ISSUE 3 | FALL 2013 1 National Bulletin ISSUE 2 | VOLUME LXXII SUMMER 2014

Preparing for the centennial, one step at a time

Todd Goldfarb CONTENT LEAD we are celebrating the accomplishments of As we prepare for the Arrowmen and are centennial anniversary of highlighting some exciting the Order of the Arrow, events happening around many new programs and the nation. To expand on initiatives will be rolling our centennial programs, out in the coming months. you can read more about We’re excited to announce ArrowTour, the one-time the unveiling of the Centurion Award and Arrowman Service Award, the Centennial Cache. In featured on the cover with addition, we unveil the new an in-depth overview on revisions to the Order of page 4. Those who complete the Arrow High Adventure the Arrowman Service Triple Crown Award! Be Award program will earn sure you are up-to-date on a new patch that can be all things OA by visiting our proudly worn on their sash. website, oa-bsa.org, and sign Read more inside! up for the News You Can Also in this edition of Use and Centennial Update the National Bulletin, e-newsletters!

2015 Arrowman National OA Changes in Service Award Committee Journey to & Centennial Silver Buffalo Excellence Cache recipients SCOOP INSIDE PAGE3 PAGE4 PAGE7 ISSUE 2 3 2 SUMMERFALL 2013 2014 NATIONAL NEWS ORDER OF THE ARROW National Bulletin PRINT PUBLICATIONS LEAD Michael Dioguardi Tips for Lodge history book committees PRINT PUBLICATIONS ADVISER Jeff St.Cyr PRINT PUBLICATIONS EDITOR Justin St. Louis PRODUCTION TEAM LEAD AJ Kelly PRODUCTION TEAM ADVISER Sam Pitts COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Michael Shostek COMMUNICATIONS LEAD ADVISER Tony Fiori DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Aaron Shepherd DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER Ed Lynes CONTENT LEAD Todd Goldfarb CONTENT ADVISER Nick Ochsner Kyle Brendel and Distinguished Service steps of the project. Lodge are sample historian duties, MANAGING EDITOR David Joyner PEOPLE & HUMAN INTEREST LEAD Award recipients. historians can join these important links and details VISUAL MEDIA Alex Leach & Kevin Montano You don’t need a collection webinars by submitting for uploading completed VISUAL MEDIA ADVISER Bob Black Lodge history committees of lists to get started. If you their contact information history books. MEDIA EDITING Bob Brown have commenced the have not already done so, through the survey found Send any questions, MEDIA EDITING ADVISER Joey Kiker compilation of information start acquiring resources for on the national OA website roadblocks or success stories COPY EDITORS Josh Kline, Alexander for their lodge history books, your lodge’s history book. – just search “lodge history you might have throughout McGrath, Jacob Wurth, Daniel Croshaw, an essential portion of the Take time to research and book.” A Dropbox created the year to lodge_history@ Ben Griffin 2015 Legacy Project. On write a thorough history. just for those working on email.oa-bsa.org. There is NATIONAL EVENTS Matt Garrison March 2nd, project chairmen Your lodge’s unique story the project contains webinar a team of youth and adult LOCAL FEATURES Eric Zavinski and advisers joined a is important for educating recordings, as well as many historians eager to help you ORGANIZATION & POLICY Aaron Gluck conference call to learn how future generations of additional resources. succeed in every step of the PEOPLE & HUMAN INTEREST Kyle Brendel to get started. Presenter and Arrowmen. While on the lodge history project. GENERAL ASSIGNMENT National Committee Member To further assist with book page of the national Go out and discover your Thomas Van Horn Bill Topkis explained your quest to compile your OA website, check out the lodge’s unique story so that 100TH ANNIVERSARY Frank Caccavale that lodges should start lodge’s history is to dial into resources! One example it might be shared with NOAC PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR by assembling a research the next historian webinar of a resource posted is a Arrowmen in our next Mitchell Heisler library, creating key lists, – they occur on the first history book instruction century! If you have not CONTENT TEAM ADVISERS and gathering artifacts. Lists Sunday of every month at manual which delves into already, please submit the Andrew Kulhmann, Kelly Rodrigue, Mike that might be helpful include 9pm EST. Webinar topics the researching, writing and contact information for your Bazonis, Matt Holland, Brent Wessel, Ned Lundquist, Dylan Ellsworth, Sean McCabe, Vigil Honor recipients, are organized in such a editing steps of the project. lodge history book team Darlene Scheffler, Phil Raine, Dan O’Rourke, Founder’s Award recipients, fashion that aligns with the Also available on the page through this survey. BRAND & IDENTITY Alex Call BRAND & IDENTITY ADVISER Matt Madderra NATIONAL CHIEF Nick Dannemiller OA LodgeMaster: JTE integration improving NATIONAL VICE CHIEF Taylor Bobrow The first year lodges 2014: lodges may submit the national OA committee lodges in support of this NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Ray Capp could submit their their information either in May 2014, and represents integration. Please look to VICE CHAIRMAN-COMMUNICATIONS & charter petition and JTE using OALM or through the a great opportunity for the July 2014 Lodge Ledger, TECHNOLOGY Craig Salazar application online using OA Excel workbook available on lodges to begin tracking and on the national OA OA DIRECTOR Clyde Mayer LodgeMaster (OALM) was the national OA website. more accurate information website in mid-July, for a full OA ASSOC. DIRECTOR Matt Dukeman 2013. This experiment was Beginning in 2016 (for on their members and implementation schedule, The National Bulletin is a publication of a success; 50% of lodges charter and JTE application programs and receiving list of resources and other the Order of the Arrow. Its content and made the recharter process submitted in the fall of incremental updates design are developed by youth Arrowmen detailed information on this under the guidance of adult advisers. easier on themselves by 2015), the OA will be moving throughout the year on their transition. If you have an article and/or photo (with submitting via OALM. For exclusively to a submission JTE performance. Lodges with questions are caption) for submission, please email it 2015 (submitted in the fall of process utilizing OALM. This There will be several encouraged to contact to [email protected]. 2014), the process will mirror decision was approved by resources available to [email protected] for help.

