Honoring Youth Who Earn
Scouting's Highest Ranks

Every Scout and Guide association one or more ranks or awards for those that reach a pinacle of Scouting.

The IFSR Certificates available to recognize these individuals are:

• IFSR preprinted certificates for the US & Canadian associations.
• IFSR a certificate you can print for other associations.
• Examples of certificate presentation programs.

Boy Scout of America
Girl Guides of Canada
Girl Scouts USA
& Scouts Canada
Award Certificates

IFSR has produced full color recognition certificates for your Rotary Club or District to present to U. S. and Canadian Scouts and Guides that achieve their association's highest award. What a great opportunity not only to recognize a young man or woman for his/her Outstanding Achievement, but to make these prospective future Rotarians aware of Rotary and its programs.

John Perotta presents an IFSR certificate to Eagle Scout Anthony Hayeck

For the Boy Scouts of America, certificates for recipients of the Boy Scout Eagle Scout Award and the Sea Scout Quartermaster Award are available.

For the Girl Scouts USA, the Girl Scout Gold Award recognition certificate is available.

There are also certificates for Scouts and Guides in Canada. For Scouts Canada certificates are available for recipients of both the Chief Scout's Award and the Queen's Venturer Award.

There is another certificate for recipients of the Girl Guides of Canada/Guides du Canada Chief Commissioner's Gold Award.

These outstanding youth would make great candidates for RYLA.

We encourage other National Scout Associations to contact us for developing an IFSR certificate which can be used to recognize Scouts in their associations as they attain the highest award for their program.

The awards available from IFSR are:

• Scouting BSA Eagle Award (order)
• Scouting BSA Quartermaster Award (order) new
• Girl Guides of Canada Chief Commissioner's Gold Award (order)
• GSUSA Gold Award (order)
• Scouts Canada Chief Scout's Award (order)
• Scouts Canada Queen's Venturer Award (order)

Below is an example of a Examples of Certificate Presentation Programs.

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Ordering Certificates

Individual certificates may be purchased for $2.50 each (plus $1.50 postage) or in quantities of 10 or more for $2.00 each or in quantities of 100 or more for $1.75 each from the IFSR Executive Secretary.

Use the order form Fillable PDF to order a supply for your club or district today. You may fill out the order online, but must then print it, sign for credit card or attach a check, and mail.

A Microsoft Word template for filling out the certificate is available for download HERE.

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IFSR Outstanding Achievement Certificate

For Local Rotary Clubs to Recognize Outstanding Achievement

Now we have a certificate that can be used for the Summit Award in the Scouting BSA's Venturing Program, the Spurgeon Award in Exploring, and the equivalent of Eagle Scout Award in other Scout and Guide Associations.  The IFSR encourages Scouts and Girl Guides be recognized for outstanding achievement. For those situations, the IFSR has the IFSR Outstanding Achievement Certificate which may be presented by any Rotary Club to a Scout or Girl Guide who has demonstrated such outstanding achievement. The certificate may be given to any Scout or Girl Guide who has attained one of the pinnacles of Scouting.

To help Rotary Clubs create and print the certificate locally, this website has a fillable PDF version of the certificate which is easy to fill out:

1) Open the form OutstandingAchievementCertificate.pdf

2) Enter the name of the Scout or Girl Guide

3) Enter the name of the Rotary Club (such as Metropolis Rotary Club)

4) Enter the date of the certifiate presentation

5) Then print the award or save and print at a print center.

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Certificate Presentation Programs

Rotary District 7510 has a program aimed at reaching Scouting units and Scouts in the five counties making up their district. The program centers on presenting certificates of accomplishment to young men who have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, and young women who have earned the Gold Award—the highest rank in Girl Scouting.

Individual Boy Scout troops and Girl Scout troops can request a presentation of the IFSR recognition to their highest achievers, at a public ceremony. A Rotarian presenter attends their recognition ceremony and provides them with a two-minute talk on the bond between Rotary and Scouting, and includes the option for photo opportunities for publication in follow-up news releases.

Hal Daume created a form which can be filled out to request an Eagle Scout or Gold Award Certificate presentation. He also created a cover letter for the certificates and separate Eagle Scout and Gold Award presentation scripts. He offers these for other districts who can modify them for their own use.