Club Excellence Award
2024-2025
The Club Excellence awards, formerly the Rotary Citation awards recognize the hard work clubs do throughout the year. Working to achieve the Club Excellence goals helps clubs engage their members, increase their impact, stay relevant in their communities, and run more efficiently. A welcoming and engaging club not only fosters a positive experience for its members, but also reflects the values of Rotary. When clubs achieve these goals, they contribute to the overall health and culture of Rotary for generations to come.
Your Rotary, Rotaract, or Interact club can earn a Club Excellence Award for achieving goals that strengthen Rotary and your club. Goals include increasing club membership, engaging members in sustainable service projects, giving to The Rotary Foundation, building awareness of Rotary in your community, and having an up-to-date strategic plan.
Rotary Club Excellence Award
Club excellence goals can be found in Rotary Club Central. To achieve the Club Excellence Award, review all the available goals, select at least half of them, achieve those goals, and report your achievement in Rotary Club Central.
All achievements need to be reported in Rotary Club Central by 30 June.
Rotaract Club Excellence Award
Rotaract clubs can find their goals in Rotary Club Central beginning 1 July 2024. Clubs that set, achieve, and report goal achievement of at least half of the goals by the end of the Rotary year will earn a Club Excellence award.
Only Rotaract clubs that have an active charter with Rotary International are eligible for the citation. To confirm that a club is active, Rotarians can check the Listing of Club-Sponsored Organizations in Rotary Club Central.
All achievements need to be reported by 30 June.
Interact Club Excellence Award
Interact clubs that achieve the Interact goals by the end of the Rotary year will earn a Club Excellence award.
Only Interact clubs that have an active charter with Rotary International are eligible for the award. To confirm that a club is active, Rotarians can check the Listing of Club-Sponsored Organizations in Rotary Club Central.
All achievements need to be reported by 15 August.
The sponsor Rotary club’s president completes the online nomination form by 15 August. For Interact clubs with more than one sponsor club, only one nomination should be submitted for any given Interact club.
Resources and reference
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Club Excellence Goals and Instructions for Rotary Clubs (PDF)
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Club Excellence Goals and Instructions for Rotaract Clubs (PDF)
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Club Excellence Goals and Instructions for Interact Clubs (PDF)
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Club Excellence Award Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
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How to create a My Rotary account (PDF)
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How to Update Interact Club Information (PDF)
Rotary support
Questions? Write to rotarysupportcenter@rotary.org
2019-2020 Rotary Citation Recipients thus far as of July 15:
31 Clubs have earned the Rotary Citation
Bearden Knoxville Breakfast - Platinum
Chattanooga Knoxville Volunteer - Platinum
Chattanooga Breakfast - Silver Lafayette
Chattanooga Hamilton Place Lebanon - Silver
Cleveland Lebanon Breakfast - Silver
Cookeville-Sunset - Platinum Manchester - Silver
Crossville - Platinum Maryville - Gold
Crossville Breakfast - Gold McMinnville - Platinum
Dayton - Silver McMinnville Breakfast
Fairfield Glade - Platinum Monteagle-Sewanee
Farragut - Platinum Morristown
Franklin County A.M. - Platinum Oak Ridge - Silver
Grundy County Oak Ridge Breakfast
Hartsville - Silver Pigeon Forge
Kingston - Gold South Campbell County - Gold
Knoxville - Platinum Sparta
Tullahoma
2018-2019 Rotary Citation Recipients - 20 Clubs
Bearden Lafayette
Chattanooga Breakfast Lebanon
Clinton Maryville
Cookeville Sunset McMinnville
Fairfield Glade Monteagle-Sewanee
Farragut Oak Ridge
Jamestown Pigeon Forge
Knoxville Seymour-Breakfast
Knoxville Breakfast South Pittsburg
Knoxville Volunteer Sparta
2017-2018 Presidential Citation Recipients: 37 Clubs
Bearden
Chattanooga Breakfast
Chattanooga Hamilton Place
Cleveland
Clinton
Cookeville
Cookeville Breakfast
Crossville
Dayton
Fairfield Glade
Farragut
Fayetteville
Franklin Co AM
Grundy Co
Hartsville
Jamestown
Kingston
Knoxville
Knoxville Breakfast
Knoxville Volunteer
Lafayette
Lebanon
Lenoir City
Livingston
Loudon
Maryville
Morristown AM
North Knoxville
Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Breakfast
Pigeon Forge
Rockwood
Sevierville Sunrise
South Campbell County
South Pittsburg
Sparta
Winchester
2016-17 Presidential Citation Winners: 10 Clubs
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Breakfast
Cleveland
Cookeville Sunset
Fairfield Glade
Hartsville
Livingston
Monteagle-Sewanee
Seymour Breakfast
Sparta
2015-16 Presidential Citation Winners: 18 Clubs
Gold: Club met all criteria of the Presidential Citation
Chattanooga Breakfast
Cleveland
Cookeville
Kingston
Lafayette
Pigeon Forge
SILVER:
Maryville-Alcoa
South Pittsburg
BRONZE:
Chattanooga Hamilton Place
Grundy County
Knoxville
Livingston
Manchester
Monteagle-Sewanee
Mt. Juliet
Rogersville
Sparta
Tullahoma Sunrise
