Single Service Award

SINGLE SERVICE CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES

1. A qualifying single service project shall be defined as a club service project planned, organized and produced by the Key Club that occurs on a single day, occurs on consecutive days or recurs on different days. Projects acceptable for this award may include both hands- on service projects and fundraising efforts. A recurring project must be one project that is repeated for the purpose of achieving the same service goal.

2. Entrants must fill out the official Single Service Report form and submit it to the district for competition according to the district’s guidelines.

3. Clubs will compete with other clubs of similar size within four membership categories:

   1. Bronze - 35 members or fewer

   2. Silver - 36-60 members

   3. Gold - 61-85 members

   4. Platinum - 86 members or more

4. Entries will be judged based on an accumulated total of points in the following categories:

   1. Need - 10 points

   2. Plan - 20 points

   3. Implementation - 20 points

   4. Final results - 25 points

   5. Public awareness - 10 points

   6. Member participation - 15 points

5. Only activities that occurred during the district administrative year may be included in the report. The District Administrative Year runs from the conclusion of the District Educational Conference 2025 (Sunday, April 6, 2025) through the opening of the District Educational Conference 2026 (Friday, March 27, 2026).

6. All entries within each district will be judged to determine one first-place winner, and other levels of recognition as deemed appropriate, in each membership category. Each first-place report will be forwarded to Key Club International for competition with other first-place winners. No changes may be made to the report by the club, district or judging committee. Reports must be submitted to Key Club International by the first Friday in May.

7. Clubs achieving first place and other places at district and international levels of competition will be recognized accordingly. At each level of judging, the decisions of the judges are final. No changes, alterations or regrading will take place after the results have been certified by the judges.

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Please note: The same project should not be submitted for Single Service, Major Emphasis, and Signature Service contests.

In order to best comply with the contest rules, we recommend using our Single Service Report Template. If you choose not to use this template, please ensure that your report has separate labelled sections for Need, Plan, Implementation, Final Results, Public Awareness, and Member Participation as outlined in Item #4 above.