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NOAC 2015

All of our NOAC 2015 coverage, all in one place.

NOAC 2015

Share your daily Good Turns with the world using #DareToDo

August 5, 2015 45

NOAC 2015 dares you to share your daily Good Turns through #DareToDo. You might just change the world.

NOAC 2015

The NOAC 2015 scenic design team is building something special

August 5, 2015 5

Most of the Arrowmen who watch the jaw-dropping shows will never get to thank the NOAC 2015 scenic design team. But they’re not doing it for the glory.

NOAC 2015

Our next Chief Scout Executive tackles OAWarrior course at NOAC 2015

August 5, 2015 9

Mike Surbaugh, who on Oct. 1 will become the BSA’s 13th Chief Scout Executive, climbed, ran and crawled through the OAWarrior challenge course at NOAC 2015.

NOAC 2015

Video: Arrowmen share their favorite NOAC 2015 patches

August 5, 2015 3

I interviewed several Arrowmen to learn what their favorite patches — an answer that may change during the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference.

Famous People

Former Defense Secretary Dr. Gates: The future of the world depends on leaders like Arrowmen

August 4, 2015 40

At the Tuesday night show at NOAC 2015, Dr. Gates reminds Arrowmen that the future of the world depends on leaders like them.

NOAC 2015

Here are the special red sashes worn at NOAC 2015 (and only at NOAC 2015)

August 4, 2015 21

A special 100th anniversary sash is being issued at the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference. These red sashes with white arrows are a big hit.

NOAC 2015

MSU Dairy Store keeps it cool with special NOAC 2015 ice cream flavor

August 4, 2015 1

At the MSU Dairy Store, five college-age workers maintain their smiles as they busily serve shakes, scoops, cups and cones to a steady stream of Arrowmen.

NOAC 2015

The NOAC 2015 trading post: Brisk and free-flowing business in patches, socks and … hoodies?

August 4, 2015 13

NOAC 2015 is unlike any before it, and it has a trading post to match. Kay Trick and her team accomplished this with what she calls an “IKEA-style flow.”

NOAC 2015

NOAC 2015 opening show challenges Arrowmen to help grow Scouting

August 3, 2015 5

It’s hard to imagine the Spartans basketball team whipping up more excitement than the Arrowmen who put on tonight’s opening show.

NOAC 2015

On the first day of NOAC 2015, smiling for the camera and for history

August 3, 2015 7

Turns out the Ini-To Lodge of the Flint River Council in Georgia has plenty to shout about at NOAC 2015.

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