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The International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians works to strengthen both Rotary and Scouting worldwide by engaging our members in support of both new and existing Scout units and Rotary Clubs.

Greetings From Our Officers:

Mark KriebelPresident
PDG Mark Kriebel
1-607-727-2420

Brian Thiessen International Commissioner
PDG Brian Thiessen
1-925-837-3355

Randy Seefeldt Executive Secretary
Randy Seefeldt
ifsr@scoutingrotarians.org

Video of Cliff Dochterman Celebration of Life, held August 13, 2022

Video Prepared for RI Convention, District Conferences, and Area Meetings.

Welcome from IFSR World President PDG Mark Kriebel

Mark Kriebel It’s hard to believe we welcomed 2024 just a few weeks ago, andmsngwith the new year many people resolve to try something new! I hope you can include the IFSR in your New Years resolutions by engaging with your fellow Rotarians and discussing the benefits of Rotary Fellowships and our Scouting Fellowship in particular. It’s up to each of us to reach out to others who can be motivated to join our ranks with the ultimate benefit of growing the Scouting and Guiding movement.

Ask your Club if you can make a presentation on Scouting, and invite some Scouts to attend your meeting! The IFSR can provide you with certificates to recognize Scouts who achieve milestone ranks, such as the Eagle Scout Award or the Gold Award in Girl Scouting. We have certificates to recognize Scouts from across the globe. It makes for a great program for Rotarians to hear the accomplishments of these Scouts, and you may be hosting a potential future Rotarian! In this newsletter you’ll find a listing of IFSR District Coordinators. If you are a coordinator - Thank You! If your District does not have a coordinator, please consider stepping up to fill that role. A quick email to our Executive Secretary Randy Seefeldt (ifsr@scoutingrotarians.org) will get you on the list, and Randy will be happy to send you a box of supplies (brochures, Dochterman Award applications, etc). And think about someone you know who would be a deserving recipient for the Dochterman Award. It’s important that we recognize those individuals who provide extraordinary service to both Scouting and Rotary, and the Dochterman Award was created for that purpose.

The Singapore Rotary Convention is just around the corner, and we need your help in serving a shift or two in our booth #1500 in the House of Friendship. Please promote our attendance at the Convention and help if you can. And thanks to each of you for all you continue to do for both Rotary and Scouting in 2024!

In Scouting and Rotary,
    President Mark


brochureIFSR Brochure and Membership Application

Membership in the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians is open to any Rotarian, in any country, who was formerly or is presently a member or supporter of any (girl or boy) Scout or Guide Association. Spouses of members and Rotaractors may become members. Download and print the Membership Application HERE and mail to the address indicated. The IFSR Brochure explains the IFSR and has a membership application included. It can be downloaded HERE and printed. A version in Spanish can be downloaded HERE and printed. (Newsletters) (Supplies for Members)


Certificates Rotarians can Present for Scouting's Highest Award

certiicatesIFSR has full color recognition certificates for your Rotary Club or District to present to US and Canadian Scouts and Guides that achieve their association's highest award. This is a great opportunity to not only recognize a young man or woman for his/her Outstanding Achievement, but to make these prospective future Rotarians aware of Rotary and its programs.

BSA: certificates for recipients of Eagle Scout Award and the Sea Scout Quartermaster Award

Girl Scouts USA: for recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Scouts and Guides in Canada: for recipients of the Chief Scout's Award and the Queen's Venturer Award.

Girl Guides of Canada: for recipients of the Chief Commissioner's Gold Award.

Other Organizations: for any organization there is a certificate for recipients of their highest award, the Outstanding Achievement Certificate. It can be used for the Summit Award in Venturing, the Spurgeon Award in Exploring, and the highest Awards in other Scout and Guide Associations. The IFSR encourages Scouts and Girl Guides be recognized for outstanding achievement. These certificates may be given to any Scout or Girl Guide who has attained one of the pinnacles of Scouting. (Certificates)


Cliff Dochterman Award - Honoring Service To Scouting

Dochterman AwardThis award for Rotarians serving Scouting is available through the IFSR, Executive Secretary. The Award honors former RI President Cliff Dochterman, a devoted scouter from Moraga, California, USA.

Cliff Dochterman served as the President of Rotary International during 1992-93. His professional career in higher education administration included 20 years at the University of California in Berkeley and 20 years at the University of the Pacific.

The Cliff Dochterman Award, a bronze medallion hung from a gold and blue ribbon, may be awarded by a local Rotary Club or District Governor to an active Rotarian who has rendered exemplary service to scouting.

Information and a nomination form are available HERE as a PDF document (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), or from the IFSR-IAR Secretary at P.O. Box 19982, San Diego, CA 92159-0982, USA.

The Boy Scouts of America Relationships Committee has approved the wearing of the BSA Community Service Knot by Dochterman Award recipients who are members of the B.S.A. It is with great pride and appreciation that the IFSR awards this recognition to exemplary Rotarians and Scouters in the name of Dr. Clifford L. Dochterman.


IFSR Youth Service Award for Rotary Club Service to Youth

YSA The IFSR Youth Service Award is awarded to a Rotary Club that renders service in support of Scout and/or Guide activities. This is not a Scouting award nor a Rotary award, but an IFSR award and is intended to reward Rotary Clubs who support local Scout and/or Guide Units and get it publicized in the media and online. For examples of what various Rotary Clubs are doing.

The Chitungwiza Rotary Club in Zimbabwe received the IFSR Youth Service Award after they provided land for the 1st Liahona Scout Group's nutrition garden. In the photo, District Governor Douglas Katengo presented sun hats to the Scouts for when they work in their nutrition garden.

Sun Hats

Some other examples are:

  • Work together on a community service project.
  • Perform a service project at a Scout or Guide camp.
  • Form a partnership with a Scout and/or Guide unit.
  • Make a Scout or Guide unit you work closely with an Interact unit. (more)

IFSR Community Service Award

CSA The IFSR Community Service Award may be awarded by any Rotary Club to a Scout or Guide unit of their choice they wish to recognize for performing community service. The award may be given annually to any Scout or Guide unit by any Rotary Club. Recipients are selected by the Rotary Club.

This is not a Scouting award nor a Rotary award, but an IFSR award and is intended to permit Rotary Clubs to recognize Community Service performed by local Scout and/or Guide units.

To help Rotary Clubs create and print the award locally, this website has a fillable PDF version of the certificate which is easy to fill out:

  1. Open the form CommunityServiceAward.pdf
  2. Enter the name of the Scout or Guide unit (such as, Troop 101, Metropolis)
  3. Enter the name of the Rotary Club (such as Metropolis Rotary Club)
  4. Enter the date of the Award presentation
  5. Then print the award or save and print at a print center.

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      • About The IFSR
      • Who We Are - Our Aims & Objectives
    • IFSR Awards
      • IFSR Silver Wheel Award
      • IFSR Youth Service Award
      • IFSR Community Service Award
      • Cliff Dochterman
        • The Man
        • The Award
        • Recipients
        • Wear the Rotary Pin
        • RI President is Recient
        • BSA CSE is Recipient
        • Cliff Dochterman At 94
    • IFSR Certificates For Youth
      • Certificates for US & Canada
      • Ordering Certificates
      • Youth Achievement Certificate
      • Examples of Presentations
    • IFSR Events
      • IFSR at World Jamboree
      • Annual General Meeting
      • Asia Pacific Region Meeting
      • InterAmerican Region Meeting
      • IFSR at BSA Jamboree

     

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