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and still achieve recognition. Similarly, the number of points per item have been adjusted to place a higher emphasis on particular requirements. Standards such as membership growth and event attendance are weighted significantly higher than other objectives. Brothers, Some requirements have also been removed or combined and With 2014 at the halfway point, it is amazing to us how much a few new requirements have the Order has accomplished in just six short months. It has been also been added. incredible to witness the mounting excitement for our centennial Lodges must now complete across the country. elections in a percentage of units throughout the entire The Order of the Arrow is executing three major events in 2015. council, rather than only for After preparing for the last several months, we are confident they units requesting an election. will all be delivered successfully. At the National Annual Meeting Points can be awarded for of the BSA in May, we rolled out the ArrowTour program. It helping units to earn the OA featured an engaging promotional campaign built around the Unit of Excellence Award, sharing of boarding passes, which visually displayed how the news and points will be available about ArrowTour was spreading. Be sure to look for an ArrowTour for lodges making in-person boarding pass at the next event you attend! visitations to units for other purposes, such as camping Registration for next year’s National Order of the Arrow promotions. These new Conference for both lodge contingents and staff will open August requirements push lodges to 1st. A lot of innovative work and energy has already been put into reach out and enhance the our centennial conference; we hope that you will seize this once- Order’s visibility in all Boy in-a-lifetime opportunity to join us at Michigan State University units. between August 3-8th, 2015. Finally, the OA led, BSA powered, Aaron Gluck The first set of changes will A final programmatic change centennial year of service will kick off in the fall of 2015, and we ORGANIZATION & POLICY LEAD occur for 2014 JTE. The 2014 for 2015: JTE and charter encourage you to look for more details soon about this unique requirements were released petitions will be exclusively service opportunity. The Order of the Arrow began in May of last year. While the accepted through OA the implementation of Journey requirements are unchanged LodgeMaster. The JTE and OA In addition to the centennial events this spring, our OA high to Excellence in 2012. Due to its from 2012 and 2013, the LodgeMaster teams are working adventure programs experienced a 35% increase in attendance incorporation into the lodge standards required to achieve to create an implementation over last year. This resulted in all programs being almost 100% full, recharter process, every lodge each level of recognition plan, which will be released even with the addition of the brand new OA Summit Experience. in the Order participated in the have been adjusted based on this autumn. An outstanding conclave season allowed brotherhood, cheerfulness past year’s JTE program. To previous data. These new Journey to Excellence is and service to thrive and strengthen the bonds of our fellow simplify rechartering and JTE benchmarks (and all future an incredible resource that Arrowmen. On June 7th, the Order joined the American Hiking recordkeeping, information can ones) are based on the top 10% allows the Order to collect and Society in helping to support National Trails Day, a celebration of now be submitted through OA of lodges earning gold, the understand data in a way that our nation’s trails and public lands through recreational hikes and LodgeMaster and each council middle 50% earning silver and has never before been possible. service projects. will receive a direct bill to cover the top 80% earning bronze on This data shows how the Order national membership fees. a given requirement. is growing, supporting local It is our belief the second purpose of our Order comes alive in the The data collected during the 2015 will be the first year the councils and reaching out to warmth of summer. Whether you are headed off to a national high first two years of JTE has been requirements undergo changes. individual units, subsequently adventure base or attending or staffing your local summer camp, incredibly valuable. To continue The most significant change providing insight that has we hope you have an adventurous, safe and enjoyable summer. helping lodges improve, there is the elimination of required the ability to shape our entire will be incremental changes to items. Such a move allows organization. Lodges should Yours in adventure, the program in coming years. lodges that were unable to meet work to embrace the JTE data All changes will be announced the two previously required that is available, letting it guide 18 months in advance, so that standards to remain focused on them in their efforts to grow lodges can plan accordingly. the areas in which they excel, and improve each year. Nick Dannemiller Taylor Bobrow ISSUE 23 4 SUMMERFALL 2013 2014 CENTENNIAL UPDATES Arrowman Service Award Members of the Order of ries of criteria with various Service Award during the 99th the Arrow will soon be able to requirements that Arrow- anniversary of the Order. The celebrate the organization’s men can complete. These in- ASA will be available starting 100th anniversary by working clude components on personal on July 16th of this year, and to complete the Arrowman growth, service to Scouting, Arrowmen can continue work- Service Award. This award, and participation in the cen- ing towards its completion which some are referring to as tennial celebration. through December 31st, 2015. “the sash patch,” will be recog- The ASA’s development For a self-paced assessment, nized as one of the few patches has been similar to previous Arrowmen can fill out a re- that have ever been approved awards created for significant quirement card that will be by the national committee to anniversaries of the Order. available for download on oa- be worn on one’s Order of the During the 60th anniversary, bsa.org. Additionally, after a Arrow sash. Arrowmen could earn the Bi- lodge adviser has approved the The purposes of the ASA centennial Award. The Order’s completion of these require- New Vigil Honor cards released are to encourage Arrowmen history website provides more ments, he or she can submit an to recommit themselves to the information on the details of order form for patches to recog- to commemorate centennial ideals of the Order, strengthen past awards, and helps to give nize those Arrowmen who have their commitments to their lo- an idea of what the 100th anni- recommitted themselves to our Todd Goldfarb office to the lodge, the Order cal councils, and take part in versary award will be like. three fundamental principles. CONTENT LEAD of the Arrow, Scouting the 100th anniversary events. Members will be able to be- Any questions on the ASA can or their Scout camp. To The award will have 3 catego- gin working on the Arrowman be directed to [email protected]. The Order of the Arrow is celebrate our centennial year, releasing new Vigil Honor all new Vigil Honor members cards to commemorate its will receive a centennial 100th anniversary. The Vigil Vigil card. All current Honor is a high mark of Vigil Honor members can distinction and recognition purchase a commemorative reserved for those Arrowmen card for $10, with proceeds who, by reason of exceptional going to the OA endowment. service, personal effort and Centennial Vigil cards are unselfish interest, have made available beginning July 1st, distinguished contributions 2014 through December 31st, beyond their position or 2015, while supplies last.

