The Club Excellence Award program recognizes clubs that exhibit exemplary outreach throughout the year. There are some exciting changes that have been made to the program. The new categories are Breed Promotion/Community Involvement, Membership Recruitment or Retention, and Club Projects. The Club of the Year award now will be selected from those clubs that were placed in the top five, in at least two of two of the three categories.
The new Award Category Descriptions are as follows:
Breed Promotion/Community Involvement — Judged on overall presentation, success of activity (people reached, memberships, follow up contact) and creativity.
Membership Recruitment or Retention — Judged on overall presentation and success of activity (how many people reached, members gained, members retained).
Club Projects — Involvement of club members, success of activity, creativity participants reactions/thoughts.
The updated Rules are as follows:
All entries must be postmarked/electronic transaction dated by August 15 of the current year.
The only activities eligible for entry are those produced and implemented between August 1 of the preceding year and August 1 of the current year. Club entry must include the final result of the activity or project.
Clubs may submit more than one entry in each category; however, each entry can only represent a separate and distinct activity or project. Clubs also may submit entries into any number of award categories.
Entry form, cover sheet or summary, and examples or more detailed information are required (pictures, statistics, people's testimonies, brochures, details from the event). Entries that do not include all required information will not be judged.
Complete a separate entry form for each activity or project.
Send one copy of each entry.
Entries become the property of AHA and will not be returned. AHA has the right to display entries at any AHA Event or reprint the text in any AHA publications.
Visual information (photos, videos, etc.) is optional for any entry and encouraged.
Judges take into account each of the category's specific guidelines and evaluate the information provided by the club. Visual aids are always helpful so the judges can envision the activity. We look forward to this year's entries and appreciate the exceptional entries received in the past.
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