PRESIDENT GENERAL'S STATE SOCIETY AND CHAPTER ACTIVITIES COMPETITION AWARD

The President General’s State Society and Chapter Activities Competition Award was initiated in 1978. Chapters and state societies may compete for the award by accumulating points awarded for various program activities related to the administrative goals of the SAR for the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of the previous calendar year. Total points for a participating chapter or state society should be reported to the Executive Director in accordance with the contest guidelines set forth by the Americanism Committee. A Score Sheet is available from the Executive Director or may be downloaded from the Americanism Committee Web Page on the NSSAR Web Site. The Score Sheet must be submitted to enter this competition. Awards will recognize the most active state societies and the most active chapters. Four first place awards for state and chapter winners will be offered by membership size: States - 1 to 199, 200-499, 500-999, over 1000 members; Chapters – 1 to 49, 50-99, 100-199, over 200. A President General's Streamer is awarded to the winner of each category. The streamer is made of cloth, carries the National Society's colors with lettering in gold to state "President General's Activities Award" and the years involved. It is approximately 2 1/2" wide and 3' in length, with a grommet in the end so that the award may be affixed to the top of the society's or chapter's flagstaff. A certificate signed by the President General accompanies the streamer. These awards are presented by the National Society at an Annual Congress for the most complete SAR program. Activities should conform to the chartered purposes and to the type of activity suggested in the SAR Handbook.

PRESIDENT GENERAL'S CUP
The President General’s Cup was originated by Former President General Edgar Williamson, Jr. in February 1956. It was essentially a scrapbook contest but the rules were changed in 2008 to omit the scrapbook entry. The award is currently presented to a chapter (or a state society having no chapters) which presents evidence of the most complete program of activities for the previous calendar year, beginning January 1 and ending December 31. To qualify for consideration chapters must participate in at least 70% of the activities listed in the President General’s/Americanism Award Combined Score Sheet. The Score Sheet for this award is found on the Americanism Web Page of the NSSAR Web Site. The winner will be determined by dividing the total number of points by the number of members in the chapter as of January 1 of the contest year. This will provide a points per member ratio and the chapter with the highest points per member will be the winner. No separate entry form is necessary. The winner will be determined from the entries submitted for the President General’s/Americanism Award Combined Score Sheet. The same chapter may not win two years in a row unless there are no entries in that category for the second year. The Americanism Committee will judge the entries and select the winner.

 

AMERICANISM AWARDS

ALLENE WILSON GROVES AMERICANISM AWARD
This award is presented to the state society, which conducted outstanding outreach education programs or activities during the course of the year that created, supported or promoted a better understanding in its own community of SAR goals and objectives and of the fundamental American traditions which governed their formulation and adoption. The award is divided into four membership size categories for State awards, which are 1-199, 200-499, 500-999, and over 1000 members. The Americanism Committee determines the winning societies, and this award is presented at the Annual Congress. An Americanism Streamer will be presented to the winner of each membership category. This contest runs January 1 to December 31 of the previous year. Deadline for entry is March 1st the following year (example March 1, 2010 for the contest year 2009). Individual State Societies should consult the NSSAR Americanism Web Page for the Entry Form which may be downloaded at the NSSAR Web Site. The entry is to be mailed to the Executive Director and a copy to the Chairman of the Americanism Committee not later than March 1st to permit judging by the national committee. The award was named for Allene Wilson Groves (1896-1986) of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who was President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution (1956-1959).


LIBERTY BELL AMERICANISM AWARD
This award is presented to the Chapter which conducted outstanding outreach education programs or activities during the course of the year that created, supported or promoted a better understanding in its own community of SAR goals and objectives and of the fundamental American traditions which governed their formulation and adoption. This award, began in 1993 and revised in 2009, was presented for the first time at the 1994 Congress. The award is divided into four membership categories for chapters, which are 1-49, 50-99, 100-199, and over 200 members. The Americanism Committee determines the winning Chapters, and this award is presented at the Annual Congress. An Americanism Streamer will be presented to the winner of each membership category. This contest runs January 1 to December 31 of the previous year. Deadline for entry is March 1st the following year (example March 1, 2010 for the contest year 2009). Individual chapters should consult the NSSAR Americanism Web Page for the Entry Form which may be downloaded at the NSSAR Web Page. The entry is to be mailed to the Executive Director and a copy to the Chairman of the Americanism Committee not later than March 1st to permit judging by the national committee.

NOTE: The entry form for the President General’s State Society and Chapter Activities Competition, the President General’s Cup, the Allene Wilson Groves Americanism and the Liberty Bell Americanism awards is the President General’s/Americanism Award Combined Score Sheet which is available on the Americanism Committee Web Page on the NSSAR Web Site. That score sheet is to be submitted for all contests. The deadline for submission for all contests is March 1st of the year following the contest year.

  PG's and Americanism Combined Score sheet (PDF)

 PG's and Americanism Combined Worksheet (Excel)  This is an excel sheet that will auto-sum the points so that you can just copy the values into the PDF score sheet