Cooper Lodge with Keith Hubbard Dining Hall with Armed Forces Memorial Parade Field at Camp Lakota Update November 2024
Cooper Lodge is now enclosed and finishing work is starting, along with the installation of the kitchen equipment. This great new long-awaited facility is due to come online this spring and will be in full operation for the summer of 2025.
Photos of the progress:
There are several ways you can still support the efforts to help support this tremendous project for Camp Lakota and the Black Swamp Area Council.
You can join with the follow families, individuals and organizations that have already secured naming rights:
Cooper Lodge
Armed Forces Memorial Prade Field
Keith Hubbard Dining Hall
Justin Coressel Front Entry Way
Celina Insurance American Flagpole
There are serval naming opportunities that are still available including:
Please contact Scout Executive Marc Kogan at marc.kogan@Scouting.org (567) 208-5012 if you are interested in these naming opportunities.
In additional there are three additional to support the Cooper Lodge effort.
Charlie Duerk Memorial Pavilion
The alumni of Troop 75 are raising funds for the Charlie Duerk Memorial Pavilion. Charlie Duerk spent over 55 years as Scoutmaster of Troop 75 in Defiance, Ohio chartered by St. John Lutheran Church. Under his leadership over 100 youth reached the rank of Eagle Scout and many more benefitted from his passion and guidance following the Scout Oath and Law.
You can support the Charlie Duerk Memorial Pavilion at this link: https://donations.scouting.org/#/council/449/appeal/5980
Adrian W. Kisor Fund
The friend and family of the late Adrian W. Kisor are raising funds to be used towards a naming opportunity at Cooper Lodge. Adrian was a long time Scouter in the Defiance Community, Scoutmaster for Troop 71 Chartered to 1st Church of God. In addition, Adrian was the commissary director at Camp Lakota starting in 1959 for about 20 years.
You can support the Adrian W. Kisor Fund at this link: https://donations.scouting.org/#/council/449/appeal/7845
Brick Campaign
If you would like to place a brick at Cooper Lodge at Camp Lakota or Yammine Lodge at Camp Berry, you can inscribe you legacy with a brick at this link: https://www.bricksrus.com/donorsite/blackswampbsa
Watch for a date this spring for a ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration.