Registration for the 2015 OAHA season is now open! You may register for the first time ever online for any of the five programs offered. Registration will fill up very quickly so make sure you register today to reserve your spot for a life changing experience next summer! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Section National Events Promotion Chairman Zach Rassler at raessler@ne2a.org or reach out to your Lodge Chief. You can register here (http://adventure.oa-bsa.org/)

The national Order of the Arrow committee created an award to recognize the “Hometown Heros” of each lodge during our centennial celebration. The award was released in early October and now is the nomination period for lodges. Anybody can submit a nomination to your lodge’s Key 3 for consideration. Lodges will be submitting their lodge’s nominations prior to February 28, 2015 to the national office. Talk with your lodge’s Key 3 today to see how you can participate. For more information, please see http://dev.ne2a.org/centurion-award/

The Order of the Arrow High Adventure program is a life changing opportunity that is available to all Arrowman. What it entails is you would get to go to a high adventure base with a crew of other Arrowman from around the country for 2 weeks. At the base, you and your crew would spend the first week doing service for the base, and the second week you and your crew would spend doing whatever the base provides that you and your crew chooses to utilize. Section NE-2A has developed an Order of the Arrow High Adventure Scholarship, which has just been released! This $250 scholarship was created with the intent to cover the cost of the program fee, with the exception of OA Ocean Adventure, and one Arrowman from each of the lodges within the section can receive the scholarship. Apply for your chance to receive the scholarship! Click Here to Apply!

The Order of the Arrow is producing many activities, events, and awards centered around our Centennial experience. Many of these initivies include Arrowmen becoming active in the Order. The Section has created a campaign called #NE2A #CentennialSelfie #OA100 which will engage each member. These selfies will help complete a required item for the Arrowman Service Award (#OA100) but it will also show Section pride! If you use the hashtags, the photos will be in a completed selfie gallery on the Section website. The way that this will work is you will take a selfie with a sash, lodge flap, or any other Order of the Arrow  apparel, and then post it to facebook, twitter or instagram with the hashtags #NE2A #centennialselfie #OA100 You are encouraged to take these photos every where’s you go, land marks, sport games, lodge events, any where’s that is pretty awesome!

This year’s Section Conclave, which was serviced by Nacha Nimat Lodge, was held at Camp Nooteeming in Salt Point, New York. Over the weekend, scouts from all 6 lodges plus many guest participated in various training classes ranging from event planning to patch trading.  By participating in Conclave University classes, members had the opportunity to earn an Associates or Bachelor’s Degree.  Next year, the Section will be offering a Master’s degree to those scouts who show true commitment to the Section training.  Classes were taught by Section officers, volunteers, and guests.  Our Section was honored to have both the National Chief, Nick Dannemiller, and the National Vice Chief, Taylor Bobrow attend the Conclave, and contribute by teaching the “Centuries of Service” course.

The Conclave wasn’t just training classes.  The weekend was full of exciting events and competitions including human foosball, ultimate frisbee, tug of war, dodge ball, and many more. 

Click Here to register for Conclave 2014 #SavingArrowmanRyan

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Section NE-2A

CONCLAVE LOGO DESIGN CONTEST

The Section NE-2A Conclave will be on August 15-17, 2014. 300 Arrowmen will be gathering at Camp Nooteeming in Salt Point, NY for fun, adventure, and achievement. This event is currently in need of a logo. The Section Leadership Team wants your help with this project. Send us your logo ideas! The winner will receive a discount coupon for the 2014 conclave trading post and special recognition. Please see the guidelines below:

•Design must include the following:

– Either the fleur-de-lis or the letters “BSA”

– The wording “Section NE-2A”

– The wording “Saving Arrowman Ryan”

– The wording “Conclave 2014”

•Logo should reflect the theme of Saving Arrowman Ryan.

• All designs must be sent to mitchell.heisler@dev.ne2a.org

• All designs must be submitted by March 16th.

Description of 2014 Conclave Theme:

It is a period of war and struggle for the lodges of NE-2A. Arrowman Ryan is currently Missing In Action. He is a critical part to the war because he is the only person who knows the secret weapon to end the war. Arrowman Ryan was last seen at Camp Nooteeming in Salt Point, NY.  The different Lodge Chief Generals have begun recruiting members of their team to attack Camp Nooteeming and Save Arrowman Ryan before the any of the other lodges do.

Project LEAP Registration is now available, click here to register.

The Order of the Arrow has released a series or promotional videos for NOAC 2015. The videos are on AIA, Founders Day, Training, and Shows, along with that is a full NOAC 2015 promo video. Check them out at oa-bsa.org or click here.