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Horizons is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Founders Award

February 11, 2010 in Uncategorized by community

Horizons of Friendship is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Founders Award.

Click here to download the nomination form

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Nomination forms can also be picked up at Horizons of Friendship office, located in Cobourg at 50 Covert Street.

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. 

Please take the time to recognize a community volunteer or community leader, who in Canada, has been working ‘under the radar’ to help improve the lives of others.  Now is the time to acknowledge their commitment to social justice with the Founders Award.  

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.

Nomination deadline is Friday April 30th.

Please submit all nomination materials to: 

Horizons of Friendship

P.O. Box 402

Cobourg, Ontario

K9A 4L1

 

Electronic submissions:

info@horizons.ca

(Subject line: The Founders Award)

 

Note: You may use additional space as required and may attach additional documents to the nomination form such as photos, newspaper articles, CV, etc.)

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 founded the organization on the spirit of volunteerism over 30 years ago.

The 2010 Founders Award recipient will receive a one-of-a-kind 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.

Award Criteria:

1. Evidence that the spirit of volunteerism has played a significant role in the individual’s lifetime.

2. Demonstration of leadership in addressing social inequality and injustice in Canada, and elsewhere, consistent with the ideals of Horizons of Friendship.

For more information, please contact:

Linda Robertson

Administrative Assistant

lrobertson@horizons.ca

Phone:    905-372-5483   x10

Fax:  905-372-7095

Writers & Friends 14th Annual Gala Afternoon

February 4, 2010 in Writers & Friends by linda

Writers & Friends

Sunday April 11, 2010

14th Annual Gala Afternoon

Kingston City Hall, 1:00 pm.

Featuring Ian Brown, Linden MacIntyre, Erna Paris, Lawrence Scanlan and Sarah Harmer.

Readings, music, gourmet delectables and silent auction. “Writes of Spring” benefit on behalf of marginalized communities in Central America and Mexico. For information call 613 546- 9199.

For early bird tickets contact Horizons of Friendship 1 888 729- 9928 or 905 372- 5483, ext. 10 or e-mail info@horizons.ca.  Visit www.horizons.ca.

Writers & Friends April 11 th, 2010

Kingston’s Friends of Horizons are delighted to announce their Annual Gala Afternoon for Sunday April11th at Kingston City Hall, featuring outstanding guests. Joining us will be Globe and Mail features writer

Ian Brown, radio and television host  and author of The Boy in the Moon and winner of the B. C. National Award for literary non- fiction and nominee, Charles Taylor Prize 2010; Linden MacIntyre, writer, and television host of CBC’s Fifth Estate, and author of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller winning novel, The Bishop’s Man;  Erna Paris, award winning writer and historian, and author of The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice; and acclaimed journalist Lawrence Scanlan,  author of the upcoming spring release, A Year of Living Generously .

Writers & Friends musical contributor Sarah Harmer is the one of Canada’s favourite musicians and previous Writers and Friends musical guest.

The afternoon of “literary schmoozing” on behalf of the charitable organization, Horizons of Friendship begins at 1:00 p.m. with readings, music and finger foods provided by some of the Kingston area’s finest chefs.  Book sales will be provided by Novel Idea, and there will be a Grand Silent Auction of gifts, services and art. Funds raised by Writers & Friends will help address problems in marginalized communities in Central America and Mexico struggling to improve their living conditions and to access the basic human rights of health, education and citizen participation. For more information on Horizons of Friendship, visit www.horizons.ca

For Writers& Friends Early bird tickets ($120; income tax receipt $90.00), available by credit card order; call Horizons at 1 888-729- 9928. After mid March, tickets will be available at Novel Idea.  For more information call 613- 546- 9199.