 Order of the
Arrow (OA)
OA Basics
The Order of the Arrow is Scouting's National Honor Society.
For a wonderful and complete description of the Order of the Arrow, check out
the BSA National OA website at
http://www.oa-bsa.org click on
Background
Information - OA Basics
OA National is composed of 4 regions. We are part of the
Western Region.
The Western Region is composed of several Sections. We are in the
W4A Section.
The W4A Section is composed of several Lodges. We are in the
Malibu Lodge 566.
The Malibu Lodge 566 is composed of several Chapters. We are in the
Chauwalanne Chapter. (Sorry they don't have a web site yet...)
Chuawalanne Chapter Meetings
OA Basics
The Order of the Arrow is Scouting's National Honor Society. See the OA
Factsheet from the BSA national office
http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-512.html
for the official overview of OA.
For a wonderful and complete description of the Order of the Arrow, check out
the BSA National OA website at
http://www.oa-bsa.org click
on Background Information - OA Basics
Purpose of the Order of the Arrow
The purpose of the Order of the Arrow is fourfold:
- To recognize those Scout campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law
in their daily lives
- To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit
- To promote Scout camping
- To crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of
leadership in cheerful service to others
OA Eligibility and Election
Our Scouts are elected to the Order by Troop 22 members, following approval
by the Scoutmaster. To become a member, a youth must be a registered
member of a Boy Scout troop and hold First Class rank. The youth must have
experienced fifteen days and nights of Boy Scout camping during the two-year
period prior to the election. The fifteen days and nights must include one, but
no more than one, long-term camp consisting of six consecutive days and five
nights of resident camping, approved and under the auspices and standards of the
Boy Scouts of America. The balance of the camping must be overnight,
weekend, or other short-term camps.
OA Tap-Out at Camporee
After the troop elections, those voted in will not find out about it until
the symbolic Order of the Arrow calling out ceremony performed annually at the
Las Colinas District Camporee. At this ceremony, each Scout elected by the troop
is officially recognized as a candidate. A representative of the Malibu Lodge
calls each candidate up and taps them three times on the shoulder to symbolize
the three points of the Scout Oath (duty to others, self and God). This is why
its called a tap-out ceremony.
OA National Organization
Order of the Arrow is a National Organization which is composed of 4 regions.
We are part of the
Western Region.. The
Western Region is composed of several Sections. We are in the
W4A Section. The
W4A Section is composed of several Lodges. We are in the
Malibu Lodge 566. The Malibu
Lodge 566 is composed of several Chapters. We are in the Chauwalanne Chapter.
(Sorry they don't have a web site yet...)
Chuawalanne Chapter Meetings
- 2nd Thursday of each month
- 7:30pm
- LDS Church
- 7045 Farralone Avenue,
- Canoga Park, Off Sherman Way
OA Sash and other Recognition
Pocket Flap 
Members of the Malibu Lodge 566, our local OA Lodge can wear the cool looking
OA pocket flap on their regular Scout uniform. This patch goes on the flap of
the right pocket.
OA Sashes
The white sash with the red arrow is the most distinctive and recognizable
symbol of the OA. They represent the various levels of membership in the Order.
A member wearing the Ordeal arrow sash has only been through his Ordeal and has
not yet chosen to seal his membership in the Order. This is the initial
membership of the OA. Once an arrowman has chosen to seal his membership in the
order by participating in a Brotherhood seminar, he is entitled to wear a
Brotherhood arrow sash with a bar at each end. The Vigil Honor arrow sash is
reserved for those arrowmen who have earned the respect of their fellow arrowmen
and are expected to continue in their faithful service to the Lodge.
Ordeal Sash
Ordeal members wear the
sash with a red embroidered arrow
Brotherhood Sash
Brotherhood members
wear the sash with a red embroidered arrow enclosed by two red bars:
Vigil Honor Sash
Vigil Honor members
alone wear the sash with a red embroidered arrow enclosed by two red bars,
bearing a red triangle superimposed on the arrow shaft. Within the red triangle
are three white arrows:
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