Your club can be among those celebrated as a Distinguished Club or Honor Club — thanks to the Annual Achievement Report. It’s a great way to capture and share the service and leadership activities of your Builders Club accomplished during the year while earning a Kiwanis International award. Download the Builders Club Award and Contest Guide to review the award rules, steps to completing the report and the report’s questions. 

A big part of preparing your club’s report is gathering examples of the year’s activities, including:  

  • Copies of one completed activity from each of the following: Builders Club Member and Officer Toolkit, Builders Club Advisor Toolkit and Builders Club Service Toolkit. 
  • Flyers, images, emails and announcements from the four types of service projects:  
    1. A fundraiser.  
    2. A donation drive or donation of money.
    3. An advocacy project (educating others about a cause). 
    4. A hands-on service project. 
  • A member recruitment flyer and list of committees.  
  • A meeting agenda showing that officers lead meetings or an image of an officer carrying out their responsibilities with a caption that explains it (e.g., “Secretary taking meeting notes”). 
  • A description of your club’s favorite service project, with an image from the project. 

Look at these examples of evidence submitted by clubs that earned the Distinguished Club Award last year!  

Using the Builders Club Advisor Toolkit (question 11): Muscatel Middle School Builders Club in California, U.S., shared this document that show how toolkit information was used during the first officer’s meeting of the year:

BC 1 Advisor Toolkit

Knowing Talents (question 12) shows “how members identified and used their talents in club activities.” Western Sky Middle School Builders Club in Arizona, U.S., submitted a document with images and an explanation of how members used artistic talents in club activities: 

Evidence of Learning – Doing Community Research (question 13) shows “members conducting age-appropriate research to learn about community needs and causes.” Lake Norman Charter Builders Club in North Carolina, U.S., shared a document that explained their members’ research:

BC 3 Learning research Lake Norman Charter School 

Evidence of Engaging – Connecting in the Community (question 15) shows “members in club activities outside the school/organization or evidence of the club hosting visitors from outside organizations.” Quezon National High School Builders Club in Calabarzon, Philippines, attached a document with images and an explanation of how members worked with another service organization: 

 

Evidence of Serving – Fundraising (question 17) “shows the club raised money for a cause through an event or fundraising activity.” Griffiths Middle School in California, U.S., uploaded a document with an image and a description of a fundraiser and the money the club raised: 

Evidence of Leading – Empowering (question 21) “shows that officers or committee chairs lead club meetings or activities.” Muscatel Middle School Builders Club in California, U.S., uploaded a document with an image and an explanation of how officers lead meetings: 

BC 6 Leading empowering Muscatel Middle School

Here are important tips as you gather examples for each question. 

  • Do not include a piece of evidence more than once. Each item can only be used ONCE in your club’s report. 
  • Do not include an image without an explanation unless the context is obvious. 
  • If you use an image that shows your club doing an activity featured in the K-Kids Service Guide, include an explanation with the name of the activity. 

Download a PDF of this article here to use as you work on your club’s report. If you or your members have any questions, please contact the Builders Club program staff at .