Horizons of Friendship is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Founders Award.
Click here to download the nomination form
Nomination forms can also be picked up at Horizons of Friendship office, located in Cobourg at 50 Covert Street.
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.
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.
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:
(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 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 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:
Rachael Currie
Community Outreach/Communications Coordinator
Horizons of Friendship
Phone: 905-372-5483 x24
Fax: 905-372-7095
Congratulations to Linda Slavin who received the Horizons of Friendship’s 2009 Founders Award in Cobourg on June 8th, in recognition for her commitment to volunteerism and leadership in addressing social inequality and injustice.
Linda Slavin is a recognized leader in addressing social inequalities in Canada and overseas and was selected to receive the Founders Medal from a group of impressive individuals from across Canada.
Linda was one of the founding members of Kawartha Ploughshares (a peace and disarmament group) 25 years ago, a key co-ordinator in the creation of The Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC, a global education and resource centre), a Peterborough Social Planning Council board member for Our Space (a social space for street people in Peterborough), a key developer for the educational enterprise, The Learning Source, and a local Food Coop.
She has also volunteered many hours with COIN, the Community Opportunity and Innovation Network supporting social enterprise and community economic development.
Linda’s passion for international work was expressed through her volunteer time as a previous board member and latter chair of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation.
Currently Linda is the chair of the Elizabeth Fry Society, a co-chair of the Peterborough Sustainability Committee and co-chair of the Local Peterborough Coalition for Social Justice.
The 2009 Southern recipient was the Guatemalan Intercultural Highlands Association (AMIGAS). AMIGAS was founded near the end of 2003 to promote the participation of men and women, particularly in the rural area, through development projects directed at women and the family. AMIGAS specific objectives are to improve women’s reproductive and child health and to reduce the incidence of illness and death associated with birth and infant development and to strengthen women’s and men’s capacity in planning and decision-making for their organizational work. Furthermore, AMIGAS works to strengthen the capacity of men and women to undertake productive projects to improve levels of income and family economies and to create a space for training and organization in local development.
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).
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.
