The bestowal is organized in a solemn ceremony in the operation country of the respective mothers and fathers. The rings are presented to the future bearers by either the president of the Hermann Gmeiner Academy, the president of SOS Children’s Villages International or members of the board of Hermann Gmeiner Academy.
The very first bestowal took place at the children's village in Imst in 1954, the rings were presented by Hermann Gmeiner himself.