Chapter Chief: Matt Shanahan
Chapter Advisor: Graham Johnson 630-615-8667
Associate Chapter Advisor: Jerry Howard 630-886-2697

The OA Chapter Meetings are held at the LDS Church in Naperville at 1320 Ridgeland Ave, Naperville, IL 60563. Chapter meetings are at 7:30pm on the SECOND Thursday of each month. Each Troop should send a representative to the monthly meetings.

• North Star OA Newsletter - Current edition
• Current OA Forms for OA Events - A List of the current OA forms including dues & events.

OA Chapter Meeting is Thursday, August 12th, 7:30 pm at Von Oven Scout Reservation in Naperville


OA UPCOMING EVENTS


OA PICNIC & GAME DAY: DATE CHANGE: The chapter is holding a social event on June 26 at Greene Valley Forest Preserve near Hobson Rd and off of Green Rd. The event be between 11am and 4pm. We will be cooking and playing games. OA and non OA members are welcome. We need notification so we will know how much food to buy. Please contact Graham Johnson or Matt Shanahan

• Game Day Flier

OA Information & 2010 Calendar - A 2010 Calendar of Events in our Lodge & information on what the OA is!


THANKS TO THOSE TROOPS WHO HELPED THE STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE: May was the postal food drive in Naperville. The Thunderbird Chapter had Scouts from the following troops: Troop 107, Troop 133, Troop 505, Troop 507, Troop 133, Troop 501, Troop 222, & Troop 510. We had 70 hours of service today. Thank you so much for your cheerful service! Graham Johnson


NOTE FROM LOVES & FISHES:Dear Friends, Thank you all for your outstanding efforts this past Saturday with our Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. I know people were disappointed that we did not collect as much as we had last year, but we must look at this as “the glass half full,” and that we have raised over 31,000 pounds of food that we did not have before for people in need. That is wonderful work! We have also raised considerable awareness in the community that hungers exists, and that we need everyone to be a part of the solution to end it. Loaves & Fishes is deeply grateful for your steadfast support of this food drive. You are all awesome, great friends to the pantry and to the many people served through your generosity. Warm regards, Charles

Read the PRESS RELEASE
Charles P. McLimans - Executive Director - Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry


OA SPRING FELLOWSHIP:Mark your calenders- June 5th-7th @ CFL! We hope to see you all there! Form is on the lodge website!

Have you paid your OA DUES? Dues are due this month for 2010!

Matt Shanahan - OA Thunderbird Chapter Chief
Lowaneu Allanque Lodge 41

“For he who serves his fellows, is of all his fellows, greatest.”
- Dr. E. Urner Goodman, founder

Letter to all Scoutmasters:
Dear Scoutmasters:
The Order of the Arrow is Scouting’s “National Honor Society.” We are called upon by our units, districts, and Council for leadership and service. We have many high ideals and principles to live up to, and must lead by example. We live by the Scout Oath and Law in our daily lives. These are the same principles you live and lead by as a Scoutmaster. That is why we are writing to you ensure the success of our Scouts and to maximize the opportunities they have through-out their Scouting adventure. Please download this letter and learn more of how the OA can help YOUR troop benefit from the Order of the Arrow!
-Bobby Bacar - Lodge Chief
-Tim Tyler - Lodge Advisor
-Graham Johnson - Chapter Advisor

• Scoutmaster Letter - From Lowaneu Allanque OA Lodge 41

Please tell all Arrowmen you encounter about these events. Get their input, and get them excited about it!

Purpose of the Order of the Arrow

Membership Qualifications
Each unit may elect Scouts and a Scouter who warrant recognition as noted in the purpose statements. Elections are conducted by members of the Order of the Arrow at each unit during the winter. A Scout must be First Class rank, have a minimum of 15 days and nights of Boy Scout camping experience during the two-year period prior to the election. The 15 days and nights must include one, but no more than one, long-term camp consisting of six consecutive days and five nights of resident camping, approved and under the auspices and standards of the BSA. The balance of the camping must be overnight, weekend, or other short-term camps. Candidates must meet the requirements for membership as specified by the national Order of the Arrow committee. Elected candidates must attend the Lowaneu Allanque Lodge #41 Ordeal ceremony in order to become a member of the Order of the Arrow. The Ordeal ceremony is held at the Fall and Spring Fellowship weekends and at Camp Freeland Leslie during every week of Boy Scout Summer camp.

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