Heart of the West District

Awards Program

Heart of the West District

Annual Awards (patches)

  • Outstanding Service to People with Disabilities
  • Outstanding Community Service Project
  • Outstanding Civitan Awareness Project
  • Outstanding Youth Project
  • Outstanding Club Bulletin
  • Outstanding Web Site
  • Total Service to People with Disabilities*
  • Total Community Service*
  • Total Civitan Awareness*
  • Total Youth Projects*
  • Total Fund Raising*
  • Outstanding Fund Raising under $5000*
  • Outstanding Fund Raising over $5000*
  • Outstanding Interclub Project*
  • Outstanding New Project of the Year for each area
  • Youth
  • Service to People with Disabilities
  • Community Service
  • Fund Raising
  • Civitan Awareness
  • Outstanding Club President – small and large (for October 1 – September 30) – plaque and patch
  • Outstanding Club of the Year – small and large – patch
  • New Club of the Year - patch
  • Outstanding Scrapbook

*Denotes must use HOTW Forms otherwise Civitan International Forms are used.

DISTRICT AWARDS INSTRUCTIONS

You may submit a maximum of two (2)projects in each of the individual award categories.Use the Civitan International forms for both projects.

Please note that a project can be used in just one area:New, Community Service, Service to People with Disabilities, Youth, Civitan Awareness, Fund Raising under $5,000.00 or Fund Raising over $5,000.00.

District has awards for New Projects, so put “New Project” on any new individual award form and fund raising projects, to have them judged as a new project.

District will give awards for Total projects in each area, so list all the projects in each category and on a second page give a short description of each of them.

District Awards to be Given at the

ANNAUL HEART of THE WEST CONVENTION

Individual awards:

  • District Honor Key (2 for 2015-2016 year)
  • Governor Honor Key – one and plaque (2015-2016)
  • District Civitan of the Year – plaque (2015-2016)
  • District Secretary – plaque (2015-2016)
  • District Treasurer – plaque (2015-2016)
  • Outstanding Area Director – (2015-2016) – plaque and patch

You will need to send your HOTW awards packet to:

Teresa Wakeman

562 Euclid Ave

Pocatello, Idaho 83201

to arrive no later than December 1.

OR you may email them in a PDF Format to me .

NO EXCEPTIONS.

Keep a copy for the club.

I will make copies for the Awards committee.

Club President of the Year

This award shall be bestowed by the Awards Committee on the President of a Club in Good Standing who best exemplifies the three major purposes of Civitan: Service, Knowledge and Fellowship. Each club is encouraged to submit letters to the District Governor to be received by Dec. 1. The award shall consist of a plaque for the recipient and a banner patch for the club.

Applications must be typewritten or computer printed and a maximum of three (3) pages. Criteria shall be:

1. Service contributions of the nominee50 points

A. Leadership to the club.

B. Participation in at least 80% of service projects of the club.

C. Participation in at least 80% of the fund-raising activities of the club.

D. Attendance at the club meetings.

E. Recruited one or more new Civitans into the club.

2. Knowledge of Civitan, with an emphasis on areas in which the nominee is knowledgeable in the ways of Civitan and how the nominee imparted and used that knowledge to the benefits of Civitan. 20 points

3. Fellowship, with emphasis on fellowship activities in Civitan.30 points

A. Participation in social functions and other activities of the club.

B. Participation in District and International functions, such as Area Meetings, Conventions and committees.

C. Other activities of the nominee exemplifying fellowship within the club and outside the club, including visiting other clubs and other activities of the nominee.

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