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Award
The Premier's Office, in cooperation with the Volunteer Centre of
Winnipeg, established this award to:
- honour the efforts and dedication of outstanding volunteers
in Manitoba; and
- recognize and encourage the valuable services performed by volunteers
throughout the province.
Past recipients of the award have served their communities by:
- conscientiously performing one or more volunteer activities
over a period of years; or
- taking unusual initiative to identify and solve a critical problem
or meet a specific need; or
- organizing and directing an activity which has a great impact
on the community; and
- inspiring the spirit of volunteerism in others.
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Award
Categories
There are three award categories:
Individual Volunteers
- This is presented to five exceptional individual volunteers
whose efforts have contributed significantly to the quality of
life in their communities.
Youth
- The youth leadership category recognizes young Manitobans (under
25) who have made considerable contributions to their schools,
organizations and communities through volunteer work. The young
volunteers serve as role models, encouraging other young people
to give of themselves for the betterment of the community.
Community Groups
- This award is presented to three community groups that have
improved the quality of life in our province through extraordinary
collective volunteer efforts of the members.
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Who Can
be Nominated?
Any living resident of Manitoba or organization that has been actively
involved in volunteer service may be nominated.
Candidates must have performed such service on a wholly volunteer
basis and not for pay.
The candidate's volunteer work must have occured in Manitoba.
Individuals of any age are eligible.
Judging
An independent panel of judges reviews all nominations and selects
the award recipients.
All nominators and candidates will be notified in writing of the
judges' decisions.
The Award Presentation
The award consists of a presentaiton gift.
It is presented by the Premier at the Volunteer Center of Winnipeg's
annual Volunteer Week Awards Dinner on April 20, 2005, at the Winnipeg
Convention Centre.
A Certificate of Recognition will be sent to each nominee |
