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The Order of the Arrow recognizes honor Scouts. It also offers a wide variety of opportunities that compliment the Scouting program. These opportunities are available to all active members at a Lodge, Section and National level.

Ty-Ohni Lodge
Twice a year, in the spring and in the autumn, Ty-Ohni Lodge offers a
Fellowship Weekend event. The Fellowships begin Friday evening, and continue until mid morning on Sunday. They are held at the J. Warren Cutler Scout Reservation near Naples,, New York.

Ty-Ohni Lodge 95, Otetiana Council
All active Lodge members are invited, and urged, to attend. The Fellowships provide an occasion to meet and greet old and new friends . . . participate in various training and informational seminars, enjoy the Cook Crew specials, and yes, trade patches. The central focus of the Fellowships is the Ordeal and Brotherhood Ceremonies that are produced through the team efforts of the many Lodge program committees.

The Ordeal Ceremony is the first requirement for Ordeal Candidates desiring membership in the OA. After ten months of active OA service, the Ordeal members can seal their membership by participating in the Brotherhood Ceremony.

In addition to the Fellowship Weekends, the Lodge also sponsors a Service Weekend at Massawepie Scout Camps, located near Tupper Lake, New York. During the weekend, members help prepare the camp for the upcoming summer camping season. Tent sites are set up, equipment is repaired and painted, and the waterfront is setout. The event is concluded on Saturday evening with a Brotherhood Ceremony.

The end of the OA program year is marked with the Lodge Banquet, usually held in February. The Banquet is also the time of the Annual Lodge Meeting, during which the Ty-Ohni Lodge Officers are elected. The Lodge Chief addresses the State of the Lodge, and the new Lodge Charter is presented. It is also a time when many familiar faces are seen again as friendships are renewed, and the past year's events are recalled and retold.

Section NE-3A
Lodges throughout the country are organized into groups by geographical
areas. A Lodge is part of a Section,
Northeast Region & Sections
which is part of a Region, which is part of the National Lodge. Only the Boy Scouts of America offers the Order of the Arrow program; no other Scout Association does. Ty-Ohni Lodge is part of Section NE-3A which covers western New York State and a part of northwestern Pennsylvania. Once a year all the Lodges in a Section gather for a weekend Section Conclave. All the active members of the Section Lodges are invited to participate. The purpose of a Conclave is to provide training, information, and elect a slate of Section Officers for the upcoming year. In turn, the Section Chiefs gather once a year at the National BSA Headquarters, in Texas, to choose a slate of Regional and National officers. A different Section Lodge hosts the Section Conclave each year. The Conclave site is rotated throughout the Section until each Lodge or Service Lodge has hosted one.

National
Every two years, all the Lodges throughout the country gather together for the National Order of the Arrow Conference, or NOAC. Here, thousands of OA members come together to further the "bonds of brotherhood".The five-day event touches upon "everything OA". It is a time to hear and exchange ideas and opinions with brother members from every corner of the country. Every day there are a wide variety of programs and events to participate in . . .everything from training to ceremonies, to competitions, to what's new. Every evening there is a show that brings together the entire conference.


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