2015 OUTSTANDING COLLEGE COUNCIL AWARD
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
DUE DATE: MONDAY, June 30, 2015 1. WE CONSIDER all relevant information about your council, your school, and the projects and activities you have conducted in selecting the Outstanding College Council (OCC). We weigh the size of your council, whether or not you met your recruitment quota, new membership growth strategies, etc. We want to award the council that was truly outstanding all year long. 2. IN ADDITION to this award application, your council should complete, to the best of its ability, the Columbian Award application—#SP7, which can be found here: http://www.kofc.org/un/en/forms/council/SP‐7Online.pdf 3. WE ALSO PRESENT specific awards in the following categories:  Youth Activity  Church Activity  Community Activity  Culture of Life Activity  Council Activity  Membership and Insurance  Family Activity This application is your opportunity to apply for these awards. 4. APPLY even if you don’t have any activities in a specific category (e.g. you have no family or youth activities). We weigh many other factors in the OCC contest. 5. SELL yourself! Presentation and organization is important. DON’T be humble. 6. SIGN below to certify the authenticity of your council’s application. 7. SUBMIT by email to [email protected]. In the subject line of the e‐mail, please include the words “Outstanding College Council Application,” your council number and the name of your college or university. Please include any photos as attachments. 8. WIN THE OUTSTANDING COLLEGE COUNCIL AWARD and your council will receive $500 FOR YOUR TREASURY and international exposure through kofc.org and affiliated publications. We the undersigned hereby certify that the information contained below is true and accurate. ______________________________ Grand Knight ______________________________ District Deputy or State Council Representative
______________________________ Financial Secretary or Chaplain 1
OUTSTANDING COLLEGE COUNCIL AWARD APPLICATION School: Council Number: (A) COUNCIL INFORMATION Does your school recognize your council as a registered student organization? If so, do you receive funding, meeting space, or other resources from them? Do you receive funding, meeting space, or other support from a Newman or Catholic Student Center? Has your council instituted any new strategies, best practices, policies or procedures to improve membership growth, billing, record keeping, communication, or other administrative tasks? Does your council have a degree team? Does it perform degrees for other councils? 2
(B) PROGRAMS CHURCH ACTIVITY Describe, in the space provided, the single best Church Activity project conducted by your council for the Fraternal year. Project Title: Date Project Conducted: Number of Council member participating in project: Number of man hours expended on project: Project description: COMMUNITY ACTIVITY Describe, in the space provided, the single best Community Activity project conducted by your council for the Fraternal year. Project Title: Date Project Conducted: Number of Council member participating in project: Number of man hours expended on project: Project description: 3
COUNCIL ACTIVITY Describe, in the space provided, the single best Council Activity project conducted by your council for the Fraternal year. Project Title: Date Project Conducted: Number of Council member participating in project: Number of man hours expended on project: Project description: FAMILY ACTIVITY Describe, in the space provided, the single best Family Activity project conducted by your council for the Fraternal year. Project Title: Date Project Conducted: Number of Council member participating in project: Number of man hours expended on project: Project description: 4
YOUTH ACTIVITY Describe, in the space provided, the single best Youth Activity project conducted by your council for the Fraternal year. Project Title: Date Project Conducted: Number of Council member participating in project: Number of man hours expended on project: Project description: CULTURE OF LIFE ACTIVITY Describe, in the space provided, the single best Culture of Life Activity project conducted by your council for the Fraternal year. Project Title: Date Project Conducted: Number of Council member participating in project: Number of man hours expended on project: Project description: 5
(C) ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS In Section B above, you were presented with six categories in which prizes are awarded. While the activities listed above are weighed in determining the winner of the Outstanding College Council Award, we understand that there are many other activities that councils organize that may not fall into one of the specified categories. Describe those activities here. Remember: presentation, organization, and detail count. There is no limit on how much you can write. Add pages as needed. 6