Centennial cache Resources to help chapters, lodges, and sections promote 100th anniversary in 2015

Aaron Shepherd the website as efforts continue, DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR so be sure to check back often. Chapters, lodges and sections To help Arrowmen celebrate are all encouraged to use the 100th anniversary, the these resources to promote Order of the Arrow has created the Order’s centennial year. a resource pack known as the Doing so allows the OA to Centennial Cache. The pack maintain branding guidelines, includes several items such creating a larger impact on as letterhead, PowerPoint our audience. templates, speeches, pictures Lodges are encouraged to and more. share how they are celebrating These resources are being the OA’s 100th anniversary by posted online at www.oa-bsa. emailing updates to org, and more will be added to [email protected]. ISSUEISSUE 3 2 CENTENNIAL UPDATES SUMMERFALL 2013 2014 5 Come on board with ArrowTour At this year’s National BSA pass using the 6 digit code on miss out on getting a boarding registered boarding passes. Annual Meeting in Nashville, the bottom of the card’s front pass! If you see someone with The contest will run from TN, 500 ArrowTour boarding side. Once you register, the a boarding pass and you want now until October 1st, so keep passes were distributed website will display where all a chance to get a prize, ask the your eyes out for a boarding to council leaders. They the boarding passes are on a pass holder, “How do I come on pass at your council’s next were tasked with giving the map and how far they’ve gone board for ArrowTour?” Once Scouting event! boarding passes to Arrowmen outside of Nashville. After you register the boarding pass in their home councils to help registering, each Arrowman online, don’t forget to pass it promote the 2015 ArrowTour is asked to “pass it on” and on to another Arrowman, so in order to excite Arrowmen give the pass to another they can come on board too! about the event and engage Arrowman in order to learn You don’t need to have a them with the program. more about ArrowTour. Once smartphone to register the The boarding pass is a red the next Arrowman registers pass. All you need to do is go lanyard with a card that has a the pass, the Arrowman who online to arrowtour.oa-bsa.org QR code on the back that you shared it will become eligible and click “register boarding can scan with a smartphone. for lots of cool prizes such pass.” If you don’t have a pass Once scanned, the QR code as T-shirts, stickers, two $50 and want to see who does have will take Arrowmen to the Scout Stuff gift cards and two one in your council, click ARROWTOUR. ArrowTour website and $50 Visa gift cards! The more “register boarding pass.” OA-BSA.ORG provide them with more often the pass is shared, the Then you can click a button information about the more chances you’ll have to that says, “I don’t have a pass” program. Arrowmen will be win a prize. and you will be able to see a asked to register the boarding You definitely do not want to map with the locations of #OA100 The Centurion Award: recognizing outstanding achievements One purpose of the us who are exemplars of the Order of the Arrow. rendered extraordinary to recommend potential Order of the Arrow is to the ideals of the Order. Through this recognition service to the Order and recipients, with the Lodge’s “recognize those who best Accordingly, we are excited program, lodges will model to the highest degree Key Three making the final exemplify the Scout Oath to announce the Centurion honor those members who Scouting’s virtues. It is decision on Centurion and Law in their daily Award, where lodges can have exemplified servant modeled after a similar selections. lives and through that recognize a special group leadership and inspired program in the BSA’s 100th At NOAC 2015, all recognition cause others of local Arrowmen for their others to follow in their anniversary celebration, Centurions will be to conduct themselves in a outstanding achievements footsteps. the 2010 National Hall of recognized at a special, way that warrants similar and lasting legacy. The Centurion Award will Leadership. formal event. More details recognition.” Furthermore, The Centurion Award is recognize the impact that Nominations for the will be announced soon the special marker of our one of many new centennial both youth and adults have Centurion Award will be about the Centurion Order’s centennial provides programs being revealed for had on the Order of the accepted from October 1st, Award including specific a special opportunity to Arrowmen to commemorate Arrow. Recipients will be 2014 to February 28th, 2015. guidelines, timelines and recognize those among the 100th anniversary of those Arrowmen who have Lodge members will be able criteria. Stay tuned! ISSUE 23 6 SUMMERFALL 2013 2014 AWARDS & RECOGNITION 2014 Josh Sain Memorial Scholarship recipients The national Order of a former national vice the Arrow committee chief of the Order of the Honoring the spirit and the memory of Josh Sain is pleased to announce Arrow. This scholarship the recipients of the is provided to MICHAEL A. DIOGUARDI BRYAN A. MELONIS Josh Sain Memorial immediate past national Scholarship for 2014. officers and immediate Michael is a member of Bryan is a member of the This scholarship was past section chiefs the Theodore Roosevelt Denver Area Council, Tahosa established in 1998 to based on exceptional Council, Buckskin Lodge, headquartered in honor the spirit and the service and scholarship Lodge, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Bryan memory of Josh Sain, achievement. Massapequa, New York. is a freshman majoring in Michael is a senior majoring Chemical Engineering at the in Adolescent Spanish University of Colorado at AWARD RECIPIENTS: Education at Molloy College. Boulder.

