Greenwich Council
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The Greenwich Council #067 of the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1912. Its headquarters resides at 63 Mason Street in Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...

. It owns and operates the Ernest Thompson Seton Scout Reservation, a 249 acres (1 km²) camp located off 363 Riversville Road in Greenwich. Achewon Netopalis #427 is its Order of the Arrow
Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America . It uses American Indian-styled traditions and ceremonies to bestow recognition on scouts selected by their peers as best exemplifying the ideals of Scouting. The society was created by E. Urner Goodman, with the...

 lodge.

Organization

The council serves the following communities: Bellehaven, Connecticut, Byram, Connecticut, Cos Cob, Connecticut
Cos Cob, Connecticut
Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. It is located at 41.033 north, 73.6 west, on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County. It had a population of 6,770 at the 2010 census....

, East Portchester, New York, Glenville, New York, Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...

, Mianus, Connecticut, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Pemberwick, Connecticut, Riverside, Connecticut and Rockridge, Connecticut.

Achewon Netopalis Lodge

Achewon Netopalis Lodge is the Order of the Arrow lodge for the Greenwich Council. The lodge's name translates to "Spiritual Warrior" in the Algonquian
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages also Algonkian) are a subfamily of Native American languages which includes most of the languages in the Algic language family. The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from the orthographically similar Algonquin dialect of the Ojibwe language, which is a...

language. The lodge totem is a green witch. Founded in 1949, it is still in existence. In 1977, the lodge received the E. Urner Goodman Award for its effectiveness in promoting and increasing Scout camping in its council.
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