The International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians works to strengthen both Rotary and Scouting worldwide by engaging our members in support of both new and existing Scout units and Rotary Clubs.
Greetings From Our Officers:
President
PDG Mark Kriebel
1-607-727-2420
International Commissioner
PDG Brian Thiessen
1-925-837-3355
Video Prepared for RI Convention, District Conferences, and Area Meetings.
Welcome from IFSR World President PDG Mark Kriebel
Springtime brings much of the Rotary and Scouting world out of winter hibernation and gives us all the opportunity to reconnect in person through many planned Rotary events, including the Rotary Internation-al Convention.
We will again be hosting a booth in the House of Friendship at this year’s Convention in Singapore, and would like to invite you to all of you attending the Convention to both visit the booth and help in volun-teering to spend some time in the booth greeting our visitors and an-swering questions about Scouting and our Fellowship. If you can help us, please let us know by emailing Our Secretary Randy Seefeldt (IFSR@scoutingrotarians.org) and he’ll pass that information on to To-by Suzuki, our Asia Pacific Chair who is in charge of the booth. Thank you Toby for your service!
Beyond the Convention, there are many other opportunities to tell our Scouting Rotarian story on the Zone and District levels, at venues like our President Elect Training Seminars and our District Conferences. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that one of my District Rotarians, PDG Michael O’Brien from Hancock, NY, took the initiative and arranged to have the IFSR represented at both our Multi District PETS and Multi District Conference! Thanks for your efforts, Mike! Your Service Above Self will certainly raise awareness of the strong bond between Rotary and Scouting, and we look forward to seeing some pic-tures of the IFSR displays. I invite all our members to “be like Mike” and plan an IFSR display at YOUR Dis-trict Conference and/or PETS, if not this year then next year. Our IFSR Secretary Randy Seefeldt can sup-ply you with banners, literature and other resources at no cost to you.
I would also like to invite those annual members to consider an IFSR lifetime membership. The cost of our membership has not been raised in many years as prices have continued to rise. You will receive a beautiful newly designed tie or scarf as part of your membership, and avoid the inevitable membership price increase that will soon take place.
As always, we’re looking for new IFSR members, and also deserving individuals who have performed ex-traordinary service to Scouting and Rotary to receive the Cliff Dochterman award. After all, it’s YOU, our members, who make those award nominations and it’s YOU who also invites your Scouting Rotarian friends to join us in our Fellowship. We can’t do it without YOU.
In Scouting and Rotary, President Mark
IFSR Brochure and Membership Application
Membership in the
International
Fellowship of
Scouting Rotarians is
open to any Rotarian,
in any country, who
was formerly or is
presently a member
or supporter of any
(girl or boy) Scout or
Guide Association.
Spouses of members and Rotaractors may become
members.
Download and print the Membership ApplicationHERE and mail to the
address indicated.
The IFSR Brochure explains the IFSR and has a
membership application included. It can be downloaded HERE and printed. A version in Spanish can be downloaded HERE and printed. (Newsletters) (Supplies for Members)
Certificates Rotarians can Present for Scouting's
Highest Award
IFSR has full color recognition
certificates for your Rotary Club or
District to present to US and Canadian
Scouts and Guides that achieve their
association's highest award. This is a
great opportunity to not only recognize
a young man or woman for his/her
Outstanding Achievement, but to make
these prospective future Rotarians
aware of Rotary and its programs.
BSA: certificates for recipients of Eagle
Scout Award and the Sea Scout
Quartermaster Award
Girl Scouts USA: for recipients of the
Girl Scout Gold Award.
Scouts and Guides in Canada: for
recipients of the Chief Scout's Award
and the Queen's Venturer Award.
Girl Guides of Canada: for recipients of the Chief Commissioner's Gold Award.
Other Organizations: for any organization there is a certificate for recipients of
their highest award, the Outstanding Achievement Certificate. It can be used for
the Summit Award in Venturing, the Spurgeon Award in Exploring, and the
highest Awards in other Scout and Guide Associations. The IFSR encourages
Scouts and Girl Guides be recognized for outstanding achievement. These
certificates may be given to any Scout or Girl Guide who has attained one of the
pinnacles of Scouting. (Certificates)
Cliff Dochterman Award - Honoring Service To Scouting
This award for
Rotarians serving
Scouting is available
through the IFSR,
Executive Secretary.
