Impact Awards Nomination Form

2010 Impact Awards

2010 IMPACT AWARDS

Do you know an outstanding volunteer? An individual or group who dedicates their time, effort, and talents to serving others and has made a real Impact on the community? If you do, we encourage you to take a few minutes to nominate them for a Volunteer Impact Award so their good works can be recognized, shared and applauded throughout the community.

The Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago's Impact Awards honor individuals, organizations and businesses for their impressive contributions to Chicago's northwest suburbs, including north suburban Cook and DuPage Counties. For decades, The Volunteer Center has recognized outstanding volunteers in the community for their selfless dedication to others.
This year, the award categories include:

  • • Emerging Leader: Recognizing young volunteers who are destined to make a difference in the community and the nonprofit sector in the future; for youth 18 years of age and under.
  • • Community Champion: Recognizing volunteers who consistently make a difference through innovative volunteer roles; for adults over 19 years of age.
  • • Lead with Experience: Recognizing RSVP volunteers that consistently use their experience and leadership skills to make a difference; for adults 55 years of age and better in the RSVP program.
  • • Team Impact: Recognizing a team or group who identified a need and made a demonstrated impact on the community; for groups of three or more.
  • • Inspirational Achievement: Recognizing volunteers who serve as a role model and inspiration to others in their community; for new U.S. citizens who immigrated within the past 10 years.

All nominations must be submitted by March 5, 2010 at 4 p.m. Nominations are evaluated by a selection committee of community leaders based on how the nominee's innovation, leadership, and dedication impacted a community or organizational need in the past year. Winners will receive an award and be publicly recognized for their good works. Organizations can only nominate one person per category each year.

Information needed to complete a nomination includes:

  • • Nominee contact and service information, including organization served
  • • Contact information for two references that can confirm the nominee's service, excluding relatives
  • • Optional: a photo of the volunteer we can use in telling their story.
  • • Essay reponses within word limits answering the following:
  1. Describe how this nominee made an impact on an organization or the community in the past year (500 words or less).
  2. Provide two examples of how the nominee used their skills, creativity, or innovation to overcome a challenge, increase an organization's capacity or meet a local need (250 words or less).
  3. Describe how this nominee's actions or leadership inspires others to make a difference (250 words or less).

Questions? Contact us and let us know.

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