District Awards

The Objects of Rotary do not include winning or awarding prizes or awards. But service should be recognised. It is not about reward. It is about recognition for dedication, effort and making a difference: dedication to the ideal of Service Above Self; effort that members of Rotary Clubs expend to make a difference in their local or international communities; and making a difference by producing an investment in the future.

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District 9710 makes awards to Clubs, District Committees and to Individuals in the following Categories:

Project and Information Awards (Clubs Nominate)

  • Community Service Award
  • International Service Award
  • Vocational Service Award
  • Youth Service Award
  • Rotary Information Award
  • Family of Rotary Award
  • Club or District Committee Website Award 

Measured Awards(Only District Goals to be nominated by clubs)

  • Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
  • Rotary Foundation Award
  • District Conference Attendance
  • District Goals Award (Clubs nominate direct to Assistant Governors. See also section on District Goals in this Directory)

District Governor's Choice Awards (Only two require nominations from clubs)

  • Club Efficiency Award
  • Club Bulletin Award
  • Rotary-Rotaract Award
  • Excellence in Community Service Award (Clubs Nominate)
  • Vocational Excellence Award) (Clubs Nominate)
  • Key Rotarian Award

The deadline for submission of District award nominations is 15 May 2009.

Rotary International Awards

There are several awards which Rotary International has established to recognize the service of Rotarians and Clubs. Details of these awards are given here where eligibility requirements, nomination forms and nomination deadlines are listed.

Presidential Citation Award

One of the more important awards is The Presidential Citation for Clubs, and details for this are not only listed on the Rotary International Awards web site, but also as a flag to the Awards section of the District 9710 web site.

Nominations are due to be submitted by clubs to the Governor direct by 1st April 2009.

DISTRICT 9710 GOALS AWARD

To be eligible for the District Goals Award for 2009-10, a Club must achieve any one of the following goals:

  1. Charter an Interact Club
  2. Charter a Rotaract Club
  3. Sponsor a new Rotary Club
  4. Adopt a membership recruitment and retention plan AND, based on 1 July 2009 RI membership statistics, achieve a net increase in membership of 3 Rotarians or 20%, whichever is the greater
  5. An additional member of your Club becomes a member of the Paul Harris Society
  6. At least 90% of your members are sustaining donors to the Foundation
  7. Apply for a matching grant where you've not done so in the past five years
  8. Participate in a RAWCS project where it is a new project you've not previously supported
  9. Apply for and receive a 3H Grant
  10. Have participated as a Club in a Club Visioning Facilitation process; or have updated a previous one