Longhaired_Mac Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Has anyone participated in the program as yet? I've considered doing so but feel the special sash would be some very unnecessary virtue signaling. But at the same time advertising the program to encourage others to participate is kind of the point of the Sash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle94-A1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I think OA, and national by extension, is getting desperate for money. Between this and "interesting" elections, to increase membership, I have my wories. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashTagScouts Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 If they only want you to wear it to official OA functions where only Arrowmen would be present, it doesn't seem to really help advertise to increase participation. They could have just gone with a "years of service" type pin to attach to a sash IMO, rather than whole new sash. That would be far more subtle than this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 2 hours ago, Eagle94-A1 said: I think OA, and national by extension, is getting desperate for money. Between this and "interesting" elections, to increase membership, I have my wories. How is this really different than the James E. West program? It is much like the concept that at one time was discouraged of local lodges issuing new patches regularly as "trade bait", especially just prior to Jamboree and OA National events. In our almost extinct Lodge, we had a period with so many patches that nobody had a clue, other than it was another variation for some obscure reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjohns2 Posted Monday at 11:17 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:17 PM On 2/12/2026 at 7:50 AM, HashTagScouts said: it doesn't seem to really help advertise to increase participation. More to participate in the endowment donation program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutldr Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago I would be interested in where the funds go and for what purpose? How is this different from FOS or the James E. West fellowship? Do I get another square knot? Or knot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterWithCheddar Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 12 hours ago, scoutldr said: I would be interested in where the funds go and for what purpose? How is this different from FOS or the James E. West fellowship? Do I get another square knot? Or knot? Per the OA website: Once contributed, the funds will stay in perpetuity within the OA Endowment, whose spending policy allows for the growth of the funds to provide support to key leadership development initiatives within the OA. 1915 Society | Order of the Arrow, Scouting America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago But didn't the lawsuit raid the OA endowment? What is to stop that from happening still? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle94-A1 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Yeah, the lawsuit caused a lot of Scouting endowments to be raided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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