OA-TOT

"The Order of the Arrow is a thing of the outdoors rather than the indoors... It needs the sun and rain, the woods and the plains, the waters and the starlit sky."
E. Urner Goodman

Order of the Arrow National web site

Purpose:

To recognize those campers – Scouts and Scouters – who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives and by such recognition cause other campers to conduct themselves in such manner as to warrant recognition.
To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit.
To promote Scout camping, which reaches its greatest effectiveness as a part of the unit’s camping program, both year-round and in the summer camp, as directed by the camping committee of the council.
To crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others

....from the Order of the Arrow Handbook.

Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge #111

Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge, the 111th lodge to be founded, was established at the old Camp Boxwell, located on the Narrows of the Harpeth, on May 20, 1938. The lodge is based out of Camp Boxwell, in the Middle Tennessee Council. The name Wa-hi-nasa means "Home of the Eagles" in Cherokee.

Trail of Tears Chapter

The Wdee Chapter members live in Rutherford and Cannon Counties.

Click arrow to check out the Wdee Newsletter.

The OA's Role in District Units' Crossover Ceremonies

The District Committe's Policy: The committee supports the local Chapter's many service commitments by estabilsihing a single district-wide crossover ceremony. This is necessary because of the limited supply of youth members to staff the ceremony team. Individual units should not make additional requests for crossover support.
- The national BSA web site does mention the "possibility" of having the OA perform a crossover ceremony, but in our area we simply have more packs than youth performers. Those same national site pages note that conducting a crossover ceremony at the Blue and Gold banquet is the pack's responsibility in conjuction with the troops the Webelos will be joining.
- Even if Webelos have gone through a pack's ceremony prior to the Spring District event, they can come back and participate in the formal ceremony.
- Please remember that the OA youth are also students whose school year testing falls in the crossover season.

Here's a web site designed specifically for you – a new member of the Order of the Arrow. We’d like you to get off to a good start, so we’ve gathered the information you’ll need to be successful and put it online – where it’s easy for you to access.