For Outstanding Service by an Individual to IFSR or Scouting
The IFSR Silver Wheel Award has been reserved for those with outstanding international service to IFSR/Scouting/Guiding.
The IFSR Silver Wheel Award is awarded for exceptional and exemplary service in support of IFSR international activities or Scouting / Guiding Movement international activities. Individuals may nominate a recipient for this award.
Nominations for this Award may be forwarded to the IFSR Executive Secretary for action.
After submission, the nomination is considered by the IFSR International Awards Committee. If approved, the nominator with be notified and appropriate arrangements made for presentation of the award.
On November 11, 2011, Jack Mayo (center) received IFSR's Silver Wheel Award from former RI President, Eagle Scout, and devoted Scouter Cliff Dochterman (left), and IFSR President Brian Thiessen (right). The occasion was a dinner for the Cliff Dochterman Red Coat Endowment to the Permanent Fund of the Rotary Foundation. Several years earlier, Jack received the Cliff Dochterman Award from IFSR President Bud Allison.
The IFSR Youth Service Award may
be awarded to any Rotary Club that renders
service in support of Scout and/or Guide activities. The
awards may be given annually by the IFSR Webmaster. Recipients are selected from articles posted in media and on-line. Such articles may be brought to the attention of the IFSR webmaster.
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 on-line. For examples of what various Rotary Clubs are doing, open the Rotary Club links below. Some examples:
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
Recognize Scouts & Guides who attain the highest rank with IFSR Certificates.
To insure that the award is available worldwide in a timely manner, it is only distributed electronically. The recipient club will be notified of the award and given instructions on how to download and print the certificate. The award can be downloaded and printed by the club themselves or at a print center.
Ashby de la Zouch Rotary Club donated £5,000 to the 4th Ashby Scout group to help replenish the funds that had been used to renovate their new headquarters.
Ironton
Rotary Club was assisted by Boy Scout Troop 106 at their annual breakfast.
Scouts made sure people had drinks, cleaned up and put away tables at the end.
Mid
Argyll Rotary Club supported the 19th Argyll Scouts trip to Nepal to work on a
variety of humanitarian projects in two schools in Kathmandu impacted by the
2015 earthquake.
Pinerolo Rotary Club and the Pini x Pine Association
donated 65 different trees for the Pinerolo Scouts &ldquou;Thinking Day” which the Scout
planted to for the Rotary Forest.
Rome
Rotary Club teamed up with Scout Pack 113 Cub Scouts to collect nearly 500 cans
of food in the Northwest Georgia Council Scouting For Food initiative for the Salvation
Army in Rome.
Rowan
Rotary Club and the United Way presented the first place Service Above Self
Youth Award to Scout Troop 4328 for offering the kinds of activities they
didn’t offer in Girls Scouts.
Simi
Sunrise Rotary Club purchased and placed the flags on the Simi Valley Welcome
Happy Face last weekend with help from Cub Scout Pack 3643 and Boy Scout Troop
1642.
Sleaford
Kesteven Rotary Club presented a Children of Courage Award to 3rd
Sleaford Scout Ellie, age 9, for making breakfast for little brother and drawing
picture for her mom who is hospitalized.
Wellington
Rotary Club’s Cub Scout Pack 125 organized two Charitable Initiatives, Scouting
for Food (collecting 546 pounds) and Toys for Tots (shown above) to help those
in need.
Yadkin
Valley Rotary Club participated in the Old Hickory County Boy Scouts of
America Scouting For Food Drive to collect food for local food banks throughout
the region.
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:
Dublin Fingal Rotary Club presents IFSR Award to Scout Group
When Rush Tidy Towns group created the project to beautify the Ros Eo Wall with murals, the Rush 38 Scout Group signed on to create a mural. The mural was over 3 meters on a side.
The IFSR Community Service Award is an award presented by Rotary Clubs to Scout and Guide units 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. For more information on this award go to IFSR Community Service Award.
Eccles Rotary Club presents IFSR Award to Guide Group
Christmas is always special in Eccles, but the Eccles Rotary club makes it even more special. On November 15, the Club started its 4 week Christmas celebration in Eccles. It included Santa's Grotto in The Mall in Eccles Shopping Centre where every child that visited received a free Christmas book donated by the Eccles Rotary Club and the parents received mulled apple juice. They also featured free photos with Father Christmas.
IFSR member Rosemary Boardman of the Eccles Rotary Club reports that "On January 25th 2016 the Rotary Club of Eccles ( District 1285) presented to 1st Patricroft Guide Company an IFSR Community Service Award to recognise their help over Christmas 2015 with manning the Father Christmas Grotto in the town centre over the 4 weeks ( during dreadful weather) and helping to distribute books free of charge to local children as Christmas gifts from Rotary."
The IFSR Community Service Award is an award presented by Rotary Clubs to Scout and Guide units 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. For more information on this award go to IFSR Community Service Award.
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