Dozens of distinctive award certificate designs have been added to the popular website FreePrintableCertificates.net.


"FreePrintableCertificates.net, which I started with just a few basic designs back in 2005, has grown to include more than 2,000 certificates for offices, schools and other settings," said Kevin Savetz, the site's creator. "It's easy to instantly print awards for business and academic achievements as well as commemorative certificates for special events"


The 13 new designs are each available in both a colorful and black-and-white version. The latter can be colored in with crayons or pens, making them perfect for children.


The newest batch features illustrations of kids and families. Site users can print achievement awards for good dental hygiene, healthful eating, pandemic safety and receiving vaccinations.


Other new certificates honor empathy and other positive qualities. There are compassion and caring certificates showing one child helping another, and there's also a prize is for being a playground leader.


Also new are Happy Mother's Day and Happy Father's Day holiday certificates as well as two reading World's Best Moms and World's Best Dads.


In addition to awards for children, FreePrintableCertificates.net has formal certificates for business settings, sports certificates for athletes, scouting certificates, marriage certificates, certificates of authenticity and ownership, monogram certificates, commemorate birth certificates and diplomas and even blank gift certificates.


Each certificate downloads instantly and is free as a PDF to write on by hand. For those who would like to type into a certificate before printing, there's the option to pay $5 each for a DOC version that can be typed into using Microsoft Word.


"The premium version is perfect for anyone who expects to print a lot of copies of one certificate, or who would like a more formal appearance," Savetz said.


There are more than 100 sites in the FreePrintable.net family of free printables sites created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.