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Recognizing our Vibrant Clubs

District Governor Jon Bullock announces the following 2025-2026 District 5790 Rotary Awards Recognition Awards
District 5790 Recognition Program
Ceremony to be held at District Conference in February 2026.
Governor's Award
2025-2026
Each of the 8 sections of the Governor's Vibrant Club Award - 2025-2026 Club Achievement Report must be completed and clubs must have fulfilled the minimum number of items in 6 of the sections to qualify for the Governor’s Award. The Governor's Vibrant Club Award Achievement Report must have been completed no later than 6/30/26 to qualify for the award.
Additionally, each club must complete the Rotary Club Central Goals for the club by 6/30/26 and have updated the achievement of those goals and recorded the clubs service project achievement in Rotary Club Central for the year through June 30, 2026.
Governors Award - Club Report criteria
I. Club Service
- Have 50% of your club members registered with My Rotary?
- Did you input your club goals into Rotary Club Central?
- Is your club up-to-date in reporting attendance to the District?
- Are all member profiles up-to-date in Club Runner or DacDB ?
- Does your club conduct a monthly board meeting?
- Does your club has an active Family of Rotary committee?
- Does club conduct a monthly assembly meeting?
- Does your club conduct a health survey?
- Does your club utilize greeters to welcome new members and guests?
- Does your club utilize a happy jar to announce good news?
- Does your club utilize a Rotary Minute to familiarize members with the good Rotary does locally and around the world.
- Does you club host socials outside of the Rotary meeting?
- Has your club created a Rotary fellowship (e.g. Book Club, Wine Club, Dinner Club, etc.) ?
- Has your club conducted a Birthday Party on its Charter Anniversary to celebrate the club's past accomplishments and have members bring Birthday gift for the foundation or a local non-profit?
- Have all District and International dues been paid?
- Have your club leaders attended District 5790 events?
- Did your President Elect attend PETS?
- Do you have a budget that has been approved by the club's Board of Directors AND published (online or on paper) for the membership?
II. Community Service
- Does your club partner with other civic groups or Rotary Clubs.
- Did your club host or participate in a local Disease Prevention/Treatment Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in a local Water and/or Sanitation Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in a local Maternal and/or Child Health and Welfare Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in a local General Education and/or Literacy Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in a local Economic or Community Development Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in a local Hunger or Food Insecurity Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in a local Blood Drive?
- Does your club participate in a monthly community service activity or a large annual community service project?
III. Rotary Foundation
- Did your club gain one or more new Rotary Foundation Benefactors?
- Did your club have one or more Rotary Foundation sustaining members ($100 for the year)?
- Did your club have one or more new Paul Harris Fellows (PHF)?
- What percent of Paul Harris Fellows are in your club as of April 30, 2025?
- Did your club have one or more new PHF+?
- Did your club have one or more programs dedicated to the Rotary Foundation?
- Did one or more club members attend the 2024 - 2025 District 5790 Foundation Gala?
- Did your club contribute at least one $100 item to the Gala Silent Auction?
- Did your club participate in a district match program?
- Did your club participate in a District and/or Global Grant?
- Did your club participate in a Global Scholars Program or Vocational Training Team?
- Do your members contribute $1 per year on their birthday to the foundation?
IV. International Service
- Did your club contribute to disaster relief (e.g. Shelter Box)?
- Did your club host or participate in an International Peace and/or Conflict Prevention and Resolution Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in an International Disease Prevention/Treatment Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in an International Water and/or Sanitation Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in an International Maternal and/or Child Health and Welfare Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in an International General Education and/or Literacy Program or Project?
- Did your club host or participate in an International Economic or Community Development Program or Project?
- Did two or more members of your club participate in a Rotary Action Group (RAG) ?
- Did your club participate in an International Friendship Exchange?
V. Membership
- Did your club have a net gain in membership as of 4/30/2025 ?
- Did your club induct new female and/or minority members?
- Did your club induct new members in the 18 – 40 age group?
- Did your club induct new Rotary Alumni members (Interact, Rotaract, RYLA, etc.)?
- Does your club do a new member orientation?
- Does your club have a mentoring program?
- Did you contribute members or funds to sponsor a new or satellite club?
- Does your club host club meeting to identify prospective new members?
- Does your club recognize every guest and partner them with a member to host them during their visit?
- Does your club encourage members' spouses / partners to join the club? Does your club have an "Under 40" program?
VI. Public Image
- Does your club have an up-to-date website (give the address in the Comments section below) including:
- Does your club website include an up-to-date list of Board members?
- Does your club website promote Rotary values through stories and postings?
- Does your club have an active Public Relations, Public Image, and/or Marketing Committee that keeps your "Brand" in local media or social media?
- Does all your club communication and publications use the current Rotary Logo from Rotary.org?
- Has your club successfully placed a story/event announcement in either local or Internet Media (list link(s) in the Comments section at the end)?
- What social media presence does your club utilize?
- Does your club use its website and social media accounts to promote Rotary and club events before and after the event?
- Does your club publish a newsletter or bulletin at least monthly and distribute it to members and interested community contacts?
- Does your club have a brochure that accurately portrays the club's mission, projects, and events for distribution to the community and prospective members?
VII. Vocational Service
- Did your club have a vocational minute during your meetings?
- Did your club encourage all members to display Rotary items (Object of Rotary, Four-Way Test, etc.) in their workplace?
- Did your club participate in career counseling or vocational training program(s) in your community?
- Did your club honor a local Firefighter with a Vocational Service Award?
- Did your club honor a local Police Officer with a Vocational Service Award?
- Did your club honor a local Teacher with a Vocational Service Award?
- Did your club host a Four-Way Test Speech Contest at one or more local High Schools?
- Did your club participate in a local Chamber of Commerce or similar organization?
- Did your club have at least one member who participated in a Rotary Action Group (RAG)?
- Did your club have at least one program per quarter focused on local business or community activities?
VIII. Youth Service
- Did your club sponsor an EarlyAct Club (or other club) for elementary and/or middle school students?
- Did your club sponsor an Interact Club for High School students?
- Did your club sponsor, or have you had a program about, a Rotaract Club for college age students or professionals?
- Did your club participate in a mentoring program for youth?
- Did your club award one or more educational scholarships to graduating high school students in your community?
- Did your club provide funding for one or more local high school students to participate in RYLA?
- Did your club sponsor, host, or provide funding for an outbound/inbound Youth Exchange Student?
- Did your club participate in a career days for youth in the community?
- Did your club host a program on Youth Protection and Risk Management?
- Did your club host or participate in a program for At Risk Youth?