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/Honor Club

Award criteria: Annual Achievement Report

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 a Distinguished Club

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.

Submit: Annual Achievement Report (Due June 10)

Distinguished Club Officers

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

There is no limit to which club officers can be selected per district. Any member, fellow club officer, club advisor or district administrator may nominate a club officer. (Club officers may not nominate themselves.)
Names of award recipients are posted on the Builders Club website, announced in the Builders Club monthly e-newsletter, and shared through Builders Club official media channels.
Nominating is easy! Just complete this online form by May 1. Then stay tuned to hear the announcement of winners during the month of May.
Read the Distinguished Club Officers award criteria before getting started to ensure your nomination is eligible for recognition.

Award criteria

Any Builders Club officer in good standing in an active Builders Club is eligible to participate.
Submissions must be completed through the Builders Club online Formstack submission form.
Users can each submit only ONE entry for consideration.
Distinguished Club Officer nominations must be submitted by Monday, May 1. Submissions uploaded after this time will not be considered.
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.
By submitting a nomination for Distinguished Club Officers, the honoree and everyone involved with the nomination agrees to the use of the honoree’s name, voice, likeness and photo/video submission in any advertising or promotion without compensation.
Kiwanis International employees, their licensees, associates, affiliates, subsidiaries, exhibitors or their immediate family member and/or those living in the same household are not eligible for this award.
By participating in this award nomination, entrants agree to be bound by the official award criteria.

Nominate: Distinguished Club Officer (Due May 1)

Distinguished Club Advisors

Has your club advisor gone “above and beyond” to serve your club? Club members can nominate club advisors for the Distinguished Advisor award!

Award information

There is no limit to which club advisors can be selected per district. Any member, club officer, fellow club advisor or district administrator can nominate a club advisor. (Club advisors may not nominate themselves.)
Names of award recipients will be posted on the Builders Club website, announced in the Builders Club monthly e-newsletter, and shared on the official Builders Club social media channels.
Nominating is easy! Just complete this online form by May 1. Then stay tuned to hear the announcement of the recipients.
Read the Distinguished Advisors award criteria before submitting your nomination to ensure your honoree is eligible for recognition.

Award criteria

Any Builders Club advisor in good standing in an active Builders Club is eligible.
Submissions must include content identified in the online nomination form. Videos, photos and files about subjects other than what is posted in the rules are not eligible and will not be judged
Submissions must be completed through the Builders Club online Formstack form. Other methods of submission will not be considered.
Users can each submit only ONE entry for consideration.
Distinguished Advisor nominations must be submitted by Monday, May 1. Submissions uploaded after this time will not be considered.
Distinguished Advisor recipients will be posted on the Builders Club website and announced via the official Builders Club monthly e-newsletter and on social media channels.
Those nominating a Distinguished Advisor, the honoree and everyone involved agrees to the use the honoree’s name, voice, likeness and photo/video submission in any advertising or promotion without compensation.
Kiwanis International employees, their licensees, associates, affiliates, subsidiaries, exhibitors or their immediate family member and/or those living in the same household are not eligible for this award.
By participating in this award nomination, entrants agree to be bound by the official award criteria.

Nominate: Distinguished Club Advisor (Due May 1)

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 criteria

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.

Submit: Single Service Award (Due June 10)

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.