gearshocker

I've always been torn both ways on the uniform issue. When I first started in my troop as a Scout, we only wore "Class B's" t-shirts to regular meetings, but then we wore "Class A's" for Courts of Honor, Summer Camp Campfires, Flag Ceremonies everyo morning and night, and the one definite time was during the OA Callout/Family Night at Summer Camp. The main time that we realy cared and we had our uniforms laundered in town for was the OA Callout. When I was about 15, new leadership took over and we started wearing "A" uniforms to all troop meetings, coming and going from any camping trip, and a

Something neat we have done the last two years at summer camp is a first-year icecream social. Basically, we get all of the first-year campers together and explain to them what the OA is about and what our purpose for existence is. Also, we explain what the different sashes represent in terms of honor level and tell them about the lodge flap. We point out the different projects we have done for the camp, too. This is all done before our call-out. It kind of gives the first-years a heads up about what will happen later in the camping week. It also instills in them more respect for the call-out