April 9, 2012. Paldani is having a great year so far and looks forward to attending the Section Conference with as many members as possible. In addition,
Paldani donated $200 to the JAACF and the Hal Hollis Campership Fund. Paldani also donated over 200 pounds of food to the Jubilee Kitchen.

Over the past few months, the Purple Nation’s ranks have been swelling! With every passing meet-ing, I see more and more new faces ready and will-ing to show the lodge that Gokhos is the number 1 chapter! In January, we had members step up to be an elangomat, and many new members join our Chapter. With plenty of work to keep us busy, we helped improve one of our local scout camps. At the ordeal, we also had members on both the ceremonies and drum team perform for the first time.

Many of our members who sought out to seek service opportunities were granted the experience at the Heron Grill, Indian Village, and the Coconut Grove Arts Festival. I am proud of all the members that came to help support the lodge, and raise money for the Hal Hollis NOAC fund! We also showed up at the Lodge Banquet, fervently fighting to claim first in every event. Members showed that they would not go down without a fight!

We meet at Plantation United Methodist Church at 7:00 on the fourth Monday of every month.

Over the past few months the Elgixin Chapter has been very active. We have had a meeting every fourth monday of the month at the Prince of Peace Church. At the winter ordeal our chapter welcomed 3 new arrowmen and had one member seal his ties in brotherhood.
The Elgixin chapter also volunteered at the Spe-cial Olympics on Saturday, March 2 and 3. On the second, we went and helped set up for the Special Olympics, while on the third we helped to serve lunch and break everything down.

At the Lodge Banquet, our chapter proudly com-peted in the lodge games and had a fun weekend of fellowship with the lodge. The Elgixin Chapter would also like to congratulate all of the new vigil members and all the brothers who sealed their ties in brotherhood. We would also like to congratulate Jonathan McEwan on being awarded the Vigil Honor award. We also congratulate Moose Pedersen and our Lodge Chief, Jonathan Yost, on receiving the Founders Award.

Our chapter also did a fundraiser at the American Legion Post 157. Our chapter received $150 for cooking and serving lunch to them.

Our Chapter, O-Shot-Co-Chee, is supported by the Tequesta District. We meet the second Monday of every month at 7:30 P.M. at First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables.

We had a great time volunteering at the Haunted Forest, where our theme was Zombies. We had about 25 members help out this year, which is an alltime high. Upcoming events are the Winter Ordeal, the One Day of Service Project, and Lodge Banquet. We can’t wait to start planning for these. We look forward to the rest of a very fun and eventful year.