PreCamp Registration is Open!
Brothers,
Registration for Pre-Camp opened yesterday, and unlike our last Lodge event everyone is invited! This event is a great opportunity to give back to our council and Camp Rainey Mountain while having fun and meeting new people.
As a participant you’ll get to work alongside your chapter to do service work and prepare Camp Rainey Mountain for the summer. This is one of the best ways to meet members of your chapter and participate in what the Order of The Arrow truly embodies, Cheerful Service.
Your 2021 LEC has a great weekend of fellowship, cheerful service, and good meals planned that you don’t want to miss! But to make this event the best it can be, we’re in need of staff and volunteers.
Of all the ways you can help, arguably the most important and always needed is the Elangomat. Elangomat is the Leni Lenape word for ‘’Friend’’ and as an Elangomat you are just that. You are a friend to the ordeal candidates, providing cheerful service alongside them and guiding them through their ordeal. I’ve served as an Elangomat 4+ times and enjoyed every minute of it! There’s just one Elangomat training day between now and Pre-Camp. If you want to serve as an Elangomat you must attend this training, it’s May 8th at Scoutland and you can register here on the lodge website.
If Elangomating isn’t your thing, you can serve in the equally important role of ceremonialist. As a ceremonialist, you help induct new members in a dramatic, traditional and historic manner, leaving an impression that lasts for years. Having also been a ceremonialist, I can say almost nothing compares.
If you prefer to work behind the scenes, Indian Engineers help set up the ceremony rings, light torches, build fires, and generally make sure everything looks perfect for the candidates. The environment created by Indian Engineers for my Ordeal ceremony as a candidate left an impression that I will not forget.
Another option is Kitchen/Check-In Staff! In this role, you can help cook/serve meals, welcome people to events, prep the dining hall, and much more! Right now we’re in desperate need of members to fill this role, so even if you can just volunteer for part of the weekend, it would be a great help!
If you are interested in photography, join the Communications team and help by photographing activities and events over the course of the weekend!
If you would like to volunteer, please fill out the staff form and register on the Lodge Website!
Please refer to the council COVID-19 precautions here: https://www.nega-bsa.org/COVID-19 for expectations regarding safety for all.
Now of course the weekend isn’t all just work, a large feast will be held on Saturday night, followed by a great campfire and awards ceremony to recognize everyone who served in 2020! Afterwards, there will be a cracker barrel and plenty of time for fellowship and brotherhood between members of our lodge!
Register now on the lodge website for an amazing weekend experience! I hope to see you there!
Yours in Cheerfulness,
Will Benjamin
2021 Vice Chief of Communications