Winter Banquet took place on January 12, 2008.  The night was terrific as members were honored with the Founders Award, Jimmy Duffy Legacy Award, Bernie Moore Legacy Award, and the Red Arrow Award.  The night was capped by a great speaker, Dr. Franklin Mason.  Dr. Mason was one of the charter members of Santee Lodge. 

Dr. Mason told of working on camp staff, joining the military, and pointed out how the Order of the Arrow is a great opportunity.  He told of his struggles as a youth and how he made it to Camp Coker as the Bugler. He also reached his goal of becoming the aquatics director before leaving for the military.  Not only was his speech a look into the past, but it was also very insightful.  He ended with a reminder to follow our principles and to let the ways of scouting guide us.

As far as the remainder of the night, Winter Banquet was catered by Ryan's and St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Florence was the site of Winter Banquet.  The Red Arrow Award was presented to Adam's Outdoor Advertising for putting up billboards promoting scouting around the council for free.  The Jimmy Duffy Award was presented to Steven Lastauskas and the Bernie Moore Award was presented to Nick Newton.  The final awards, the Founders Award for youth and adult, were presented to Jay Carlson and Carl Hughes respectively.

It is worthy to mention that attendance was once again up with an astonishing number of over 60 people pre-registering and a total of over 90 people were in attendance for Winter Banquet.