Sargent Shriver Achievement Award
Jayne Thomas Grassroots Volunteer Recognition Award

NOMINATE YOUR LOCAL HEROS
DEADLINE QUICKLY APPROACHING: JUNE 18th!

NEW IN 2010!! The nominating agency of the award winner will receive $500 from the Partnership!

Sargent Shriver Achievement Award was established in 1995 to recognize and honor achievements by individuals who, with the assistance of a Community Action Agency, have changed their lives and achieved independence. The Award is named for Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. This Award represents what Community Action is all about: Helping people and changing lives. Community Action Agencies have been honoring “achievers” by opening doors and leading the way from poverty to independence. Every CAA has success stories of program participants. With this award, we seek to honor an individual who has turned hope into reality.

The individual nominated must have:

• Changed his or her life and achieved economic self-sufficiency with the assistance of a Community Action Agency; and
• Contributed to improving his or her community through advocacy, volunteerism, public service, or some other vehicle.

Jayne Thomas Grassroots Volunteer Recognition Award was established in 1988 to acknowledge exemplary achievements in support of Community Action and named after an outstanding community action leader with Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke, Virginia and also served as the Community Services Block Grant director for that state.

This Award is given to an individual who has shown outstanding dedication and made extraordinary contributions as a volunteer to their community through the local CAA.
The individual nominated must:

• Be a volunteer for a Community Action Agency
• Have made a significant and outstanding contribution toward accomplishing the promise of Community Action
• Be devoted to changing people’s lives

Taija Cochran, the 2009 Sargent Shriver Award winner from New York (left),and Helen Stanton, the 2009 Jayne Thomas Grassroots Volunteer Award winner from Ohio

Nomination Procedure
Community Action Partnership members may nominate a candidate by submitting the following:

• Official nomination form, click for: Sargent Shriver; Jayne Thomas
• A narrative of no more than two pages demonstrating the nominee’s eligibility for this award
• Supporting material (e.g., press clippings, articles, letters, or photos)

Please adhere to the nomination guidelines to ensure the candidate’s eligibility. The nomination packet must include the official nomination form, narrative, and letter of support.

We strongly encourage you to resubmit the names of individuals who have been nominated for this award in previous years. If your state or agency recognizes special volunteers during National Community Action Month, or at any time during the year, please submit their names as nominees for the Sargent Shriver Achievment Award Award.

If your nominee is selected, the Community Action Partnership will request that you provide a three-minute DVD featuring your award nominee. We will share this video of the award recipient during the Awards Gala at the 2010 Community Action Partnership Annual Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.

Selection and Notification
The executive director or CEO of the Community Action Agency for which the award recipient serves will be notified at least one month before the 2010 Annual Convention. The award is presented during the Awards Gala on Thursday, September 2nd. The Partnership provides a complimentary hotel room and convention registration for the award recipient. Each CAA submitting the winning nominee will receive $500.00.

Don’t delay – send in your deserving nominations now. For more information and the official nomination forms, click here for: Sargent Shriver; Jayne Thomas.

Send nominations to:
Avril F. Weisman
Vice President
Community Action Partnership
1140 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1210
Washington, DC 20036

202-265-5031
fax 202-265-5048
aweisman@communityactionpartnership.com

Voting and Election Information for Partnership members

2010 is an election year for Community Action Partnership officers. The positions include: Chair; First; Second; and Third Vice Chairs; Secretary and; Treasurer.

Voting for the election of officers will take place at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm during the Community Action Partnership Annual Convention. To be considered for nomination to any of the above offices, the following procedures must be followed:

PROCESS:

1. Any interested member in good standing with Community Action Partnership wishing to be nominated for one of the six offices, should complete an official Vita Sheet and send to Chair, Nominations Committee, no later than Friday, June 18, 2010. You must use the 2010 Vita Form. You must indicate for which office you are running on the top line of the Vita Sheet.

2. Applications will be reviewed by the Nominations Committee to assure that each nominee meets the qualifications for office.

3. The Nominations Committee will establish all qualified candidates as the nominees for each of the six offices. The Nominations Committee consists of the 10 regional representatives on the Community Action Partnership Board of Directors.

4. The official slate of nominees for officers along with brief biographical information, voting and proxy guidelines and the proposed bylaws amendments will be mailed to the Board of Directors and to all member agencies not later than July 30, 2010.

Please mail or fax completed Vita Forms no later than COB Friday, June 18.

Send to: Teresa Cox, Chair
Nominations Committee
Community Action Partnership
1140 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 1210
Washington, DC, 20036
Fax: (202) 265-5048

 

Convention Discount Early Bird Rates End on June 18!

To view or download the 2010 Annual Convention Brochure or the Registration form, click here. Hotel rooms are selling quickly at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Click here to reserve online and assure your reservation is confirmed at the convention rate of $189.00 single or double.