JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD--2009 Printable form The NFMS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM Updated November, 2006 by Gary Buhr A. NFMS Juniors Committee Chairman shall promote this Award, including the past and present Winners, throughout the entire year at every appropriate opportunity. Official announcement of the upcoming contest along with the rules and application will be published during February and March in the Northwest Newsletter and on the NFMS Website Juniors Page. The rules and application will remain all year on the NFMS Website Juniors Page and applications can be downloaded. Completed applications and resumes will be due each year with a postmark deadline on the first day of April. This will be the same date each annual cycle. After receiving the applications and resumes, the Juniors Committee Chairman shall make copies and send with score sheets to the NFMS President, 1st VP, and 2nd VP, to be judged and returned by April 15. The Juniors Committee Chairman shall also judge each application. After all judged applications are returned, the scores will be tallied and winners determined by the Juniors Committee Chairman. Juniors Committee Chairman will notify the Junior Achievement Award Winners and their parents/guardians by the first day of May. This will be the same date each annual cycle. Thence allowing time to plan for the Awards Banquet at the NFMS Annual Show and Convention where the Awards are to be presented. Junior Achievement Award Winners and their families can attend the Awards portion of the Banquet without dining and buying a Banquet ticket or they can purchase Banquet tickets in advance like other Award Winners of the evening and enjoy the full evening of dining and Awards. If the Winners do not attend, the Juniors Committee Chairman will make sure they receive their Awards. B. The NFMS Junior Achievement Award Trust Fund was established in 1989 for the purpose of providing at least one monetary award to the Junior whose submitted resume/outline rates highest in the opinion of the judges. Your age determines whether you enter the age 12 and under category or the age 13 to 18 category. The applicant must not have had an eighteenth birthday prior to the date of application, because then the applicant would no longer be defined as a Junior, but the applicant can turn 18 between application and presentation of the Awards. The judging panel consists of the NFMS President, NFMS 1st VP, NFMS 2nd VP and the Juniors Committee Chairman. Judging is based on the judges' subjective interpretations of the relevant quality of the applicant's resume/outline. The Award is presented to a Junior applicant who is a member in good standing with a Rock Club affiliated with the Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies. The Junior applicant should be active in our hobby, education & school, community and work related achievements. The primary Award Winner will receive a certificate, a check, a pen set and his/her name on the legendary plaque. More than one Award Winner is possible, depending on the entries and ages of participants. Each participating Junior MUST personally author their written resume/outline. Your application, score sheet and resume/outline MUST BE POSTMARKED by the first day of April. C. Here are your three EZ steps: Write or type a short summary (resume/outline) about what your achievements are, regarding Sections I, II, III & IV from the SCORE SHEET below. Photocopy the SCORE SHEET and APPLICATION from the Northwest Newsletter or download them from the NFMS Website Juniors Page. Fill out the APPLICATION and have your Rock Club representatives sign their spaces. Mail your summary (resume/outline), the SCORE SHEET and completed APPLICATION to the NFMS Juniors Committee Chairman, postmarked by April first. Thank You Kindly for your participation this year! Gary Buhr at 425-356-7696 or gemnut@hotmail.com

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D. SCORE SHEET--Junior Achievement Award (judges fill this out) Section I. HOBBY RELATED ACTIVITIES Club involvement (field trips, committees, show participation) 20 points possible_____________________________________________ Hobby Craft involvement (faceting, lapidary, metals, collecting) 20 points possible____________________________________________ Competitive involvement (display, articles, promotion, awards) 5 points possible______________________________________ Section II. EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT ACTIVITIES Scholastic (honor roll, advanced classes, improvement of grades) 15 points possible_____________________________________________ Extracurricular (sports, drama, debate, drill team, music) 10 points possible______________________________________________ Section III. COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT ACTIVITIES Events involvement (charity, volunteer, donation programs) 10 points possible____________________________________________ Scouts, Campfire, 4H-Club, Other community groups 10 points possible______________________________________________ Section IV. WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES Employment, Home Chores, Neighborhood Work, Business 10 points possible____________________________________________ TOTAL SCORE SHEET POINTS_________________________________

E.) APPLICATION--Junior Achievement Award (confidential info) Applicant Name_________________________________________________ Rock Club Name________________________________________________ Date of Birth_____________________Age_____________________ City___________________________State___________Zip Code_____________ Phone or Email___________________________________________ Your Federation Director Name__________________________________ Federation Director SignatureX_________________________ Your Rock Club President Name_____________________________ Club President SignatureX_____________________________ Applicant SignatureX__________________________________ Mail your summary (resume/outline), SCORE SHEET & APPLICATION to: Gary Buhr, NFMS Juniors Committee Chairman 1242 State Ave, Suite I, pmb 157 Marysville, Washington 98270-3672 (Please be sure to postmark by APRIL 1st --Thank You!)