Builder Club Banner Patches
What can you earn?
Builders Clubs are encouraged to participate in a variety of projects. There are a few opportunities througout the year to be recoginized by Kiwanis International with a banner patch. Here are a some ideas to help you earn yours:
- The Kiwanis family helps children experience the joy of reading by conducting Read Around the World projects throughout the year. As a member of the Kiwanis family, what can you do? Read to children, and then give them books they can cherish again and again. To receive a banner patch to recognize your club for its Read Around the World efforts, complete this online banner patch order form.
- Honored and Distinguished Club Recognition: The Builders Club Annual Achievement Report captures a club’s activities throughout the year. It reinforces the mission and value of the program and rewards clubs for dedication to service to school and community, fundraising and donation activities, and Kiwanis-family activities. The report is due by May 1. See form for complete details.
- Kiwanis One Day is a chance for Kiwanis-family clubs to work together to meet the needs of their communities. If your club is interested in receiving a patch for participating, complete the online banner patch form.
- March for Babies, formally WalkAmerica, is one of America's favorite fundraising and walking events! Builders Clubs are encouraged to participate in their local walk and can earn a banner patch by raising more than $250. Visit March of Dimes to sign up online and to find the date and location in your area. On the site, you can register as a new or returning walker. Make sure you register as a Builders Club team! If you have any questions, contact your local March of Dimes chapter. Find your local chapter by clicking “find a march” in the purple bar and entering your ZIP code in the box under the map.Clubs raising US$250 or more are eligible for a banner patch.
- In early fall, each Builders Club will receive a personalized kit that contains its Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box, stickers, posters, and more. You can learn more the partnership with UNICEF online at www.unicefusa.org/keyclub and Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF at www.unicefusa.org/trickortreat. Clubs raising US$250 or more are eligible for a banner patch.
- Clubs submitting a scrapbook to their District Administrator for the annual contests will receive a Scrapbook Patch in the fall of the following year. Download the Awards Booklet with entry forms for the entire contest and award information, including deadlines, submission
forms, and complete guidelines. (Deadline: April 1 to your District
Administrator)
For more information, contact Builders Club.
