Lumawaki Lodge is a near-mythic organization whose origins are shrouded in the mists of time, or perhaps in the fog of aging eyes clouding rapidly with cataracts. The Lodge dates its formal history to 1964, when a group of late-adolescent and young adult Boy Scouts gathered in the dark of Winter to symbolically "roast" a cartoon donkey named Pedro, along with some professional Scouters whose authoritarian presence had ruined the group's camp employment experience the previous summer. The disgruntled diners were bound together by a common bond -- they liked to eat. Aside from that basic rule, they were also veteran staff members of the Hart Scout Reservation, a "summer camp" operated by the Philadelphia Council of the BSA. More to the point, they were veteran staff members with little or no future at Camp Hart, because they found the new regime which had taken over administration of the camp the previous summer a little too rigid and a little too-uptight.

Since that first "Donkey Roast", this secretive group has continued to meet for unbroken (more or less) chain of festive dinners, wherein the sacred rituals of the Lodge are carried out, traditional honors are bestowed on the worthy and not-so-worthy, new Brothers and (in a bow to feminism, the threat of gender-equity litigation and, to be honest, shrinking membership rolls) Sisters are welcomed, stories are swapped, beers are consumed, waist lines and hair lines are compared and, lately, pictures of grandchildren are shared. 1996 will mark the 33rd annual Donkey Roast [which is also referred to among the cognoscenti as the "8th annual 25th anniversary" dinner]. In celebration of this 33rd (or 8 X 25th) gathering, the Lodge, after a close vote taken and tallied in secret, has reluctantly decided to share its history with the world. In a bow to the approaching millenium, combined with a wish to utilize the latest in "cutting edge" technology [and in full realization that the Internet is the cheapest way to publish anything these days, and one of the few places, beyond a number of expensive "vanity press" operations, that would tolerate this foolishness] the Lodge members have decided to use the World Wide Web to carry their message to a waiting world.

To learn more about Lumawaki Lodge, its storied history, its legendary leaders and the future direction of this vital piece of Americana, simply click on the buttons below. The careful reader will learn the history of the group, share the stories and songs of the brotherhood and be given the opportunity to see the secret "Lodge" names of the Brotherhod. But be careful --- anyone who shares in these secrets and then violates the trust of the Lodge will suffer the greatest penalty of them all - a post-roast visit from the "Zorch". You have been warned.

This site is the byproduct of a warped and twisted mind ...... wait, no, that's not what we mean to say. This site is a product of CMP Web Works, Barto. PA. It is made possible through the generosity of David Pirmann and Quuxuum.Org. CMP Web Works is a semi-fictitious Internet consulting firm composed of Greg and Carrie Pirmann (with some help from Abbi the cat, who likes to walk on keyboards). Comments, questions, suggestions, critical brickbats, subpoenas (scratch that one) are invited. Please E-Mail your thoughts to Greg Pirmann at jgreg123@ptdprolog.net. If you are a long lost Lodge Brother who has somehow stumbled upon this site, please reconnect with the Brotherhood by e-mailing either Greg or John Baskin, the Lodge Secretary. Easy payment schedules can be arranged to cover those nasty bills for outstanding dues.