Bruce Mayfield - For Adult Service to Orca Lodge

Bruce Mayfield has been involved in the Order of the Arrow in Northern California for decades, but has been especially instrumental in combining the Cabrosha Lodge and the Mow-A-Toc Lodge. Bruce has provided important leadership to help overcome barriers which often arise during mergers.

He has provided important adult adviser leadership to many young men, and proved to be a great Lodge Adviser and Section Adviser. He has been actively involved in helping to ensure that a quality program has been offered in the Orca Lodge for the last 20 years. He is always there and can always be counted on.

Bruce is a perfect example of the high ideals and purpose of the Order of the Arrow. He is a true servant leader and always has the best interest of the youth in mid. He always helps unite two separated groups to come to a common ground.

Over the years, Bruce has helped to build Orca Lodge, and encouraged many others to become involved at the Section and National levels. Bruce has served on staff at many NOACs, NLS, and NLATS (too many to list). In his role at the Region, Bruce has helped to bring the concerns of small Lodges to the attention of the Region, and I think that smaller Lodges feel more connected to the Section/Region and National programs than they have in the past.

Bruce was instrumental in helping give leadership to unique National level programs. ArrowCorps5 in 2008 at Shasta-Trinity. This program provided great service to the National Forrest, and the Pacific Crest Trail. These trails improvements will be seen for decades to come. In 2011, Bruce again helped give leadership to the SummitCorps program near the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. This helped lay the groundwork for great community involvement in the National Jamboree just two years later.

In his roles at the Section and National levels, he has influenced many Arrowmen who have gone on to various Region and National officer positions, and one who has gone on to become the next National Director of the Order of the Arrow.