Takhone Lodge has 4 awards it bestows upon both youth and adults. These Awards are the James E. West Fellowship, The Founder’s Award, The Lodge Service Award, The Red Paddle, and The WWW Awards.

Founder’s Award

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.

Currently, Takhone lodge may petition the national Order of the Arrow committee to present up to four awards annually.  If the lodge presents more than one award, at least one must be awarded to a youth under the age of 21.

 

Takhone Lodge Recipients
2019 Andrew Jensen Michael Kohler Zach Nelson Timothy Reiss
2020 Nancy Bayus Curtis Propst Tyler Youngdal
2021 Eli Levsky John Salata Sam Sobczak Darlene Propst

James E West Fellowship

The James E. West Fellowship is designed to recognize gifts of $1,000 or more to the
local council’s endowment fund. Takhone Lodge donates each year in the name of up to four who have shown unselfish service and gone above and beyond the regular call of service to the lodge

The award is a certificate suitable for framing along with a bronze lapel pin for civilian wear. For uniform wear, there is a green and yellow square knot with a red border

 

Takhone Lodge Recipients
2019 Andrew Gaughan Alex Guban Tyler Youngdahl
2020 John Salata Darlene Propst Chase Tabor Matthew Gerber
2021 Daniel Crnokrak Michael Magruder Pat Wilson

Lodge Service Award

The purpose of the Lodge Service Award is to recognize an Arrowman’s achievements in different aspects of the Lodge. This award recognizes an Arrowman’s contribution to the following aspects of the Lodge: Lodge Office, Chapter Office, Lodge Executive Committee, Ceremonies, and Inductions. Upon completion of requirements the first time, the Arrowman will receive the Limited Edition Lodge Service Award flap at the next major lodge event and will receive the certificate and medal at the next Winter Banquet.

After earning the award, if an Arrowman completes 8 of the categories listed in requirement 6, they will receive a special paddle pin to go over the paddle on the lodge flap on their uniform.

How to Receive the Award

An Arrowman must turn in the form with all signatures at any time of the year to either The Lodge Adviser (lodgeadviser@oa7.org) or Turned in at oa7.org/lodge-service-award. All forms for the year need to be turned in 2 weeks before the annual Lodge winter banquet in order to be properly recognized.

All requirements must have been completed after January 1st, 2020.

2020 Recipients

Michael Goodall ∙ Kirstin Grzonka ∙ Michael Magruder ∙ Zach Nelson ∙ Curtis Propst
Tim Reiss ∙ Sam Sobczak ∙ Brian Schaeffer ∙ Cathlynn Peters ∙ Tim Weithers

2021 Recipients

Wyatt Anderson ∙ Matthew Gerber ∙ Davu Hemphill-Smith ∙ John Laitar
Eli Levsky ∙ Brian Schaeffer ∙ Tim Weithers ∙ Adrienne Winiecki

Red Paddle Award

 

Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui Awards

The purpose of these awards is to recognize Arrowmen who live and have exemplified in their actions in their life and their actions in one of the three founding ideals of our Order.

There are three separate awards:

 

Wimachtendienk – Blue

The Wimatchendienk Award, given by the lodge, is bestowed to arrowmen in recognition of those who show Brotherhood in their daily life and all that they do.

Wimachtendienk Award Recipients
2020 Michael Goodall Danny Kalish Seth Smith
2021 Wyatt Anderson Ben Marshall Adrienne Winiecki

 

Wingolauchsik- Yellow

The Wimatchendienk Award, given by the lodge, is bestowed to arrowmen in recognition of those who show Cheerfulness in their daily life and all that they do.

 

Wingolauchsik Award Recipients
2020 Benny Kearns Carmen Trapani Sai Venkatakrishnan
2021 Davu Hemphill-Smith Saul Cordero

 

Witahemui- Green

The Witahemui Award, given by the lodge, is bestowed to arrowmen in recognition of those who show Service in their daily life and all that they do.

Witahemui Award Recipients
2020 Ben Marshall Zach Stimach Hunter Tabor
2021 Scotty Conley Petek Arikan-Demertis

 

Each recipient also receives a certificate that suitable for framing.

 

To nominate an Arrowmen to receive one of the WWW Awards fill out the form below and submit it to the Lodge Adviser at lodgeadviser(at)oa7.org two weeks prior to the Winter Banquet.