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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: sueann.lynes@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 December 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.
Commendation Application form
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