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Participation Chapter/Lodge Events

Learn how to engage youth in Order of the Arrow activities, solve common problems like lack of interest and rewards, and promote leadership through fun outings and structured incentives.

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Participation Chapter/Lodge Events

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  1. By Jonathan Lindsey Tortugas Chapter Adviser jlindsey@omegakira.net (575)-649-3911 Participation Chapter/Lodge Events

  2. Common Problems • Kids know what the ordeal is, and assume that's all we do. • Scoutmasters think we steal their older boys. • Scouts and Scouters don't see our work. • Boring meetings make for reduction in scouts • Uneducated Arrowmen Sash n Dash • No rewards for effort

  3. Youth chapter meeting run by youth Summer event – bbq, water baloon fight, druming and singing party Fun outtings Inter chapter events Filling Chapter Positions Training Adviser cooperation OA membership adoptions OA Orientations OA Summer Camp Involvment LLD Presented Ideas • Chapter Campout • Comradere • Ownership in teams • Patch on attendance • Forcing through parents • Recruitment • Fun • Something to eat • Communication • Steal the bacon with OA questions

  4. The Categories • Incentives – Bribes • Structure – Organization Of Chapter • Fun – no explanation needed • Interpersonal Relationships – Being Friends • Recruitment / Awareness – Being Visable

  5. Incentives • Food • Medicine Bags – with significant meaning • Patch on attendance • Beads for attendance • Chapter Level Awards

  6. Structure • Youth Run Organization • Filling Chapter Positions • Advisers making sure youth do not feel alone • Limitations on who can serve (adding prestige) • OA Orientation** • OA Membership Adoptions • Communication • Meeting Planning • Training

  7. Fun • Chapter Camp Out • Summer Events • BBQ • Water Balloon Fights • Drumming / Singing Parties • Swim Parties • Games at meetings • Steal the bacon with OA questions • Fun Outings • Inter Chapter Events

  8. Interpersonal Relationships • Camaraderie • Ownership in teams (Ceremony, Dance, Drum) • Recruitment

  9. Recruitment / Awareness • Chapter Service Projects • Arrow of Light Ceremonies / Bridging Ceremonies • Participation at District Events

  10. What Wapaha Chapter is doing right • Introduction to the Order of the Arrow, Your Chapter and what it means to you! • Chapter Camp Outs • Ownership in Ceremony Gear • Incentives – Patches for Vice Chiefs and Teams • Strong Interpersonal Relationships

  11. Where Wapaha Came From • 3 youth • 5 adults • Poor leadership • No activities / participation

  12. Where Wapaha is now • 15 youth active • 10 adults • Leadership with succession plan • Dedicated Ordeal • Dedicated Pre-Ordeal Team • Starting a Dance Team

  13. What Tortugas Chapter is doing right • Chapter Service Projects • Strong Interpersonal Relationships • Involved in District Functions • Brand New Incentive Programs • Arrowman of the Year • Legacy Sash Program • OA Coins for Elections Team • Recogition for Chapter Adviser/Chief Plaque (still being worked on) • Chapter Identification: Chapter Neckerchiefs

  14. So how do we get there? • Through planning meetings, we can make them fun. • Through training, we can make sure the youth and adults know what to expect from each other • Through training, youth can understand the roles and positions which will persuade them to take up a position of responsibility • Through friendship, creating that close bond between existing members. • Through ownership and competition between chapters. • Through exposure on the district level • Friendly competition between chapters at lodge events

  15. It may not start with the letter U, but it does start with YOU! Participation

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