Reminder: Volunteer Citizen of the Year award

The deadline date of April 1, is not too far off. If you have some space in your newspaper in the coming week or so, we would ask that you please run the Volunteer Citizen of the Year award ad, as a filler.  Central Office has received only a handful of nominations so far.

Direct Energy and the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) invite Albertans to help recognize our province’s remarkable volunteer spirit with the seventh annual Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award.  Nominations are now being accepted and will close Friday, April 1, 2011.

The Alberta Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award program is designed to recognize the significant efforts of these individuals whose contributions make their communities a better place to live.

The award itself consists of:

• $1,000 cash prize to the winner;
• $5,000 cash grant to the winner’s organization/cause of choice in their respective community;
• recognition of the winner’s achievement through a commemorative award, article and photo to be published in AWNA newspapers across Alberta;
• $1,000 cash grant to four semi-finalists’ organization/cause of choice in their respective communities; and
• special recognition of the four semi-finalists.

Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award rules and details can be found online at www.awna.com or www.directenergy.com/vcoy, or can be picked up at AWNA member newspaper offices.