IMPORTANT OA Announcement
We have had to shift the Ordeal from Camp Fraser to Camp Snyder. (Address for Camp William B. Snyder: 6100 Antioch Road, Haymarket, VA 20169) It will be the same weekend (Apr 29-1May). Please get this...
View ArticleA District Wide Service Event!
A chance to earn service hours while helping to honor those who served their country. Cemetery Seeks Scout Service on Memorial Day The National Memorial Park (Veteran Cemetery) in Falls Church on Lee...
View ArticleOA Announcements
On Apr 29- May 1, the George Mason Chapter of the OA held a joint Ordeal with the Sully Chapter at Camp Snyder. Over 80 new OA members completed their Ordeal. More than 10 Members completed their...
View ArticleScouts Help to Provide a Memorial to the Fallen
The morning of Memorial Day, 2011 saw sunlight pouring out over the grassy fields of National Memorial Park Cemetery (at the corner of Route 50 and West St) as dozens of scouts walked among the final...
View ArticleOrder of the Arrow Announcments
The next Troop OA Representative Meeting is at Falls Church Presbyterian Church Thoreau Middle School on Thursday, September 15 at 8 pm. If you were not able to help us with the Goshen Bus Loading on...
View ArticleJamboree On the Air!
Venturing Crew 80 (Alexandria, VA) will be setting up a portable Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) station (W3BSA) in connection with the National Capital Area Council’s Colonial District Fall Camporee at...
View ArticleOA and High Adventure
***If you came here looking for OA Spring Fellowship Click here *** Did you know that the Order of the Arrow has some High Adventure Treks that are only open to OA members? The OA runs work and...
View ArticleLast Popcorn Order Due November 16th!
We’re on the final push for the 2011 popcorn sales season! The final orders are due Wednesday, November 16. That’s a little over two weeks to get all of the necessary information collected. The POPCORN...
View ArticleService Opportunity at Pohick Bay Park
Mark your calendars! I know it is early, but I am getting things in place for our annual participation in the Alice Ferguson Foundation Potomac River Watershed Clean-up day which is scheduled for April...
View ArticleOA Lodge Service Weekend
The Lodge is planning a Service Weekend at Camp Snyder on May 3-5. This is needed to help prepare Camp Snyder for both the Section Conclave and for summer camp. A Brotherhood ceremony will be offered....
View ArticleOA and Fall Camporee Oct 4-6 2013
The George Mason Chapter of the OA is helping to staff the District’s Fall Camporee on October 4-6 at Camp Highroads near Aldie. We will need about 10 Arrowmen to staff this event. More details to...
View ArticleOA – Goshen Bus Loading
Each summer during the weekends while Goshen Scout Reservation is in operation, the Council provides bus transportation for units and provisional Scouts to the reservation’s six camps. The OA Lodge...
View ArticleHistory of Scouting Trail (H.O.S.T.) Hike Program
The History of Scouting Trail (HOST) opened up the Baden-Powell Trail on May 24, 2014. Units wishing to register can find out more information for hikes throughout the year can find information at:...
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