Certificates of appreciation are a common way to honor the recipient or to express thanks for any kind of contribution. Thank you notes or cards may come from individuals, but certificates of appreciation generally come from organizations like a school or place of employment. Another difference is the implied feeling of the certificate of appreciation. A thank you note may express gratitude,
. but a certificate of appreciation also imparts a sense of accomplishment to the recipient. They also cover a wide range of formality. The Civil Air Patrol awards them for national achievement and requires proper channel authorization. The website http://www.freeprintablecertificates.net/category/appreciation offers a template for a " clean room" award. Most certificates of appreciation include the recipient's name and briefly describe the service or accomplishment for which he or she is being honored, most often entered by hand. The following briefly describes three websites that offer free certificates of appreciation:The above mentioned website offers a variety of these certificates. They honor people such as volunteers, board members and the " best day care provider" in addition to expressions of appreciation. Flowers, a quill pen or a seal adorn some of them. The next website at http://www.class-templates.com/certificates-of-appreciation.html offers six templates from which to choose. Two have a background of either circles or bubbles and another with a " thumbs up" graphic while the last three are more formal in design. This site also offers landscape or portrait versions with ample space for filling in appropriate information. Finally, the company Smart Draw offers a free trial of its software that includes a certificate generator. The examples on the website are many, but the biggest difference between this program and the two websites included here is the ability for users to include their own pictures in the final product. Please note that Smart Draw is designed for several kinds of printed visuals and costs $197.00 for a single user to keep after the trial period. More reference links: http://www.freeprintablecertificates.net/category/appreciation http://www.class-templates.com/certificates-of-appreciation.html