JAMES M. BRITT DAVID A. DYE KEVIN A. MONTANO

James is a member David is a member of Kevin is a member of of the Indian Nations the Los Angeles Area the Revolutionary Trails Council, Ta Tsu HwaLodge Council, Siwinis Lodge, Council, Ga-Hon-Ga Lodge, headquartered in Tulsa, headquartered in Los headquartered in Utica, New Oklahoma. James is a Angeles, California. David York. Kevin is a sophomore sophomore majoring in is a sophomore majoring majoring in Communication Electrical Engineering at in Finance at Loyola Arts at Herkimer County Oral Roberts University. Marymount College. Community College.

MATTHEW E. BROWN MICHAEL T. GRAY PHILIP E. PAULSON

Matt is a member of Michael is a member of Philip is a member the Middle Tennessee the W. D. Boyce Council, of the , Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge, Wenasa Quenhotan Lodge, Council, Wiatava Lodge, headquartered in Nashville, headquartered in Peoria, headquartered in Santa Tennessee. Matthew is Illinois. Michael is a junior Ana, California. Philip a junior majoring in majoring in Organizational is a freshman majoring Accounting at Lipscomb Communication at Bradley in Engineering at George University. University. Washington University.

RAYMOND T. CHEUNG JORDAN L. HUGHES JOSEPH R. QUINONES

Raymond is a member of Jordan is a member of the Joseph is a member of the Boston Minuteman Northeastern Pennsylvania the Montana Council, Council, Moswetuset Lodge, Council, Lowwapaneu Lodge, Apoxky-Aio Lodge, headquartered in Milton, headquartered in Moosic, headquartered in Great Massachusetts. Raymond Pennsylvania. Jordan is Falls, Montana. Joseph is is a senior majoring in a sophomore majoring in a junior majoring in Music Accounting at Eastern American History at the Education at Montana Nazarene College. University of Pennsylvania. State University.

