20 January 2009
O/A’s Canadian High Adventure
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Unlike me, ScoutingNews actually reads his O/A newsletter soon after receiving it. Mine is still sitting in the inbox plaintively wondering why I haven’t perused the text. Dan found one of the chewy nuggets of goodness in regards to an Order of the Arrow high adventure opportunity.
This Summer, the Order of the Arrow will be piloting its first International High Adventure Program at Northern Tier’s Donald Rogert Canoe Base at Atikokan in Canada. This program will be building on 10 years of success with Wilderness Voyage, the OA’s presence at Northern Tier’s Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base, which has been a leading provider of portage trail maintenance in the Boundary Waters.
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How to Apply
Complete the enclosed application and have it approved by both your Scout Executive and Lodge Adviser. Parental permission is required if you are under age 18. Mail your completed application and $50.00 deposit to the Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America, PO Box 152079, Irving, Texas, 75015-2079. The Order will begin notifying applicants of acceptance by March 15, 2009.
Goodness! Why so cheap? Because this is trail work and they’ll work the tails off the guys who go. My son is excited to try to do trail work at Philmont and has to balance that with the other half-dozen things he wants to do at the same time.
Dan has some other info and a video for your eyeball enjoyment. Click on over!
- National Order of the Arrow Conference Scouting News
- OA Grants
- My International Interview
- International Camporee
- President’s Volunteer Service Award
One Comment so far...
Dan - Scouting News Says:
20 January 2009 at 4:41 pm.
Everyone I talked to who has participated in Philmont Trail Crew or the Wilderness Voyage has loved it and feels changed after it. Its great reading the quotes that have been submitted to the competition the OA is running http://adventure.oa-bsa.org/index.php?p=PhotoQuoteResults
One of my regrets is that I didn’t go when I had the opportunity.