The Award honors
former RI President
Cliff Dochterman, a
devoted scouter from
Moraga, California,
USA.
Cliff Dochterman
served as the President
of Rotary International
during 1992-93. His professional career in higher education administration
included 20 years at the University of California in Berkeley and 20 years at the
University of the Pacific.
The Cliff Dochterman Award, a bronze medallion hung from a gold and blue
ribbon, may be awarded by a local Rotary Club or District Governor to an active
Rotarian who has rendered exemplary service to scouting.
Information and a nomination form are available HERE as a PDF document
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), or from the IFSR-IAR Secretary at P.O. Box
19982, San Diego, CA 92159-0982, USA.
The Boy Scouts of America Relationships Committee has approved the wearing
of the BSA Community Service Knot by Dochterman Award recipients who are
members of the B.S.A.
It is with great pride and appreciation that the IFSR awards this recognition to
exemplary Rotarians and Scouters in the name of Dr. Clifford L. Dochterman.
IFSR Youth Service Award for Rotary Club Service to
Youth
The IFSR Youth Service Award is awarded to a Rotary Club that renders service in support of Scout
and/or Guide activities. This is not a Scouting award nor a Rotary award, but an
IFSR award and is
intended to reward
Rotary Clubs who
support local Scout
and/or Guide Units
and get it publicized
in the media and online. For examples of
what various Rotary
Clubs are doing.
The Chitungwiza
Rotary Club in
Zimbabwe received the IFSR Youth Service Award after they provided land for
the 1st Liahona Scout Group's nutrition garden. In the photo, District Governor
Douglas Katengo presented sun hats to the Scouts for when they work in their
nutrition garden.
Some other examples are:
Work together on a community service
project.
Perform a service project at a Scout or Guide
camp.
Form a partnership with a Scout and/or
Guide unit.
Make a Scout or Guide unit you work closely with an Interact unit. (more)
IFSR Community Service Award
The IFSR Community Service Award may be awarded by any Rotary Club to a Scout or Guide unit of their choice they wish to recognize for performing community service. The award may be given annually to any Scout or Guide unit by any Rotary Club. Recipients are selected by the Rotary Club.
This is not a Scouting award nor a Rotary award, but an IFSR award and is intended to permit Rotary Clubs to recognize Community Service performed by local Scout and/or Guide units.
To help Rotary Clubs create and print the award locally, this website has a fillable PDF version of the certificate which is easy to fill out:
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President
International Commissioner
Executive Secretary
Springtime brings much of the Rotary and Scouting world out of winter hibernation and gives us all the opportunity to reconnect in person through many planned Rotary events, including the Rotary Internation-al Convention.
IFSR Brochure and Membership Application 
IFSR has full color recognition
certificates for your Rotary Club or
District to present to US and Canadian
Scouts and Guides that achieve their
association's highest award. This is a
great opportunity to not only recognize
a young man or woman for his/her
Outstanding Achievement, but to make
these prospective future Rotarians
aware of Rotary and its programs.
This award for
Rotarians serving
Scouting is available
through the IFSR,
Executive Secretary.
The Award honors
former RI President
Cliff Dochterman, a
devoted scouter from
Moraga, California,
USA.
The IFSR Youth Service Award is awarded to a Rotary Club that renders service in support of Scout
and/or Guide activities. This is not a Scouting award nor a Rotary award, but an
IFSR award and is
intended to reward
Rotary Clubs who
support local Scout
and/or Guide Units
and get it publicized
in the media and online. For examples of
what various Rotary
Clubs are doing.
The IFSR Community Service Award may be awarded by any Rotary Club to a Scout or Guide unit of their choice they wish to recognize for performing community service. The award may be given annually to any Scout or Guide unit by any Rotary Club. Recipients are selected by the Rotary Club.