Order of the Arrow - What is it?

The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. OA Members provide Service for Council Events & Properties - like performing Crossover Ceremonies for Webelos, helping in many areas at Training Conferences, preparing Camp properties before Summer Camps get started, or repairing Camp properties (like replacing the Campfire Bowl at Camp Baldwin).

Each year (about early February), the Troop holds OA Elections. The Election criteria is explained to the Troop then ballots containing the names of all the eligible Scouts are passed out to all the Youth in the Troop. The Election is overseen by 'current' OA Members. Election results are kept secret until the 'elected' Youth are 'called out' at the District Camporee in May. Those Youth then need to attend an Ordeal Weekend with the OA at 1 of the Camp properties that the Council owns. (Dates & Locations will be made known to those 'elected in' & we typically will have them on the Troop Calendar as well.)