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Recruiter of the Year Award

Award Details

What is The Purpose?

The purpose is to encourage current members of the Secondary, Post-Secondary, and Middle Level Divisions to recruit new BPA members.

Am I Eligible?

  1. All applicants must be in good standing with Business Professionals of America.
  2. This award is open to members in the Middle Level, Post- Secondary and Secondary Divisions.
*It is not necessary for a chapter to attend the National Leadership Conference to participate in the program and receive the award.

What Do I Do?

  • Activities completed between August 31, 2017 and February 15, 2018 (11:59 PM EST) can be counted toward this award.

    • The member must earn a minimum of five points. The winners will be decided based on a point system.
    • Every member recruited is worth one point. Every new chapter recruited at the Middle, Secondary, or Post-Secondary level is worth 15 points in addition to one point for every member recruited in the new chapter.

    How Do I Submit?

    • The newly recruited members and chapter(s) must be listed on the application with their membership identification numbers (assigned by the BPA Online Membership Registration System).
    • The local chapter advisor must verify electronically that the applicant recruited the listed members and chapter(s).
    • The new chapter’s school name, division, and date formed must be listed. The recruited chapter can be in any division, not restricted to the applicant’s division only.
    • New members are also eligible to apply for this award once registered as national members.
    • New members are members who have not held previous membership in Business Professionals of America, and new chapters are chapters which were not in active membership status in the previous three membership years in Business Professionals of America.
    Online Application

    *All materials submitted become the property of Business Professionals of America and may be used as the National Center deems appropriate.

    Recognition Requirements

    Approved applicants will receive a Certificate of Achievement. Each year the applicant with the most points from recruiting new members and/or chapters in any division will be recognized with a plaque as National Recruiter of the Year at a General Session during the NLC.