• Club Service – involves action a member takes within their club to help it function successfully.
• Vocational Service – promotes high ethical standards in businesses and professions, recognizes the worthiness of all dignified occupations, and fosters the ideal of service in the pursuit of all vocations. Members conduct themselves and their businesses in accordance with Rotary’s principles and lend their vocational skills to club-developed projects to address societal issues and needs.
• Community Service – comprises efforts to improve the quality of life within the club’s locality or municipality by striving for positive peace in the community.
• International Service – includes activities that advance international understanding, goodwill, and positive peace by fostering acquaintance with people of other countries, their cultures, customs, accomplishments, aspirations, and problems. This is done through reading, correspondence, and cooperation in club activities and projects designed to help people in other lands.
• Youth Service – recognizes positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities, involvement in community and international service projects, and exchange programs that enrich and foster positive world peace and cultural understanding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominees must be active Rotarians or Rotaractors in good standing.
• Nominees must have shown ongoing humanitarian service that aligns with one or more of Rotary’s five Avenues of Service. 
• Emphasis is placed on personal volunteer efforts and active involvement in helping others through Rotary, rather than one’s performance in an elected or appointed Rotary assignment.
• Nominees may not be current club presidents, incoming, current, or immediate past governors and current District leaders. 
• Personal financial contributions to Rotary, its Foundation, or any individual project are not relevant considerations for this award.

Nomination Process