Sequoia Council

Sequoia Council #027
Sequoia Council #027
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	Fresno, California
Country	United States
Founded	1919
President	Richard Schneider
Council Commissioner	Mark Millett
Scout Executive	Tim Thomton
	Website; seqbsa.org
	Scouting portal

(not to be confused with the Sequoyah Council located in Tennessee and Virginia)

The Sequoia Council serves Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare Counties in California. Founded in 1919 as the Fresno Council, it changed its name to Sequoia Council in 1925. In 1992, the Mount Whitney Area Council (#054) merged into Sequoia.^[1] The council was the first in California to sponsor an all girl cub scout pack.^[2]

Organization

San Joaquin District
Thunderbird District
Riverbend District
Live Oak District

Camps

Camp Chawanakee^[3]

Order of the Arrow

^[4] Tah-Heetch Lodge #195

Notable Scouts and Supporters

Amanda Bales of Clovis became the first female to become an Eagle Scout in the council.^[5]
Bob Ludekens of Visalia was depicted in the 1947 Norman Rockwell painting "All Together".^[6]
Leon S Peters of Fresno President of the Central California War Industries company during the second world war.^[7]^[8]

References

^ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
^ Cederlof, Calley. "Visalia's all-girl Cub Scout pack 'blazes new trails'". Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ "Camp Chawanakee Online Merit Badge Signups". www.chawanakee.com.
^ "tah-heetch.org". www.tah-heetch.org.
^ "14-year-old Clovis girl makes history by becoming Eagle Scout". ABC30 Fresno. 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ Ward, James. "Longtime Visalian Bob Ludekens, immortalized by Norman Rockwell as a Boy Scout, dies". Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ "Sequoia Council - Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner photo album :: Leon S. Peters Papers". digitized.library.fresnostate.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ "Leon S. Peters Papers". Calisphere. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[CSP_Book-1] Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.

[2] Cederlof, Calley. "Visalia's all-girl Cub Scout pack 'blazes new trails'". Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[3] "Camp Chawanakee Online Merit Badge Signups". www.chawanakee.com.

[4] "tah-heetch.org". www.tah-heetch.org.

[5] "14-year-old Clovis girl makes history by becoming Eagle Scout". ABC30 Fresno. 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[6] Ward, James. "Longtime Visalian Bob Ludekens, immortalized by Norman Rockwell as a Boy Scout, dies". Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[7] "Sequoia Council - Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner photo album :: Leon S. Peters Papers". digitized.library.fresnostate.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[8] "Leon S. Peters Papers". Calisphere. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

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