{"id":303,"date":"2012-10-25T18:52:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T23:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pathfinderoa.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2012-10-25T18:52:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T23:52:17","slug":"camp-promotion-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pathfinder.shawneelodge.org\/?page_id=303","title":{"rendered":"Camp Promotion Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Camp Promotion<\/h1>\n<p align=\"left\">Since the Order of the Arrow is the honor campers\u2019 brotherhood of the Boy Scouts of America, a lodge\u2019s basic objective is to promote the camping program of the local council.\u00a0 This should include troop and pack visitation by members of the lodge or chapter camping promotion committee.\u00a0 Each troop\/team rep should become the camping promoter in his own unit.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Camping provided the environment for you to learn to work as a member of a group, to discover new places and friends, and to grow by becoming aware of your abilities.\u00a0 Because you learned these lessons, your troop elected you to the Order.\u00a0 In your Ordeal, camping again provided the time and place for growth.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Your task now is to enhance the camping program of your troop so that other Scouts learn, discover, and grow as you did.\u00a0 This may seem difficult, since the goal is vague and the effect of your efforts hard to observe.\u00a0 Here are some effective ways to improve camping that can make a real difference.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Encourage camping.\u00a0 As a member of the Order of the Arrow, you are a respected member of your troop.\u00a0 Other Scouts look up to you.\u00a0 Thus you can enhance camping just by supporting patrol and troop campouts enthusiastically.\u00a0 Your enthusiasm for camping \u2013 especially when things aren\u2019t going right \u2013 can make a tremendous difference in how others feel about going out.<\/li>\n<li>Improve your own camping skills.\u00a0 Can you identify most of the trees you see while camping?\u00a0 Can you start a fire with flint and steel?\u00a0 Do you always wash your dishes properly?\u00a0 Do you use topographic maps often enough to use them to navigate with?\u00a0 You can learn a lot from the <em>Boy Scout Handbook<\/em> and <em>Fieldbook<\/em>.\u00a0 To become good at a skill, you may need to do some library research or find someone (perhaps another Arrowman) who can give you some pointers.\u00a0 This is part of the fun.\u00a0 Above all practice!\u00a0 You can\u2019t be an expert at everything, but you can find one or two skills that aren\u2019t well known in your troop and learn all you can about them.\u00a0 Once you know them, use these skills often and enthusiastically.<\/li>\n<li>Help new Scouts with camping skills and jobs.\u00a0 Camping isn\u2019t fun if you don\u2019t know how.\u00a0 Show a new Scout how to enjoy his first campout \u2013 how to make a comfortable bed on the ground, cook a hearty meal, start a fire, and track a bird or animal.\u00a0 You will find that teaching others helps you sharpen your own skills.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, Go Camping!\u00a0 Don\u2019t just talk about it, Do it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;padding-bottom: 20px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/images\/camppromoter.jpg\" alt=\"camp promotion patch\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;text-align: left\">If you are interested in knowing more about camp promotion or you would like to become involved in OA&#8217;s role in promoting camping, please email the Camp Promotion Chairman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camp Promotion Since the Order of the Arrow is the honor campers\u2019 brotherhood of the Boy Scouts of America, a lodge\u2019s basic objective is to promote the camping program of the local council.\u00a0 This should include troop and pack visitation by members of the lodge or chapter camping promotion 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