Arrowhead District Recognition Event

District Award Nominations

Due by February 14, 2025

Once a year, the Arrowhead District recognizes outstanding adult volunteers who help make our district successful at the district dinner. All Scouters are encouraged to nominate fellow Scouters who have served our district and communities youth above and beyond the call of duty. Awards are presented at the annual District Dinner.

Nomination Form

Arrowhead Award

The Arrowhead Award is presented to Scouters who have rendered noteworthy service to the youth of Arrowhead District and should have contributed some service to youth in the community outside of Scouting. The service may consist of either a single action that affected a large group of youth in Scouting or service to a small group of youth for an extended period of time. Earning Scouter awards, knots and keys, as well as training, are taken into consideration, as well as the nominee’s attitude toward and cooperation with district and council.

The Arrowhead Award is presented to Scouters who have:

• Provided outstanding support in our district or to a unit in our district
• Have rendered noteworthy service to our district and or council
• Actively participates in training and earning Scouter awards, knots or keys
• Is considered to be a positive role model for other leaders and youth

In 2009, Tomahawk and North Star Districts were a part of Tomahawk District.
In 2018, Tatanka and North Star merged into Arrowhead District.

Family of the Year Award

The family is an important part of Scouting. Family support for each youth is vital to his or her success in Scouting. Those parents who volunteer as leaders are a vital support for other kids, as well as their own. The extra effort that parents put forth as leaders, in addition to their family responsibilities, deserve to be recognized. But when the whole family is involved in Scouting, they deserve recognition all the more. The Family of the Year award is a way to honor these families by selecting, from those nominated, the family whose work as a team in Scouting has made the greatest difference in our community.  The Arrowhead District Shining Star Award is presented to Scouters who have:

• Provided outstanding support in our district or to a unit in our district
• Have rendered noteworthy service to our district and or council
• Actively participates in training and earning Scouter awards, knots or keys
• Is considered to be a positive role model for other leaders and youth

Scouters in the Arrowhead District are eligible and may be nominated by any registered Scouter.

Partners in Scouting Award

Our Scouts and Scout units rely on support from our community to provide a successful program. Their contributions of time, manpower, facilities, and funding often are behind the scenes. These people, businesses, organizations, and groups provide support and encouragement for our Scouts and Scouters.  The Arrowhead District Partner in Scouting Award is presented to those people, businesses, organizations and groups that:

• Supports Scouting in the community and the Arrowhead District
• Cooperates with the district and council
• Causes greater comprehension in the use of Scouting within the community 

Chartered Partner of the Year

The purpose of the Chartered Partner of the Year is to encourage excellence in relationships between chartered partners and the council, to provide examples of excellence in relationships from which others may learn, and to create an annual recognition providing visibility for recipients of the award. Nominees are from religious bodies, educational groups, civic/service/fraternal associations, business/industry/labor, and military/veterans’ organizations. Nominees must charter a unit(s) within the Sam Houston Area Council boundaries. The chartered partner should demonstrate outstanding or distinctive relationships beyond the normal expectation; provide noteworthy service to youth, contributing to increased youth participation; cooperates with the district and/or council; involve the instructional head in the selection of quality unit leadership; and cause a greater comprehension in the use of Scouting within the community organization. The Arrowhead District Chartered Partner of the Year Award is presented to those organizations that:

• Demonstrate outstanding or distinctive relationships beyond the normal expectation
• Provide noteworthy service to youth contributing to increased youth participation
• Cooperates with the district and council
• Helps select and recruits quality unit leadership
• ​Causes greater comprehension in the use of Scouting within the community​ 

District Award of Merit

The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts in the same manner that the Silver Beaver is a national award presented by councils. The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level. The award is made available annually on the basis of one for every 25 traditional units or fraction thereof. The district need not present all the awards to which it is entitled each year. It is not appropriate to nominate a Scouter who has already received this award. A professional Scouter or council employee may not receive this award based on employment service. However, a professional Scouter or employee who also serves as a volunteer Scouter may be eligible, based on volunteer service. Requirements:

1. A nominee must be a registered Scouter.
2. A nominee must have rendered noteworthy service to youth in Scouting, outside Scouting, or both.
3. Note: The nature and value of “noteworthy service to youth” may consist of a single plan or decisions that contributed vitally to the lives of large numbers of youth or it may have been given to a small group over an extended period of time.
4. Consideration must be given to the nominee’s Scouting position and the corresponding opportunity to render outstanding service beyond the expectations of that Scouting position.
5. The nominee’s attitude toward and cooperation with the district and/or council is to be taken into consideration.
6. Nominations cannot be considered for posthumous awards