Volunteer Manitoba Outstanding Community Leadership Award
Call For Nominations
Volunteer Manitoba invites you to submit nominations for the Volunteer Manitoba Outstanding Community Leadership Award.
The Award
Volunteer Manitoba will present two Leadership Awards in the “Volunteer Manitoba Outstanding Community Leadership” category. The awards will be given to one Winnipeg Community Leader and one Provincial Community Leader. Volunteer Manitoba is looking for individuals who have shown outstanding leadership in their community and mobilized people in their respective communities to attain a goal or see a vision through to completion.
These awards recognize individuals who have been significantly involved in their community, making it a great place to live. It recognizes individuals who have shown true compassion or lifelong commitment to volunteering and remarkable leadership in their community.
Who Can Be Nominated?
An individual in Winnipeg and/or Manitoba who shows outstanding leadership in their community, and who has mobilized people in their community to attain a goal or see their vision through.
Suggested Criteria For The Award
- Recognizing a person that is a force behind creating programs, reforms, new initiatives and responding to community issues.
- Recognizing the advancement of social issues, community well-being and families.
- Celebrating the diversity in our community.
- Recognizing an inspiring leader.
- Recognizing the pioneering spirit of volunteerism.
- Recognizing social commitment and persistence.
- Recognizing a lifelong commitment to volunteering.
Submitting a Nomination
Attach supporting documentation describing the exceptional volunteer efforts and community leadership of the individual volunteer.
Please include the following information in a concise document (five pages or less):
- IDENTIFICATION of a need in the community.
- METHOD of which nominee addressed the need.
- ACTIVITY the nominee undertook.
- LEADERSHIP shown by nominee.
- PERSEVERANCE in facing any challenges or obstacles the nominee may have had to deal with.
- IMPACT of nominee’s efforts on individual person or group receiving help.
- SUMMARY of the essence of the nomination indicating why the nominee should receive the award.
Include any printed material such as letters, newspaper clippings and testimonials that directly relate to the volunteer activity the individual is being nominated for.