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Forms


The Order of the Arrow has several forms used in carrying out the OA program. All of the forms are available online, and many forms include fields to allow users to fill them out via computer.

NOTE: If you are using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari, the built-in PDF viewer in the browser may not be able to open some forms. These forms must be opened in Adobe Reader.

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Unit

Unit of Excellence Award Information (5/2019)
The Order of the Arrow Unit of Excellence Award seeks to identify those units, and the leaders within them, who excel at incorporating the OA into their annual planning. This award is intended to provide a tool for lodges to recognize, incentivize, and operationalize unit-level participation in Order of the Arrow programs.

Unit of Excellence Patch Award Form (6/2014)
Unit of Excellence Award Patch order form for youth and adult.

Unit of Excellence Lodge Ribbon Order Form (12/2013)
Unit of Excellence Lodge Ribbon Order Form

Unit of Excellence Scoutmaster of Excellence Award Certificate (12/2013)
Scoutmaster of Excellence Award certificate to be presented to Scoutmasters earning the Unit of Excellence Award.


Lodge

2020 OA Lodge Performance Measurement Program (PMP) (05/2020) – Info
This PDF contains the information to help you understand the criteria and exactly what data will be used to determine the High Performing and Thriving levels of performance.

2019 OA Lodge Performance Measurement Program (PMP) (09/2019) – Info
This PDF contains the information to help you understand the criteria and exactly what data will be used to determine the High Performing and Thriving levels of performance.

Founder's Award Petition (10/2020) – Info
NOTE: This form must be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes fields to allow users to fill out and save the document via computer.

Ceremony Medals Order Form (6/2020) - This order form may only be filled out by the OA Lodge Staff Adviser or Scout Executive in each Lodge. Medals will be mailed to your Council Service Center, OA Lodge Staff Adviser. Councils will be billed directly for this order.

E. Urner Goodman Camping Award PetitionInfo
The application process for this award is handled through the charter renewal wizard within OA LodgeMaster. Specific questions are asked to gather information, and award determination is made after the beginning of each year.

Innovation AwardInfo
The application process for this award is handled through the charter renewal wizard within OA LodgeMaster. Specific questions are asked to gather information, and award determination is made after the beginning of each year.

National Service Award PetitionInfo
The application process for this award is handled through the charter renewal wizard within OA LodgeMaster. Specific questions are asked to gather information, and award determination is made after the beginning of each year.

Service Grant Application – Info
We unfortunately will not be offering the OA service grant at this time. We hope to resume this program at a later date.

Vigil Honor Petition (10/2020) – Info
NOTE: This form must be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes fields to allow users to fill out and save the document via computer.

OA Induction Card Order Form (10/2020)
Recognize your newly inducted OA members with a permanent induction card. All proceeds from the sale of these cards will benefit the Order of the Arrow Endowment.

Election Forms Packet (5/2019)
This packet contains three forms that are designed to be reproduced by lodges and distributed for use at unit elections conducted by lodge and chapter unit elections teams. These forms are the Unit Election Report, Unit Election Evaluation Form, and Adult Candidate Nomination Form.

Lodge Leadership Development (LLD) Patches (10/2018)
With the implementation of the new LLD, the national office will no longer be selling LLD patches. A new prototype will soon be available online for lodges to download. The generic patch may be used as is, or a lodge may customize the patch or design their own patch. For your convenience, the BSA maintains a listing of BSA licensed providers.


Section Forms

Section Conclave Report (Online Form)

2020 Section Performance Measurement Program (09/2019) – Info
This PDF contains the information to help you understand the criteria and exactly what data will be used to determine the High Performing and Thriving levels of performance.


Section and Lodge Forms

2021 National Officer Request Form (Opens in new window)
Complete the online form indicating which officers you would like to request, and fill out all required fields.
Remember to click "Submit" at the bottom of the form. You will receive a reply from the staff once the visit has been approved.


Individual Nomination & Petition Forms

New Submission Process:

We are pleased to announce that we have opened an online portal for DSA and Red Arrow nominations! The portal can be accessed at forms.oa-bsa.org.  We are STRONGLY encouraging all nominators to use the online submission portal.  While the traditional paper forms (found above) can still be used, they must be submitted to the national office by the same deadlines as above.  A few notes:

  • To access the portal, you will need to sign into the portal with your ArrowID.  If you don’t have an account, you may create one as you log in.
  • Once you are signed into the portal, you will be able to create the nomination and submit all the biographical information online.
  • There is the opportunity to upload one letter of support for the nomination.  This is outside of the justification for the nomination that you complete online.
  • You must upload the council signature page, available for download within the portal.  This should be completed by obtaining all signatures required from your local council, then uploading a single signature page.
  • You will no longer need to send nominations for region approval as it has been done in the past.  The region chairs will do their approval process on the portal, alleviating the need to get the forms to the region chair and submitted prior to the deadline.
  • The portal will close at 1/31/24 at 5 PM CST.

Distinguished Service Award (DSA) Nomination Form (10/2020) – Info
Includes fields to allow users to fill out and save the document via computer.

Red Arrow Award Nomination Form (4/2020) – Info
Includes fields to allow users to fill out and save the document via computer.


Individual Forms (other)

2020 National Election Candidate Form for 2020-2021 Office (10/2020)
Includes fields to allow users to fill out and save the document via computer.
Candidate forms must be received by November 30, 2020.
The national election will be held at the National Planning Meeting on December 27-30, 2020.

Josh Sain Memorial Scholarship Form (6/2015) – Info
Includes fields to allow users to fill out the document via computer.


National BSA forms

The national BSA web site has several official forms available on its forms page.

Note, this national BSA forms page is not part of the National OA web site, and is not maintained by the OA website staff.