Presidential Spirit of Community Awards
For: Middle and high school youth who have made outstanding service contributions through volunteering.
By: Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals
Winners Include: Taylor Bell, 18, Little Rock, Ark., who created a soccer league for special-needs children; Kendall Ciesemier, 14, Wheaton, Ill., who founded an organization that has raised over $80,000 for AIDS orphans in Africa; Kelydra Welcker, 18, Parkersburg, W.Va., who invented a way to purify drinking water in her community; Heather Wilder, 13, Las Vegas, who wrote a series of pamphlets for foster children based on her experiences in the foster care system.
Contact: http://www.prudential.com/spirit, http://www.principals.org/prudential.
President’s Call to Service Award
For: Individuals who have volunteered 4,000 hours or more in their lifetimes.
By: USA Freedom Corps
Winners Include: Linda Uehara, Mililani, Hawaii, a retired educator who serves on the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council and co-facilitates Girls Street Smart, a life-skills program for Asian and Pacific Island teenagers; Jonathan Wu, Fremont, Calif., a high school senior who created a science fair for elementary school students in his community; Kay Hiramine, Colorado Springs, Colo., CEO of Private Sector Consulting and founder of Humanitarian International Services Group, an organization that mobilizes resources in emergencies.
Contact: http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.
Webby Awards
For: Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, mobile phone web content.
By: The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Winners Include: The People’s Voice Winner in the Associations category is “Dream it. Do it.” (www.dreamit-doit.com), which helps young people with career goals in the manufacturing sector. The website offers a career calculator and quiz, and connects youth to events and resources to help them meet their goals.
Contact: (212) 675-3555, http://www.webbyawards.com.
Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award
For: Individuals who have made significant contributions to social entrepreneurship.
By: Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
Winner: Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, an organization that provides funding and support for entrepreneurs worldwide who use business methods to tackle social problems.
Contact: (919) 660-7823, http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/centers/case.
Save Our History Awards
For: Students, teachers, or historical organizations that have partnered with schools to help preserve local history.
By: Save Our History, a project of The History Channel
Winners include: Student of the Year Kaitlyn McConnell, 18, of Niangua, Mo., who writes a weekly column for a local newspaper about historic sites in the area; the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site in Laramie, Wyo., which partnered with a local middle school to excavate an icehouse behind the prison.
Contact: http://www.history.com/minisites/saveourhistory, info@saveourhistory.com.
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Hard labor: Youths excavate the Wyoming Territorial Prison, a project that won a Save Our History award. |
Mildred Robbins Leet Award for the Advancement of Women
For: InterAction member agencies that have worked for greater gender equality.
By: InterAction
Winners: Population Action International, an advocacy group that supports population, family planning and reproductive health programs; Women’s Edge Coalition, which supports the economic advancement of poor women and girls worldwide.
Contact: (202) 667-8227, http://www.InterAction.org.
Awards Available
Innovation in Prevention
For: Public and private-sector organizations that have implemented prevention programs related to obesity, physical activity or nutrition.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Deadline: June 29
Contact: (202) 785-4943, http://www.prevent.org/content/view/57/8.
Harry Chapin Self-Reliance
For: Organizations that have helped fight poverty and hunger by empowering people and building self-reliance.
By: World Hunger Year and the Harry Chapin Foundation
Deadline: June 15
Contact: (212) 629-8850, http://www.worldhungeryear.org/comm_conn/hcsra.asp.
Essence of Leadership
For: Executives and board leaders for national nonprofits in the health and human services sector, and members of the media and public figures who have made contributions to the field.
By: National Human Services Assembly
Deadline: July 10
Contact: (202) 347-2080, http://www.nassembly.org.
Richard Riley Award
For: Elementary and secondary public schools that have collaborated with local groups to serve as “a center of community that demonstrates innovative design ideas and helps promote student achievement.”
By: American Architectural Foundation and KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Deadline: July 9
Contact: jtsepas@archfoundation.org, http://www.richardrileyaward.org.
