Horizons of Friendship is pleased to announce its sixth annual Founders Award (formally known as the David Stewart Medal and changed to honour Horizon’s three founding members).
The purpose of the award is to recognize those individuals in Canada who demonstrate a commitment to volunteerism and leadership in addressing social inequality and injustice. The award has been given out since 2004 to commemorate the three founders of Horizons of Friendship (the late David Stewart, Christine Stewart and Father Tim Coughlan) who created the organization on the spirit of volunteerism over 30 years ago.
Horizons of Friendship invites the general public to nominate a person who they feel meets the award criteria and whose volunteer accomplishments and leadership deserve to be celebrated. We encourage people from across Canada to nominate those outstanding diverse citizens for the Founders Award who, no matter their age or background, are setting a positive example for others by bringing about meaningful contributions through their volunteer activities.
The winner will receive a one-of-a-kind Founders Award commemorative bronze medal, specially crafted by renowned Northumberland artist Frances Gage, and a certificate of recognition. The recipient will also be recognized at a ceremony during the Horizons of Friendship Annual General Meeting. In addition, a financial donation will be made to a development project in Central America or Mexico chosen from the active group of Horizons of Friendship southern partners.
Nomination forms can be picked up at Horizons of Friendship, located in Cobourg at 50 Covert Street (Second Floor) or can be printed off and mailed directly to the office.
Horizons of Friendship
P.O. Box 402, Cobourg, Ontario K9A 4L1
This year’s nomination deadline is Friday May 8th.
Past winners of the award include: Jim McCallum (2007); a Peterborough (Ontario) resident and founder of Friends of Honduran Children (an organization that provides education and scholarships to children and helps single mothers with housing, healthcare and employment opportunities), Raul Gatica (2006); a Mexican political refugee living in Vancouver who is a champion for Indigenous rights, Kathy Anderson (2005); a human rights activist from Nova Scotia and co-founder of Breaking the Silence Network (a group committed to solidarity work and dedicated to promoting human rights advocacy between peoples in Canada and Guatemala), and Sheila Turnbull (2004); a long-time volunteer of Bridge Street Church in Belleville, Ontario who was instrumental in establishing a volunteer food cooperative to help low-income families.
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For more information, please contact:
Rachael Currie
Community Outreach Coordinator
Horizons of Friendship
(905) 372-5483 ext. 24
rcurrie@horizons.ca
