Lakota Chapter Trail Crew

I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about a pair of related opportunities that we're working on for arrowmen in the Lakota Chapter.

We're hoping to adopt a trail (probably the Slide Canyon trail) this summer. In doing so, we'll need to make three hikes along it to perform trail maintenance and general clean-up. At this point, we're planning on going in July, August, and September. To help sweeten the pot, we're going to create a "Lakota Chapter Trail Crew" tee-shirt suitable for use as a Class B or activity uniform shirt. Any Lakota Chapter arrowman going on at least two of the maintenance hikes will get one of these shirts for free.

We need to come up with a design for the shirt though, and that's where the second opportunity comes in. It's time for another contest. Starting today, we're going to accept shirt designs from arrowmen or candidates in the chapter. We'll collect submissions until May 14th (the day before our fellowship weekend). At the fellowship, we'll announce the winning design. The arrowman who's entry is selected will win a free shirt to be awarded at the first maintenance hike.

So there you go, in addition to all the other stuff going on this year, you've got three more service opportunities (open to you and the non-OA scouts and scouters in your home unit), a chance to earn a shirt, and a chance to design the shirt. How much more can an arrowman ask for?

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Don't forget, you have a chance to win a patch by commenting on the entries here at this blog. We ended up not having any comments in March, so we didn't give out any patches. In April, we'll give out two to make up for it. Please add your feedback here — who knows, maybe you'll end up winning one of the patches.

Chapter Members Helping at a Pinewood Derby

Three members of the Chapter were on hand at the Pinewood Derby held by Packs 37 and 747. These young men serve as Den Chiefs, helping the Cub Scouts learn to love Scouting.

"We had a great time and showed a lot of OA spirit!" Said Mike, the Wolf's Den Chief.

Whether they were setting up the track and chairs for the Cubs' families, helping get cars onto the track at the start of the race, or shooting video of race finishes, these OA Den Chiefs were right in the middle of all the fun.

Serving as a Den Chief is a great way to use the leadership skills that you're learning in the OA, and to fulfill leadership requirements for advancement in the Scout and Varsity programs. What are you doing to help Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Varsity Teams, or Venturing Crews?