DUSTIN D. COCKLEREECE ZACHARIAH S. KIBLER TYLER A. STEPANEK

Dustin is a member of the Zachary is a member of Tyler is a member of the , the Mobile Area Council, Central Georgia Council, Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge, Woa Cholena Lodge, Echeconnee Lodge, headquartered in Greensboro, headquartered in Mobile, headquartered in Macon, North Carolina. Dustin is a Alabama. Zachariah is Georgia. Tyler is a senior junior majoring in Mechanical a freshman majoring in majoring in Business Engineering at North Carolina Chemical Engineering at the Administration at Georgia State University. University of South Alabama. Tech. ISSUEISSUE 32 SPECIAL FEATURES SUMMERFALL 2013 2014 7 Southern Region promotes National OA committee members lodge camping support receive As the promotion of he organized the Blood, Sweat Scout camping is central and Cash Initiative, which to the Order’s purpose, the accumulated over 80,000 national Order of the Arrow service hours during the 2012-­ committee recognized early 2013 school year. Mike is also the need to assist councils a highly decorated member in meeting some of the of the Scouting movement. challenges of their outdoor In addition to being an programs. To help the Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor national committee meet this member, he has received the need, the Southern Region OA Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, committee has established Order of the Arrow Founder’s the lodge camping support Award, The James E. West subcommittee. Fellowship, the Order of the The subcommittee’s main Mission of the OA: Arrow Distinguished Service focus is the utilization of the Promote camping, Award, membership in the local OA lodge to assist with responsible outdoor 1910 Society and the William the region’s implementation “ adventure, and Victoria Hoffman, Sydney Hoffman, , Maggie Hoff- T. Hornaday Gold Badge. He of programs and initiatives environmental stewardship man, Mike Hoffman, National BSA President Robert Gates, Natalie Hoffman currently serves as CEO and as essential components of that promote and support “ President of Arizona Benefit Scout camping in their every Scout’s experience, in the unit, year-round, and in Plans, Inc. council. summer camp. Toby Capps, the chairman By initiating awareness to of the Western Region Order the many camping support of the Arrow committee and programs and initiatives and whose camping support member of the national Order by actively promoting their efforts greatly enhance their of the Arrow committee has usage and benefits, lodges council’s outdoor programs, a Scouting career that spans can positively influence the the lodge camping support 48 years. Toby joined Cub impact and participation subcommittee developed Scouts at age 11, and has since of the outdoor programs the We Support Camping received the Vigil Honor, throughout the Southern Award. The purpose of the District Award of Merit, Region. Simply put, the more award is to encourage and , Silver successful lodges become at incentivize lodges to sharpen Antelope Award and the Order camping support, the more their focus on the camping of the Arrow Distinguished successful each council’s support programs within Service Award, among others. outdoor program will be. their council. During ArrowCorps5, Toby The local lodge’s role The award criterion was served as a deputy incident in camping support is designed to be challenging. Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock, Janairie Capps, Toby Capps, National BSA commander; and he was the to familiarize itself Lodges must demonstrate President Robert Gates public information officer with the Order’s many leadership, service and Alec Nelson & Kyle Brendel of the Arrow and continue during SummitCorps. He camping support programs financial assistance to their STAFF WRITERS to do so. has been an adviser for the and initiatives, and to local council’s outdoor Mike Hoffman, the vice Order’s endowment and subsequently coordinate program. However, in its Two members of the chairman for national events handled public relations their implementation into the inaugural year, eighteen national Order of the Arrow of the national Order of the at the last NOAC. Outside local BSA council’s outdoor Southern Region lodges from committee were honored Arrow committee, has been of Scouting, Toby worked programs. Lodges can greatly nine different states earned with the Silver Buffalo a Scouter for 30 years, an to form a corporate enhance their knowledge of the award. The 2013 awards Award at the Boy Scouts of achievement in itself. From partnership between his camping support programs were formally presented America’s 2014 National serving as lodge chief and company, McKesson, and and initiatives by having to the deserving recipients Annual Meeting in May. then 1985 national vice chief World Vision. The result their youth and adult leaders at their respective 2014 While their nominations to his roles on the National yielded nearly 400,000 attend program specific section conclaves. The award and selections reflected Council, Mike has always caregiver kits being training offered by the OA at information and the award their wide range of service been an extremely dedicated distributed in Africa, Asia section, region and national petition can both be found in to young people, within and Scouter, giving of himself and Central America. training venues. the document library on the outside of Scouting, both to “help other people at all The Order congratulates To annually recognize those Southern Region’s OA website men have made significant times.” As President of the Mike and Toby on this well Southern Region lodges (southern.oa-bsa.org/docs). contributions to the Order Delta Sigma Phi Foundation, deserved honor! ISSUE 2 3 8 SUMMERFALL 2013 2014 NATIONAL NEWS Redefining excellence in Section NE-1 Andrew Lindhome tools to help their individual are taught by seasoned Order STAFF WRITER lodges, as well as the of the Arrow trainers who section, succeed. According have staffed at the regional Anyone who has spent time to Section NE-1 Co-Vice level through the Northeast in the Order of the Arrow Chief Justin Crisafulli, the Region’s National Leadership knows that it is designed to Lodge Excellence Summit Seminars. Trainers for this be a youth-led organization. shifts focus from general year’s LES included former In order for the Scouting lodge improvement to the section chiefs, three current program to flourish, it needs enhancement of leaders Northeast Region section to have quality youth who within each lodge. Such a chiefs and 2014 Northeast serve as trained leaders shift reveals a change in Region Chief Kyle Piper. equipped with the proper strategy to a more grassroots Scouting prides itself on tools to succeed. Section NE-1 system of improvement, molding leaders out of its has taken a direct approach where better leaders make youth members, but the to providing these tools better lodges. processes are different through its second annual The LES contains four throughout the nation. The Lodge Excellence Summit different training tracks, each one common denominator is (LES). focusing on a specific aspect the belief that effective youth The LES is designed to vital to a lodge’s success. leaders make the Scouting provide leaders from the The four tracks (ceremonies, movement better, not only for twelve lodges of Section communications, program its members but also for the Arrowmen at the 2014 Section NE-1 Lodge Excellence Summit. NE-1 with the necessary and advanced leadership) communities they live in. New OA Triple Crown requirements

