The Founders Award is the highest National award that a local lodge can bestow upon its members. 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. A maximum of two awards per year can be awarded by the local lodge.
Between 1981 and today, a number of members from Yerba Buena Lodge or our Legacy Lodges have been honored with the Founders Award. Below is the list of Founders Award recipients that have received the award in our council.
| YEAR | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | LODGE | COUNCIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Steve | Kline | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1981 | William (Bill) | Lewis | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1982 | David | Jonas | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1982 | Don | Wilkinson | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1985 | Shepherd | Hendrix | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1985 | Scott | Rowe | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1986 | Emerson | Chin | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1986 | Lew | Gardner | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1986 | Richard | Kemink | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1986 | Steven | Sinclair | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1987 | William (Bill) | Alexander | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1987 | Cameron | Fraser | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1987 | Jeff | Kirk | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1987 | Craig | Leighty | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1988 | Letcher | Barnes | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1988 | Mark | Clevenger | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1988 | Tom | Preston | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1988 | Tom | Weibert | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1989 | Jim | Carpenter | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1989 | Eric | Clevenger | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1989 | Darryl | Kinsley | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1989 | Norman | Roy | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1990 | Dennis | Hunt | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1990 | Michael | Wnuk | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1991 | Jack | Borde | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1991 | Shawn | Crossley | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo |
| 1992 | David | Mitroff | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1992 | Don | Scott | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1993 | Paul | Chandler | Swegedaigea | Silverado |
| 1993 | Garth | Merrill | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1993 | David | Miller | Oo Yum Buli | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1993 | William (Bill) | Parker | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1993 | Orrin | Schackleford | Swegedaigea | Silverado |
| 1994 | Clint | Collier | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1994 | Rich | Graham | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1994 | Sterling | Nichols | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1994 | Jack | Wynton | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1995 | Jeremy | Davis | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1995 | Charles | Gillingham | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1995 | Gregg | Lindsley | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1995 | Bob | Risser | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1996 | George | Fosselius | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1996 | Ron | Goodman | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1996 | David | Ricketts | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1997 | John | Ricketts | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1997 | Brian | Williams | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1997 | Rob | Wong | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1997 | Leonard | Zavertnik | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1998 | Randel | Alvey | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1998 | Ryan | Fernandez | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1998 | Jim | Smith | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1998 | Douglas | Williams | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1999 | Neil | Miller | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 1999 | Dominic | Pascucci | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 1999 | Charles | Skelton | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2000 | Robert | Dolnoki | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2000 | Cleavon | Evans | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2000 | Thomas | Gracia | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2000 | Matt | Griffis | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2001 | Bryan | Harris | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2001 | Charles | Hoffman | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2001 | Nina | Lemmer | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2001 | Charles | Watson | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2002 | Claude | Brooke | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2002 | Marion | Rice | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2002 | Scott | Simpson | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2002 | Arthur | Swanson-Hilmoe | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2003 | Phil | Abreu | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2003 | Barbara | Ericksen | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2003 | Russell | Lockwood | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2003 | Dennis | Mecham | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2004 | Chris | Bieschke | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2004 | Jason | Newton | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2004 | Walter | Young | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2005 | David | Brown | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2005 | Brian | Chalmers | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2005 | Warren | Chan | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2005 | Steve | Young | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2006 | Jack | Acton | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2006 | Mike | Connelly | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2006 | Daniel | Salet | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2007 | Liz | Brandon | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2007 | Daniel | Gallegos | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2007 | Ed | Jordan | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2007 | Justin | Riordan | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2008 | Patrick | Boileau | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2008 | Kari | Costa | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2008 | Anthony | Villa | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2008 | Nathan | Young | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2009 | Jason | Costa | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2009 | Yvonne | Watson | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2009 | Jeffrey | Weber | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2010 | Elizabeth | Boileau | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2010 | Dylan | Cliché | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2010 | Jason Jr. | Edgar | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2010 | Peter | Young | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2011 | Harry | Clyde | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2011 | Jacque | Douglas | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2011 | Joe | Rosenthal | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2012 | Michael | Kintscher | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2012 | Hans | Mortimer | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2012 | Mark | Smith | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2013 | Mary | Chong | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2013 | Andrew | McBeth | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2014 | Zack | Crosley | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2014 | Roni | Karmaszin | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2015 | Vincent | Despain | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2015 | Ben | Sebastian | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2015 | Roy | Thomas | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2016 | Kyle | Berg | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2016 | William | Lew | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2016 | Adrian | Tsang | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2016 | Chris | Wikler | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2017 | Paul | Shimotake | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2017 | Mark | Stephenson | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2017 | John | Walton | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2017 | Andrew | Zucker | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2018 | Andrew | Divita | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2018 | Michael | Kean | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2018 | Rob | Santos | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2018 | Jason | Scruggs | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2019 | Nicholas | Monaghan | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2019 | Steven P. | Rodriguez | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2019 | Kyle | Van | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2019 | Michael | Young | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2020 | Melissa | Berg | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2020 | Wendy | LaBerge | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2020 | Eric | Parnell | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2020 | Aaron | Register | Achewon Nimat | SFBAC |
| 2020 | Declan | Tsuyuki | Ut-in Selica | Mt Diablo-Silv |
| 2021 | Wendy | Laberge | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2021 | Aditya | Sriram | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2022 | Lena | Dempsey | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2022 | Henry | Johnson | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2023 | Mark | Frey | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2023 | Jessica | Stevens | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2024 | Aaron | Carr-Elkaim | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2024 | Laura | Hoffman (Priest) | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
| 2025 | Yerba Buena | GGAC | ||
| 2025 | Yerba Buena | GGAC |
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