Order in the Lodge:  New Gavel for Lodge Chief

Order in the Lodge: New Gavel for Lodge Chief

Many great ideas, from awards to new committees, are hashed out at Lodge Executive Committee meetings. What keeps order during these meetings? Until recently, there was no way of doing so other than a loud booming voice. However, during the January meeting, Glenn...

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Check-in for Spring Inductions

Check-in for Spring Inductions

Check-in begins at 5:00 PM on Friday in front of the Administration Building. Both members and candidates will check-in here. Candidates need to arrive by 7:15 PM (spread the word). We'll be closing the check-in station down at 8:00 PM for members. If you are arriving...

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Canvas Tents at Spring Inductions

Canvas Tents at Spring Inductions

~Members Only~ We ask that you please reserve the canvas tents in your campsite for the candidates of your chapter. Candidates will only have an hour between cheerful service and dinner (still under the vow of silence), so rather than have them set up a tent, invite...

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Area C-1 Midwest Rally

Area C-1 Midwest Rally

The Midwest Rally is an area leadership training conference, where 11 lodges in the Central Region aimed to start on a path of success from the ground up. This event took place in October 2017, and was hosted at Camp Decorah by the Ni-Sanak-Tani Lodge. To make the...

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Introducing the new national website

Introducing the new national website

In case you haven't noticed… the national Order of the Arrow (OA) website has been completely redesigned!The OA's communications subcommittee of the national Order of the Arrow committee and its national web team has been working hard for two years to bring this new...

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