National Association of Resource Conservation & Development

Awards Process

 

 

Why apply for a National Award?

 

The NARC&DC Awards will provide you and your council with National recognition for a quality program and volunteer participation leading to the betterment of the RC&D Program.  Recognition will be based on merit and will provide you with the satisfaction that your program is succeeding in delivering an effective RC&D Program.  While everyone is a winner, winning the National Award will help your council increase your ability to attract new volunteers, new funding, and business and /or civic partners. 

 

Winners will be presented at the NARC&DC Leadership Forum in February 2009 and recognized at the 2009 National Conference and their submission may be posted on the National Associations Website.

 

Categories

 

  1. Outstanding Performance by a Council
  2. Outstanding Performance by a Council Member
  3. Outstanding Performance by a Coordinator
  4. Outstanding Supporting Organization
  5. Outstanding Youth Involvement Award
  6. Outstanding Program Assistant Award

 

Eligibility

 

To be eligible, the nomination and nominee must come from a dues paying member of the National Association and be submitted by that Council’s Regional President using a regionally approved awards process.  Remember, the Regional President can only submit one nomination per category to the National Office.

 

How To Apply*

 

  1. NOMINEE SUMMARY:  (This is the most important part of your entry.)
    1. Summary should not be more than a total of two double-sided pages.
    2. Summaries must be typed.  Please use a 12 pt. Font.
    3. Type the Name of the Nominee; Name of the RC&D Council the Nominee is affiliated with, City, State, and Award Nomination Category on the upper right hand corner of the 1st page of your summary.
    4. Each page should contain a header with the Nominee’s name, Region, and council affiliation.
    5. Organize your narrative in the same order as the evaluation criteria.  Make sure you have answered each question?

 

  1. Add up to 3 double-sided pages of supplemental material numbered 1-6.  (Judges will only be given the first 6 pages.) The purpose of this material is to substantiate the claims made in your summary.  This material may not be a continuation of the Summary.  This material may include press clips, brochures, photos, letters of endorsement, etc.  Please do not include big items such as posters or shirts etc.  No videos or disks will be accepted.

 

  1. Submit 16 copies.

 

Judging

 

An independent panel of judges from the public, private and governmental sectors will select the winner from each category.

 

All national nominees (Regional Award Winners) will be recognized with a Distinguished Service Certificate.

 

Winners will be seated at the head table for the Leadership Banquet and other award nominees will have reserved seating for the banquet.

 

 

Submission Time Line

 

Nominations should be derived from a regional awards process.  Your Regional Association President will then submit one nomination for each category to the National Association of RC&D Councils for judging.

 

 

 

* All submissions become the property of the National Association of RC&D Councils. All or part of the submissions may be reprinted, modified, or posted on the National Association of RC&D Council’s Website or other publications without compensation