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ORDER OF THE ARROW ANNUAL REPORT 2017 table of contents 1 Youth Leadership Message 2 State of the Brotherhood 2 Support of Scouting 3 2017 National Scout Jamboree – Operation Arrow 4 OA High Adventure 6 Tomorrow’s Leaders 6-7 Lodge Service Grants 7 Maury Clancy American Indian Campership Fund 8 National Service Awards 8 Innovation Award 8 E. Urner Goodman Camping Award 9 Cubs to Camp Partnership 9 National OA Endowment 10 Josh R. Sain Memorial Scholarship 11 National Order of the Arrow Committee YOUTH LEADERSHIP MESSAGE Brothers and friends, We are proud to present to you the 2017 annual report which reflects your dedication to the success of Scouting. The was filled with accomplishments cementing the OA’s role as a youth leadership development and service organization. From our largest-ever service initiative at a National Scout Jamboree, to the plans for a national service project in 2023, Arrowmen are committing to a second century of service in ways that expands our legacy while challenging us to continue delivering on our purpose. National Leadership Seminars will continue training the nation’s top youth leaders with a refreshed program updated to match cutting edge leadership theory. OA High Adventure programs have grown to further service and new locations, sending hundreds of Arrowmen on unparalleled adventures at BSA High Adventure bases. 2017 saw the Order of the Arrow enthusiastically embrace its fourfold purpose, and we could not be prouder to have led the way. While this report focuses on specific national achievements, the true measure of our success is the progress made in individual lodges. We are grateful to you for driving that progress and encourage you to continue in your dedication to brotherhood, cheerfulness and service. Yours in Cheerful Service, Forrest Gertin Talon Parker 2017 National Chief 2017 National Vice Chief 2 | www.oa-bsa.org STATE OF THE BROTHERHOOD At the end of 2017 there were OA membership 148,561 consisted of 36% 271 lodges, in Boy Scouts 84,707 youth, of eligible youth 271 councils, and adult Scouters Boy Scouts organized into were Arrowmen are Arrowmen 63,854 Adults 48 sections 29% 28,368 12,060 2,199 of registered new youth were Arrowmen sealed Arrowmen were Boy Scout leaders inducted into their ties of recognized with are Arrowmen OA membership Brotherhood the Vigil of Honor SUPPORT OF SCOUTING The Order of the Arrow’s support of local councils, National High Adventure bases, and the National Scout Jamboree continues to increase, in both direct financial support, and in service hours rendered in support of Scouting. Combined, the OA gave Service to local Materials donated Friends of Scouting council projects: in support of local campaign $ council projects: contributions: 37,298,122 $ in support of 34,102,795* $ $ Scouting in 2017 714,713 528,778 Service to 2017 Council capital Council Service to National National Scout campaign endowment High Adventure Jamboree through contributions: contributions: bases: Operation Arrow: $ $ $ * 797,333 241,848 401,907 $404,248* Lodge Maury Clancy Cubs to Camp Josh R. Sain Service Grants: Campership Fund: Partnership: Scholarships: $50,000 $20,000 $20,000 $16,500 *1,446,104 man hours at $24.14per hour. 1,412,709 hours to local councils, 16,649 hours to National High Adventure bases, and 16,746 to the National Scout Jamboree www.oa-bsa.org | 3 2017 NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE – OPERATION ARROW The National Scout Jamboree and shower houses, to supporting BMX, and space for personal interactions. the Order of the Arrow have been skateboarding, visitor services, fishing, A highlight of the OA Recreation bound together from the inception climbing, and security staffing needs. groups efforts was the international of the jamboree in 1935. Dr. E. Urner Scouting campfire. Scouts from Goodman, who founded the OA TREK GUIDES 40 countries, speaking 19 languages in 1915, went on to become the came together to sing, perform national director of program for the 633 troops undertook the Jamboree unique sketches, in what many BSA; the creation of the jamboree Trek to Garden Ground Mountain, described as a mini World the summit of the Summit, which was under his leadership, and while Jamboree experience. hosted seven distinct program areas: the OA had no formal role in the first jamboree held in 1937, many council Pioneering, Scottish Highland Games, contingents and jamboree staff Buckskin Village, Field Sports, Spartan ORDER OF THE ARROW members were members. Race, America’s First Scout Camp EXHIBIT Fast forwarding through 67 years Reenactment, and the OA Indian Located in Summit Center, the OA of continuous OA support of the Village. Assisting Scouts in reaching Exhibit told the story of the OA National Scout Jamboree, and this unique site were 185 specially through interactive presentations, one arrives at the 2017 jamboree selected OA Trek Guides. These original works of art, historical displays, where