National Volunteering Awards

Posted by on March 26, 2007

There are various awards that will be made at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service this summer here in Philadelphia. For more information about the conference, visit: <a href="http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/">http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/</a>

Nominate someone you know!

Deadlines:
Community Leader Award ? April 10, 2007
Daily Point of Light Award ? May 15, 2007

1) DAILY POINT OF LIGHT – One Daily Point of Light Award will be given at a plenary session of the 2007 National Conference July 16-18. Daily Points of Light, which are awarded five days each week, are given for exemplary volunteer service. Any individual, organization, group, family, business or labor union actively engaged in volunteer service can be nominated. Awards are judged on the community’s need for the activity, building community connections, ongoing involvement, demonstrated impact and innovation. We have provided recent examples below of awardees:

? Bob Santos (2006, Seattle) – Mr. Santos has been a leader in the area’s civil rights movement since the 1960s, most notably as a pivotal liaison among various groups.

? Betty Wright (2005, Washington, D.C.) – Mrs. Wright established a children’s literacy program with three students and three tutors. That program now involves more than 150 tutors working with 150 youngsters.

The deadline for submitting nominations is May 15, 2007. The final selection for the Daily Point of Light is made by the national judging panel. The attached form should be printed out, completed and either faxed to 202-729-8033 or mailed to:

AWARDS
Points of Light Foundation
1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20005-2008

2) COMMUNITY LEADER AWARD – The Community Leader Award goes to an individual chosen annually by the Conference Host Committee. The recipient is a community leader who accepts responsibility for developing solutions to serious community problems. Recent examples of the Community Leader Award are:

? Phil Smart, Sr. (2006, Seattle) – Mr. Smart has visited with children at the Children’s Hospital for 40 years and served as Santa for 26 years. He’s written two memoirs of his service; all proceeds have gone to provide health care for children without health insurance.

? Kent Amos (2005, Washington, D.C.) – Mr. Amos, a Xerox executive, founded the Urban Family Institute and Community Academy Public Charter School. He has mentored and guided nearly 20 young men through high school and college, spending nearly a quarter of a million dollars of his own money on their education.

? Olene S. Walker (2002, Salt Lake City) – Then Lieutenant Governor of Utah, Ms. Walker was a long-time activist on behalf of health care for children, education and literacy and volunteering.

If you have an individual you’d like to nominate for the Community Leader Award, please send a brief description (approximately 200-300 words) of your nominee’s accomplishments to me at the Foundation (lhardwick@pointsoflight.org) by April 10 and be prepared to discuss the nominee’s accomplishments and select a recipient at the Host Committee Meeting on Tuesday, April 17. Copies of all the nominations will be shared electronically prior to the meeting.

Nomination forms for these awards are available by visiting <a href="http://www.pointsoflight.org/awards/nominate.cfm">http://www.pointsoflight.org/awards/nominate.cfm</a>.