Dear OA Alumni,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Order of the Arrow Alliance!
Some of you may be thinking, “Why the heck am I still receiving emails from the Order of the Arrow / the Boy Scouts if I have not been involved in years?” If that is the case, you are exactly the person we are looking for.
You and the OA might have parted ways for a myriad of reasons. Perhaps you moved away from your local lodge, or your lodge merged and no longer exists as you remember it. Maybe we failed to explain how to get involved in the first place, and so you did not come back after completing your Ordeal.
Whatever the case, my request to you is this: give us one more chance. Before you send us to your spam folder, check out this and our next couple correspondences, and see if the OA is worth reconnecting to. Think back to all the good times you had in Scouting—the memories shared, the friendships formed—and let us help you rekindle those good times.
Others of you may be active in your local lodge and joined us by opting-in to OA Alliance membership. While our primary goal is to re-engage inactive Arrowmen, I am glad to have you join us and hope being a part of the OA Alliance will help keep you engaged in the OA.
The OA Alliance is a home for former and current OA members (21 years and older) like yourself to stay connected with the OA. Think of us as an alumni association for the Order of the Arrow. As a member of the OA Alliance, you will receive our quarterly eNewsletter, The Spark, which contains engaging content that will connect you with the OA and other Scouting and OA alumni. We have already launched exclusive programs and membership for OA Alliance members, like yourself, and will continue to build on those as we move forward.
Have questions or ideas? Check out our FAQ page here or shoot us a note at @email.
Yours in Scouting,
Sean McCabe
OA Alliance Coordinator