Promoting the Program
As you know being a member of scoutings national honor society their is a lot of opportunity to grow and have fun. One hard part can be getting others to join in on the fun and fellowship. Here are resources to help you extend our program to others.
Camp Promotion
One of the important roles of the OA at the lodge and chapter levels is to promote camping with the units in our districts. Many of our chapters do a camping promotions presentation when they conduct elections. As you put together your annual calendar and budget, consider other ways to reach out to the units and families:
- Crossover ceremonies – set up an information table at your crossover events. If you do a district-wide crossover, consider inviting the camp directors from Goshen and Camp Snyder. If it is off-season, there is a good chance that representatives from the camps will attend.
- Program launch – encourage your district to invite youth to attend the event and hold a chapter meeting with the troop OA representatives. Work with the camping and outdoor committee to promote camping and the council camps.
- Work with the Round Table Commissioner to do an annual or bi-annual presentation to the adult leaders. Use videos from the council camping websites and other videos on YouTube.
- Similarly, take an opportunity at your district camporees to promote long-term camping. Many of the attendees are younger Scouts that may not be aware of what the council camps have to offer.
- Another opportunity is to working with the district training committee to incorporate camp promotions into the Scoutmaster and Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills training courses. These sessions are generally attended by new leaders so we want to ensure that they know what the benefits are for long-term camping and what our council camps have to offer.
- Consider using the district roundtable to schedule unit visits.
- Coordinate with the district commissioner corps to schedule unit visits for units that do not attend roundtable.
- Chapter camping promotion chairmen are responsible for tracking and reporting unit visits to the district committee and the lodge camp promotions chairman.
*Goshen Videos*
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Where to Go Camping
As a society of Honor Campers, one of the Order of the Arrow’s first obligations is to serve as a resource to the units of our communities. In partnership with the National Capital Area Council, the Amangamek-Wipit Lodge of the Order of the Arrow has worked to develop this resource.
The purpose of this guide is to provide the youth and adult leadership of this Council the resources they need to make an informed decision about camping in our area. With campgrounds highlighted in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Virgin Islands, there is a diverse range of handpicked sites meant for you to get the most out of your camping experience. The sites range from primitive to advanced and include a wide variety of environments for camping.
In addition to information on camping locations, we have also included various planning and informational materials to facilitate leadership growth. With tools ranging from camping safety outlines to campfire agendas, we hope to provide a comprehensive and complete tool for you to use in planning your next outing. These resources are meant to be flexible in enabling proper planning, and we invite you to use them as you see fit.
This guide will be regularly updated to give you the most accurate and up-to-date information possible.
The purpose of this guide is to provide the youth and adult leadership of this Council the resources they need to make an informed decision about camping in our area. With campgrounds highlighted in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Virgin Islands, there is a diverse range of handpicked sites meant for you to get the most out of your camping experience. The sites range from primitive to advanced and include a wide variety of environments for camping.
In addition to information on camping locations, we have also included various planning and informational materials to facilitate leadership growth. With tools ranging from camping safety outlines to campfire agendas, we hope to provide a comprehensive and complete tool for you to use in planning your next outing. These resources are meant to be flexible in enabling proper planning, and we invite you to use them as you see fit.
This guide will be regularly updated to give you the most accurate and up-to-date information possible.
Cub Scout Approved Camps
Pack overnighters are Pack-organized overnight camping activities involving more than one family from your Pack, with the program focused on age appropriate Cub Scout activities and conducted at a Council Approved Pack Camping Location (BALOO site).
Contact at - camping@wipit470.org
