Award Nominations

The following online forms (Click on Award) are to be used to submit nominations for lodge and national awards. Click on Previous Honorees to view recipients. Award nominations are due by the end of the Section W6W Conclave of each calendar year and will be submitted to the Lodge Adviser.

Lodge Awards

Ala Award
​(Previous Honorees)
The Ala Award is a local Lodge award given out each year. It is awarded for outstanding and dedicated service provided to the Lodge or Chapter over a number of years. At the discretion of the awards committee, the Ala Award is presented to deserving youth and adult Arrowmen each year.
Tomahawk Award
​(Previous Honorees)
The Tomahawk Award is a local Lodge award. It is awarded to the person who is thought to have excelled during the year in the promotion of our Las Vegas Area Council camps. Only one Tomahawk Award may be presented each year.
Ben Karlsen, Sr Service Award
​(Previous Honorees)
The Ben Karlsen, Sr. Service Award is not intended to be an annual award, but rather a special award intended to recognize an individual for service to Nebagamon Lodge above and beyond what would be expected of an Arrowman, for an extended period of time. At the discretion of the awards committee, one award may be presented each year.

National Awards

Vigil Honor
The Vigil Honor is a high mark of distinction and recognition reserved for those Arrowmen who, by reason of exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, have made distinguished contributions beyond the immediate responsibilities of their position of office to one or more of the following:
  • Lodge
  • Order of the Arrow
  • Scouting community
  • Scout Camp
Under no circumstances should tenure in Scouting or the Order of the Arrow be considered as reason enough for a Vigil Honor recommendation.
Founder's Award
(Previous Recipients)
Introduced at the 1981 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the Founder's Award recognizes Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates that he or she personifies the spirit of selfless service, as advocated by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson.

The award is a handsome bronze medallion bearing the likenesses of E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson, with a wooden base and a brass plate suitable for engraving.  Available for uniform wear is a gold-colored arrow suspended from a red ribbon.