Joey Dierdorf Many Arrowmen are excited STAFF WRITER for this new program, including 2014 National Excitement for Order of the Chief Nick Dannemiller. Arrow High Adventure is at When asked what he thought an all time high due to the on the new requirements new OA Summit Experience Nick said, “The revitalization Program which commenced of the Triple Crown Award this summer. Through the will not only help us kick addition of this fifth OAHA off our newest OA High program, Arrowmen may Adventure program, but be wondering how the OA also seek to better recognize Triple Crown Award can be Arrowmen who have enjoyed earned in the future. unforgettable experiences The OA Triple Crown and given outstanding has always recognized service to our national high outstanding outdoorsmen adventure bases.” Foremen of the 2014 Summit Experience pilot program. who take the initiative to The purpose of these attend not one, but three high Triple Crown Award was any three of the five OAHA be made available later programs is more than adventure bases through conceived, plans for an programs as long as they this year. After verifying merely receiving another the Order of the Arrow’s additional program at the do so at three separate attendance, the Arrowmen patch; these programs give programs. After attending Summit Bechtel Reserve bases. These Arrowmen will receive a patch set and Arrowmen the adventure an OA trek at Philmont, were not yet in the works. are also expected to give a a certificate signed by the of a lifetime and further Northern Tier and Sea Base, Therefore, the Order of the presentation about their national officers recognizing instill the Order’s founding these Arrowmen typically Arrow has worked to revamp experiences at a lodge or this accomplishment. The principles of brotherhood, received a patch displaying the Triple Crown Award and section event encouraging patch set will consist of cheerfulness and service a ship, a Indian in a canoe its patch design! others to participate. a universal center patch into their daily lives. The and Philmont’s Tooth of Members seeking to Afterwards, they should surrounded by three new updated patch and Time embossed over a red achieve the new OA Triple submit an OA Triple Crown “rockers” to signify the three certificate will be available arrow. When the idea of a Crown Award can complete Application which will programs completed. beginning January 1st, 2015.