2022-2023 Awards and Recognition

Heighten members’ leadership experience – while adding more fun to the year. Participate in one or all of the following club and member recognition opportunities. Learn how to engage club members in collecting great information for awards and recognition opportunities by reviewing this helpful PowerPoint presentation.

Distinguished Club / Honor Club Recognition

Award information

Builders Club members can complete the Annual Achievement Report online with the help of their faculty advisor. This self-scoring report shares activities the club needs to conduct to receive recognition. In fact, think of this report as a guide to what your Builders Club should achieve every year.
Reviewing the Annual Achievement Report at the beginning of the year ensures that the club accomplishes all the requirements to achieve recognition.
Reports are due June 10 and depending on the number of points earned, the club will be honored as a Distinguished Club or an Honor Club.
Faculty advisors of qualifying clubs will receive an email with confirmation of recognition and a link to download a digital badge to display on the school/club website, as well as social media graphics to promote the club’s achievement online.
Point totals: 15 points or more = Distinguished Club, 10 – 14 points = Honor Club

The benefits of being recognized

Recognition makes members proud and shows others how successful the club has been throughout the year.
It’s an opportunity to share great news about club accomplishments—particularly with the school, the district and sponsoring clubs. Others will want to celebrate with you, and they might even bestow recognition of their own!
It might inspire others to start new Builders Clubs. By sharing the good work of your club members, your club can help grow the Builders Club program all over the world.

Submission form: Annual Achievement Report

Distinguished Club Officer Recognition

Have club officers gone “above and beyond” to serve the club? With the help of your Kiwanis or faculty advisor, you can nominate any club officer, whether president, vice president, secretary or treasurer for a Distinguished Club Officers award!

Award information

Distinguished Club Officer nominations must be submitted no later than Monday, May 1. Submissions uploaded after this time will not be considered.
Submissions must be completed through the Builders Club online Formstack submission form. Other methods of submission will not be considered.
A club officer must be nominated by any member, fellow club officer, club advisor or district administrator. Club officers may not nominate themselves. Nominators can submit only ONE entry for consideration.
Distinguished Club Officer recipients will be posted on the website and announced via the official Builders Club monthly e-newsletter and on social media channels. Club advisors and district administrators will be informed by email. Advisors will inform officers of their award.
Kiwanis International employees, their licensees, associates, affiliates, subsidiaries, exhibitors or their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household are not eligible.

Award criteria

Any Builders Club officer in good standing in an active Builders Club is eligible to be nominated.
A club officer must be nominated by any member, fellow club officer, club advisor or district administrator. Club officers may not nominate themselves.
A club officer must fulfill the responsibilities of their position, specifically stated in their officer guide and listed in the nomination form.
By submitting a nomination for Distinguished Club Officer, the honoree and their parent/guardian agrees to the use of the honoree’s name, voice, likeness and photo/video submission in any advertising or promotion without compensation.

Nomination form: Distinguished Club Officer

Distinguished Club Advisor Recognition

Do you know a club advisor who deserves to be recognize for their outstanding care, empowerment, and mentoring of club officers and members? Nominate them for Distinguished Club Advisor recognition. The nomination process is easy.

Award information

Distinguished Club Advisor nominations must be submitted no later than Monday, May 1. Submissions uploaded after this time will not be considered.
Submissions must be completed through the Builders Club online Formstack submission form. Other methods of submission will not be considered.
A club advisor must be nominated by a club member, officer, fellow advisor, district administrator, or community partner. Club advisors may not nominate themselves.
Nominators can submit only ONE entry for consideration.
There is no limit to how many club advisors are selected in each district.
Distinguished Club Advisor recipients will be posted on the website and announced via the official Builders Club monthly e-newsletter and on social media channels. Club advisors and their district administrators will be informed by email about their award.
Kiwanis International employees, their licensees, associates, affiliates, subsidiaries, exhibitors or their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household are not eligible for nomination.

Award criteria

Any Builders Club advisor in good standing in an active Builders Club is eligible.
A club advisor must be nominated by a club member, club officer, other club advisor, district administrator or community partner. Club advisors may not nominate themselves.
A club advisor must fulfill the responsibilities of their position, specifically stated in their advisor guide and listed in the nomination form.
By submitting a nomination for Distinguished Club Advisor, the honoree agrees to the use of their name, voice, likeness and photo/video submission in any advertising or promotion without compensation.

Nomination form: Distinguished Club Advisor

Single Service Award

Did your club plan and conduct an amazing service project within the school and/or community? Did it leave a lasting impact with club members and those served by the service conducted? If so, submit your project for recognition as a Single Service Award.

Award information

Active Builders Clubs in good standing are eligible to participate.
Submissions must be completed through the online Formstack Single Service Award submission form.
Users can each submit only ONE entry for consideration.
A qualifying club Single Service Project is defined as a club service project planned, organized and produced by the Builders Club that occurred on a single day or consecutive days, or must recur on multiple days and address the same service goal.
The club will be asked to upload a document sharing (7) areas of interest about the service project. This includes: 1. Service need, 2. Project plan, 3. Project implementation, 4. Final results, 5. Public awareness, 6. Member impact, 7. Additional information. An opportunity to upload photos and other supporting documents is also provided. Review award criteriaSingle Service Award Criteria to assist with award submission preparation.
Review Single Service Award criteria at the beginning of the year to ensure club members understand the importance of documenting each step of researching, planning, implementing and evaluating service.
Submissions are due June 10 and depending on the number of points earned, the club will be honored as a Single Service Award recipient.
Faculty advisors of qualifying clubs will receive an email with confirmation of recognition and a link to download a digital badge to display on the school/club website, as well as social media graphics to promote the club’s achievement online.
Single Service Award recipients will be announced in the monthly Builders Club e-newsletter and through Builders Club social media channels.

Submission form: Single Service Award

Congratulations to previous award recipients!

Award recognition will be forwarded to recipients by email the first week of June.

Watch for award announcements

Watch for announcements in the monthly Builders Club e-newsletter sent to advisors from August through May. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to see winning submissions and receive more updates.