What is LAP?

The Lodge Assistance Program makes available a section’s extensive resources to help the lodges of the section. With the section’s help, lodges will be able to provide better service to their councils and fulfill the requirements of the Quality Lodge Recognition program. The assistance program encompasses two major elements, lodge visits by a section assistance team and use of the council of chiefs meetings to provide training. Through a system of evaluation and review, lodge leaders are able to interact and learn from experienced Arrowmen within the section.

The lodge visits help identify the resources, training and guidance that lodges require to ultimately increase the service they provide to their councils. The team also identifies and provides a pool of resources that all lodges in the section and neighboring sections may access. Sections gain first-hand knowledge of lodge strengths through the onsite visits. This in turn enables the section to prepare programs to meet the needs of the lodge, and provide them through conclave training and presentations. The Lodge Assistance team uses a minimum of two people per visit to insure that knowledge is gained by the Lodge but also the Section. So as stated above the Lodge Assistance Program uses the resources of the section to improve and strengthen the lodges.

Who to Contact?

The Lodge Assistance program is led by Mitchell Saulsbury, Section Vice-Chief. Contact Mitchell for more information.