Octoraro Lodge 22 has over 800 active arrowmen who donate hundreds of service hours annually to help maintain Horseshoe Scout Reservation and encourage camping in Chester County Council. We hope that this site will answer your questions about our lodge. If you have any further questions, feel free to send an email to questions@octoraro22.org.
2023 Day of Service – 4/1/2023
Octoraro 22 is sponsoring a Day of Service on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Culbertson Park. This is a great opportunity for any Scouts and Scouters to come out and do some service with your unit as there is A LOT of work to do. We will be helping clean up the park and the Brandywine River as well as spread mulch, plant flowers, and paint their park shed and set up their Easter Egg Hunt.
You can use THIS FLYER (click me!) to promote the event in your unit!
Note: You do not need to be a member of the Order of the Arrow to participate. We will take the help of all Scouts, Scouters, family members, and friends!
The event will run from 9 am to 12 pm on Saturday April 1, 2023 at Culbertson Park, 5 Woodland Avenue, Coatesville, PA 19320.
Items to bring:
-Work Gloves
-Water bottle
-Warm Clothes
-Tree loppers
-Bowsaw
2022 Slideshow
Here is the 2002 lodge slideshow shown at the 2023 Annual Banquet held on March 5, 2023.
Trail Crew Work Day – 3/18
Octoraro 22 is hosting a trail crew work day at PARC on 3/18/2023.
Use the form below to register for the event.
Lodge Leadership Development (LLD) / Brotherhood Blitz – Dec 10
The LLD is a course for helping develop our youth leaders and adult advisers into more effective Arrowmen by providing them with fun, informative, and interactive sessions about OA operations and skills used to run the lodge. All LLT committee members and officers are highly encouraged to attend, but it is open to any Octoraro members!
The Brotherhood Blitz is a last opportunity to seal your membership in the lodge for 2022.
Both events are being held at Camp Horseshoe on December 10, 2022.
You can register HERE for either or both events!
Blue Heron Fellowship Weekend
Contact adviser@octoraro22.org if interested!
September Fellowship Weekend Information
Please see the links below for weekend information:
Schedule: http://octoraro22.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/September-Weekend-Agenda-2022.pdf
Menu: http://octoraro22.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/22SeptMenu.pdf
June Weekend Information
Information will be posted here as it becomes available:
April Weekend Information
Information will be posted here when it becomes available.
PARC Service Day RESCHEDULED – May 7th, 2022
Help PARC get a walking trail! Octoraro 22 is sponsoring a PARC service day on 5/7/2022 at the PARC Service Center in Exton. This is a great opportunity for any Scouts and Scouters to come out and do some service with your unit as there is A LOT of work to do. For this service day, we are focusing on building a walking trail at PARC for use by all who visit.
Note: You do not need to be a member of the Order of the Arrow to participate. We will take the help of all Scouts and Scouters!
The event will run from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday May 7th, 2022. Lunch will be provided.
If able to help, please register here: https://forms.gle/Cp7iUHR9uSbqKV1Q9