Presenter Adam Heaps discusses the skill of delegation with the LLD participants.

LLD participants enjoy a nice turkey dinner.

Troop 73 Arrowmen serve a turkey dinner to the LLD participants.

Former Octoraro Lodge 22 chiefs Jake Segal, Sean Bealer, and 2013 chief Phil Ruffini sit on a panel for Q&A with the LLD participants.

LLD participants enjoy Cracker Barrel after watching an inspiration movie about leadership: “Miracle”.

Participants began painting this “Legacy Panel” which will be combined with other lodges’ panels to form a mosaic at the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference. This panel depicts the 1985 painting by Jamie Sotomayor which resides in the Octoraro Lodge Building.

To show various presentations during the LLD, the projector had to undergo some very perilous perching.

Here are several projects built during the 2014 Lodge Leadership Development (LLD) course.

Here are several projects built during the 2014 Lodge Leadership Development (LLD) course.

At the 2015 LLD, participants had to draw a Coat of Arms for the Order of the Arrow for its 100th Anniversary.

At the 2015 LLD, participants had to draw a Coat of Arms for the Order of the Arrow for its 100th Anniversary.

At the 2015 LLD, participants had to draw a Coat of Arms for the Order of the Arrow for its 100th Anniversary.

2015 LLD participants feast on some snacks before taking part in the big team building game of the night.

2015 LLD participants did a tower project as part of a team-building exercise.

2015 LLD participants did a tower project as part of a team-building exercise.

2015 LLD participants did a tower project as part of a team-building exercise.

After the grueling 90 minutes of engineering, participants take a break from reaching for the stars (or ceiling).

Jeff Goodman (left) and Tom Savoy watch a pot of hot water boil for coffee before cracker barrel.

LLD Adviser Sean Bealer presents one of the 3 contraptions created for the team building exercise the previous night.

Lodge Chief Matt Candy presents a session about “Creating Unity in the Lodge”.

Here are some LLD participants having a good time listening to the presenter.

OA Staff Adviser and Director of Camping Jake Segal leads a discussion about council support that the lodge provides to HSR and CCC.

Participants take a break from learning and fun during the 2016 LLD.

A staple of LLDs, this session helps the team build and have fun building the highest structure, this time out of marshmallows and spaghetti.

A staple of LLDs, this session helps the team build and have fun building the highest structure, this time out of marshmallows and spaghetti.

A staple of LLDs, this session helps the team build and have fun building the highest structure, this time out of marshmallows and spaghetti.

Mike Steinberger (standing) and John McCabe clean the floors of the Octoraro Memorial Lodge Building during the 2016 LLD.

A group of Arrowmen huddle around Octoraro 22 artifacts in their physical museum, including (left, hunched over) 2015 Northeast Region Chief Matt Bell.

Mike Steinberger leads a session on personality types and how understanding them can make you a better leader.

Steve Wynn delivers a presentation on delivering an effective Ordeal program.

The 2016 Octoraro 22 LLD Participants.

Mitch Candy leads some discussion about personal expectations of yourself as a leader.

Also during the LLD, Ordeal Members sealed their membership in the OA by completing their Brotherhood Ceremony.

Various groups brainstorm during one of the LLD sessions.

LLD participants discuss one of the topics during the leadership course.

LLD participants discuss one of the topics during the leadership course.

Bruce Goodman and his cohorts prepared the meals at the 2018 LLD course.

The adults at the LLD seem to be taking it easy – which is fair, they after all do not run the lodge.

LLD Participants play some phone games in between sessions.

Lodge Chief John Porter discusses opportunities in Octoraro 22 at the 2019 LLD.

Lodge Chief John Porter discusses opportunities in Octoraro 22 at the 2019 LLD.

Lodge Vice Chief Owen Cutler discusses the various Octoraro 22 officer roles, including his own, at the 2019 LLD.

Lodge Treasurer Ben Merklee discusses his role.

Food Service Adviser Tom Savoy serves breakfast to the 2019 LLD participants.

At the 2019 LLD, Lodge Vice Chief Owen Cutler discusses opportunities and reasons to serve on an Octoraro Lodge committee.

At the 2019 LLD, Lodge Vice Chief Owen Cutler leads a breakout session about how to manage unit elections or ceremonies.

LLD Adviser Zach Ratliff speaks to the 2019 LLD participants.

Former Lodge Adviser Bruce Goodman shows off perfectly sliced tomatoes that he cut for the 2019 LLD lunch. Well done, Bruce!