the Order of the Arrow had young men brought good spirits and and one-on-one interactions with the its largest role to date with seven motivational skills, along with strength region chiefs, and other key leadership operational areas, and more than and endurance, to ensure that the of the Order. About 13,500 visitors 700 staff members. Those formal OA 1,000 foot climb was a rewarding experienced the OA Exhibit at Summit staff members are in addition to the experience unto itself. These guides Center, and an additional 5,000 Scouts logged 12,725 miles during the 2017 thousands of Arrowmen who took took part in programming jamboree, an average of nearly 69 part in the jamboree at all levels, from at the Summit Circle. members of the Jamboree Executive miles per guide. Committee to patrol leaders from across the country. OA INDIAN VILLAGE OA AERIAL SPORTS TEAM & OA The OA programs at the 2017 National MEDICAL TRANSPORT CORPS The OA Indian Village undertook a Scout Jamboree were under the These two uniquely all-adult new direction at the 2017 National single banner “Operation Arrow”; Arrowmen staffs showcased the OA’s within this was: OA Service Corps, Scout Jamboree, moving towards a program area focused on teaching ability to support jamboree operations Trek Guides, OA Indian Village, OA in unconventional ways. Recreation, OA Exhibit, OA Aerial the history and lifeways of the Sport Team, and OA Medical American Indian people who lived in The OA Medical Transport Corps was Transport Corps. the areas surrounding the Summit site. charged with the transportation of all This new historical village was layered non-emergency patients from base ORDER OF THE ARROW into the program while maintaining camps to specialty clinics, and the SERVICE CORPS colorful and exciting inter-tribal Pow- Jamboree Health Center. Additionally, Wow performances in a central dance non-emergency transportation of In 2017 the unofficial “service with a arbor. More than 20,000 Scouts took patients to Raleigh General Hospital, smile” moto took on new meaning part in the programs offered at the and scheduled provisioning trips to for the 203 Arrowmen who worked OA Indian Village. local pharmacies were also made. tirelessly for the duration of the During the jamboree, more than 650 jamboree, with the introduction OA RECREATION medical transports were conducted of training in servant leadership within the SBR. Seventy trips to Raleigh This staff had a unique challenge, principles. This broadened approach General Hospital were conducted, as to keep those who serve motivated, led Arrowmen to have a more were 15 trips to local pharmacies. enriching and meaningful experience, rested, and ready to continue in while growing in their understanding the service of others. They sought The 50 adult Arrowmen who joined of core servant leadership ideals. out unique ways to ensure all staff the OA Aerial Sports Team worked The regularly scheduled work of the members could find activities to suit closely with the primary staff for service corps included: assisting with their needs. This included a Movie those program areas, freeing mobilization of participants for the tent with titles voted on in advance resources and man power to expedite Messengers of Peace Day of Service, via the Operation Arrow App, a Game Scouts through the pre-activity crowd support at arena shows, base tent with gaming consoles and a training and safety briefing. With the camp bashes, Jambopalooza, and wide range of options, in addition to support of the OA Aerial Sports staff welcoming each troop as they arrived traditional board games. The D-Stress there was a marked increase in the at the Summit. Additionally, 86 unique tent was favored for its Starbucks number of Scouts able to participate service requests were completed; coffee bar, relaxing atmosphere, in the high demand zip-lines and rock these ranged from cleaning coloring books, comfortable chairs, climbing programs. 4 | www.oa-bsa.org OA HIGH ADVENTURE The first Scout camp at Brownsea service projects related to preservation Island was not an accident of history; NORTHERN TIER of the Civil War era Fort Jefferson, it was held there with the intent to OA WILDERNESS VOYAGE or conservation on the larger Dry use the outdoor program to instill in Tortugas islands. On their free day, In its 19th season, 49 participants boys the lessons of Scouting. Baden- Arrowmen explored the park, kayaked, completed this two-week program, Powell knew well the allure of the fished, and snorkeled. consisting of a week repairing and outdoors, of the wilderness, and their restoring portage trails within the The primary restoration project transformative powers in shaping the USFS Boundary Waters Canoe Area involved the movement of more than lives of young men. Wilderness, with the second week two tons of sand from the lowest level Since 1995, the Order of the Arrow spent trekking though the Boundary of the four-story fort to a walking has offered the ultimate extension of Waters.