2021 Lodge Banquet
On December 4th, 2021, Yerba Buena Lodge held our first annual lodge banquet at the Alameda Elk’s Lodge. 117 people attended the banquet, joining us for fellowship, food, and recognition. The Banquet started at 6:00 PM, with Chase VanDerveer and Aaron Carr-Elkaim acting as Master of Ceremonies for the event. We started with a speech […]
Autumn 2021 Induction Weekend
During the weekend of September 24-26th, our lodge hosted an induction weekend at Camp Herms. At this event, 78 scouts were inducted as new members in our lodge. We welcome them into Yerba Buena Lodge. Furthermore, we had 22 Arrowmen seal their membership by completing their Brotherhood. Many congratulations to all! Previous Next
2021 Area W-3 Conclave
On September 10-12, 2021, the Area W-3 Conclave, jointly hosted by Sections W-3N and W-3S was held on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, CA. Order of the Arrow members had fun with various activities ranging from lodge competitions, live and silent auctions, a Brotherhood ceremony, a Vigil rededication, and more. Additionally, OA members had the […]
Vigil Weekend 2021
On May 22-23, 13 Brotherhood members kept their Vigil and obtained the Vigil honor. The Vigil Honor is highest honor the lodge can bestow on a member, awarded for distinguished contributions to the lodge, Order of the Arrow, or the broader Scouting community. Yerba Buena Lodge congratulates these members on receiving this honor.
Spring Virtual Induction Weekends
On March 26-27 and April 16-17, Yerba Buena Lodge hosted two virtual induction weekends. Over the course of these inductions weekends, we inducted 92 new members. Yerba Buena Lodge welcomes these new members into the Order of the Arrow. Additionally, 31 Ordeal members decided to seal their membership in the Order of the Arrow and […]
Yerba Buena First Lodge Flap Design
Thirty-seven (37) lodge flap designs were submitted to the lodge for consideration as our new first lodge flap. The youth of the Lodge Merger Task Force team whittled those 37 flaps down to 4 final designs. At the Lodge Convention, these four lodge flap designs were presented, and the youth present selected the final design. […]
Lodge Convention
At the Lodge Convention on Saturday, January 23, over 90 members from the legacy lodges connected via Zoom to participate in the first ever Lodge Convention an election of Yerba Buena Lodge. The meeting started promptly at 6:05 PM with Chase VanDerveer acting as the “master of ceremonies” who led the lodge in the […]