
First patch to honor a National Conference Chief Thomas Fielder (1969)
Dating back to the late 60’s, it is tradition to create a celebratory lodge flap if one of your youth members is elected a national officer of the Order of the Arrow.
There are 6 youth positions elected annually at the OA national planning meeting:
- National Chief
- National Vice-Chief
- Central Region Chief
- Northeast Region Chief
- Southern Region Chief
- Western Region Chief
Wipala Wiki has had 5 members serve in these positions (National Chief, National Vice-Chief, or Western Region Chief) in our 66 year history. Here are the patches used to honor those Arrowmen.
Listed in sequential order:
Michael Hoffman, 1985
National Order of the Arrow Vice Chief
Patrick Murphy, 2005
National Order of the Arrow Chief
Kieran Thompson, 2006
Western Region Chief
Chad Wolver, 2007
Western Region Chief
Joe Garcia, 2015
Western Region Chief
And here is just a better of Patrick and Kieran at the 2005 National Planning Meeting together.
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