Star Council Award Team

Is your council on track for obtaining Star Council? Do you need just a few more new members or new insurance policies? What about all the required forms, have they been submitted and acknowledged that they have the forms?? Do you know the NEW requirements on the SP-7 Columbian Award form? Do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? Just checking...

You have just over 60 days to obtain the requirements for Star Council. Reaching your council’s membership and insurance goals sometimes are the hardest part of this challenge; however, several councils are just shy of a few members or have already achieved 100% in one or both of those categories. But what about the 365, 1728, and SP-7? Have those been submitted and acknowledged by Supreme? How do you find this out? Check out the Star Tracker Report.

The Star Council Award Team is tracking all the requirements to achieve Star Council. If your council is missing a form, then we will follow up with you to submit it or re-submit it. The key to getting “credit” from Supreme is getting the form in early. This way, if they show it wasn’t submitted, you have time to submit it again and this time we can follow up on that. Our goal is to help your council achieve their goal of Star Council.

It is important that your council is aware of the change with the Columbian Award Form SP-7. This form now requires that at least 4 activities come from the “Building the Domestic Church” programs. Some of these are the “5^th Sunday Rosary”, “Food for Families”, “Holy Family Prayer Program”, etc… A list of all these can be found on the Supreme web page. There are Building the Domestic Church programs for all categories; although, you do not need to do one in each category.

Obtaining Star Council is just the beginning when we talk about higher, more prestigious awards presented by the Texas State Council. These awards are the Lone Star Award for Excellence and Lone Star Award for Excellence with Distinction. If your council is on track for Star Council, then it is on track for these awards too. Again, the Star Tracker Report will be tracking these additional requirements and will be following up with the DD’s and GK’s to make sure every possible council qualifies. Three new requirements that you need to be aware of is providing proof that your council submitted their IRS Form 990 to the IRS, Submit the Special Olympics Partnership Profile Form #4584, and submit at least one entry for the State Service Program Award or submitting a “Education Grant” or “Family of the Year” from the council. All these requirements and the new requirements can be found on page 50 of the Star Guide.

Again, you have just over 60 days to qualify for Star Council and Lone Star Award. The Star Tracker Report will be updated each month and will be posted on the Texas State web page for your assistance to track your progress. If you ever have any questions about the report, please do not hesitate to contact the Star Council team. Become a Star Council Award winner and be an example for all council in the Order.