Commendation Award
The Commendation Award gives international recognition to Society members for service to their chapter or council of chapters.
Criteria:
- All Society members are eligible for consideration except members who have received a Fellow Award within the past five years.
- The activity for which the individual is recognized should be in line with the Society's objectives, growth, and activities.
- The nominee shall have served as a committee member, or as a chapter officer, or in another capacity, and shall have been instrumental, in an exceptional way, in the development or implementation of a chapter.
- The activity should have required exceptional time or effort.
- The nominee's activity shall have been accomplished recently; does not necessarily have to be a long, sustained project; and may have been done over a period of less than a year.
- There is no limit to the number of times the Commendation Award may be given to an individual or on the time span between Commendations.
Nomination Procedure:
- Each Society chapter or council of chapters, each parent Society officer, and each Society board member may nominate no more than one member each year.
- Supporting material should detail the specific accomplishments the nominee has made to the chapter or council of chapters.
Award nominations may be submitted by email to: awards@swcs.org. You may also submit Award nominations by U.S. Postal Service (1 copy only) to: SWCS-Awards, 945 SW Ankeny Rd., Ankeny, IA 50023. All nominations must be received on or before February 12. Both forms of submission will receive a confirmation or receipt. Late nominations will not be considered.
Selection:
- Regional members of the Awards Committee will recommend approval or disapproval of all nominations in their respective regions. Recommendations will be presented to the Board of Directors for final approval.