Tom Savoy grills burgers for the 2019 LLD participants on the new lodge stove.

Some 2019 LLD participants hang out in the lodge building after the lunch was served.

As part of the LLD in 2019, fellowship activities such as board games, a movie, and shooting at the rifle range were planned.

The Food Service staff present burgers and fixings, as well as potato salad, for the 2019 LLD lunch.

As part of the LLD in 2019, fellowship activities such as board games, a movie, and shooting at the rifle range were planned.

As part of the LLD in 2019, fellowship activities such as board games, a movie, and shooting at the rifle range were planned.

Some LLD participants hang out in the lodge building after lunch is finished.

Some adult advisers enjoy the lunch at the 2019 LLD.

The participants of the 2021 LLD at the OA Lodge had to do some serious cleaning first, like completely removing mold growth from this refrigerator.

2021 LLD participants finish up working on the fridge.

The 2021 and 2022 officers take questions from the LLD audience, including 2021 lodge chief (standing) Ben Merklee.

Francis Purcell IV at the 2021 Lodge Leadership Development course.

Some of the 2021 LLD food service staff: (from left) Bruce Goodman, Eric Allison (rear), Steve Gorman, Loren Griffith, and Saralyn Kassel.

2021 Octoraro 22 Lodge Chief Ben Merklee at the 2021 LLD course.

Some of the 2021 LLD participants having a laugh.

The 2021 LLD participants lounging around before the start of breakfast.

The 2021 LLD participants grab breakfast while former Octoraro 22 Lodge Adviser and Kitchen Staffer Bruce Goodman (left) looks on.

The 2021 LLD participants grab breakfast as Saralyn Kassel monitors the breakfast items.

2021 LLD participants enjoy each other’s company as breakfast gets started.

2021 LLD participants enjoy each other’s company as breakfast gets started.

One of the LLD presenters talked about the importance of communication in lodge operations and also how to be an effective communicator in public speaking and in other common areas of communication.

One of the LLD presenters talked about the importance of communication in lodge operations.

One of the LLD presenters talked about the importance of communication in lodge operations and also how to be an effective communicator in delivering presentations.

Lodge Chief Ben Merklee speaks to the 2021 LLD audience.

Elena McFadden delivers a presentation on membership retention at the 2021 LLD course.

Tristan Eversmeyer delivers a presentation on membership activation at the 2021 LLD course.

Sean Darlington delivers a presentation on the OA Troop Rep program at the 2021 LLD course.

The 2021 LLD Kitchen Staff shown here, either hard at work or checking phones.

The 2021 LLD Kitchen staff having a laugh.

2022 Lodge Chief Sean Darlington showing his presentation on what the Troop Representative program is for the Order of the Arrow as part of the 2021 LLD.

The Troop Rep Program presentation at the 2021 LLD leaves off with a quote from Order of the Founder Dr. E. Urner Goodman.

LLD participants listen attentively to the presenter during the 2022 LLD at Camp Horseshoe.

LLD participants listen to a slide about “Finding Your Role in the OA” during the 2022 LLD at Camp Horseshoe.

LLD participants listen attentively to the presenter during the 2022 LLD at Camp Horseshoe.

LLD participants listen to a session about Roberts’ Rules of Order during the 2022 LLD at Camp Horseshoe.

Lodge officers perform Lodge Leadership Development training prior to a Lodge Committee meeting at the April Service weekend.

The Lodge Leadership Development course is also done on service weekends. Here, Steve Wynn provides a session on Goal Setting at the Lodge Building.

LLD Adviser Mitch Candy thanks the presenter during the June 2017 OA Service weekend.

Lodge Corresponding Secretary Collin Wheeler delivers a training session at the 2023 June Service Weekend.

Lodge Vice Chief Peter Gorman delivers a training session at the 2023 June Service Weekend.

Octoraro 22 Lodge Officers (from left: Peter Gorman, Anthony Watson, Sean Darlington, Grayson Pitman, Elena McFadden, and Collin Wheeler) lead a Q&A session for the LLD during the 2023 June Service Weekend.

The 2012 LLD Patch.

The 2013 LLD Patch.

The 2014 LLD Patch.

The 2015 LLD Patch.

The first 2016 LLD Patch, with the Octoraro 22 goose totem prominent on the top for the lodge’s 90th anniversary.

The second 2016 LLD Patch, with the Blue Heron 349 totem prominent on the top for the lodge’s 70th anniversary.