In 2003 we issued only one activity patch for the year.  We did not produce one for the NAACS (Winter Fellowship) and the LDC in the Fall. 

For the backdrop of this patch we used the retiring MGM Indian design.  The MGM indian is protrayed as smoke rising from the fire (The Spirit of Camping).  A relatively simple design that turned out to be a very nice patch.  There are still a few of these in my dupe stock and seem to trade well overall.

This is one of the only years that we only did a single activity patch.  In preceding years we produced 3 or 4 patches for the same event.  That is why it may appear difficult to the 442 collector to acquire a patch for this event.  Don’t worry — I assure you that if you need this patch I can hook you up.

Next blog will be for the year 2002. 

  Occasionally it is more difficult to obtain images of items from the lodges of Florida on a timely basis.  O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 made several items in the last few months of 2007, that are now becoming available to picture.  Shown here is the contingent patch for members attending the Section S-4S Seminars in November, and is the last of their 2007 series “Indians of the Southeast“.  While not a lodge event, O-Shot-Caw has made a patch for their attendees to this Sectional event since 2005, as part of the series of themed event patches for those years. Continue Reading »

     In December, Osceole Lodge 564 held their last event of the year, their Winter Fellowship.  This was also the completion of their 2007 series of activity patches “Seminole Shirts”.  The red shirt on the left is for the weekend event itself; the black shirt with the Vigil sash was made for participants in their annual Vigil Breakfast, held at the Fellowship.  For more information on the rest of the 2007 series, look here.