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Dunne: Voluntary Service Awards practical way to mark volunteers’ contribution – 2009-06-15 14:39:37.379
UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP Peter Dunne has announced that nominations for the 2009 North Wellington Volunteer Service Awards are now open.
Mr Dunne, who is chair of the North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards committee, has used the start of Volunteer Awareness Week to announce the opening of nominations for the 2009 Awards.
The North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards scheme was established during the International Year of the Volunteer in 2001 to commemorate the contribution of local community volunteers, and has been held annually since then. It is supported by the Johnsonville Community Centre, the Johnsonville Licensing Trust, and the Police. To date, more than 70 local people have received awards.
The Awards are available to those working in recognised voluntary agencies or community groups and clubs working in the Northern Suburbs from Crofton Downs to Tawa, and who have given at least five years voluntary service for the organisation concerned and have been nominated by that organisation.
“Too often, we patronise the work of our community volunteers through celebratory cups of tea and little else, but these Awards, which are unique in New Zealand, go well beyond that.
“It is a tangible and lasting way of recognising our unsung community heroes.
“Each North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards recipient receives not only a commemorative plaque and lapel badge, but also a special citation of their achievements,” Mr Dunne said.
The 2009 North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards will be presented at a special celebratory dinner for Award recipients and their families on Saturday 29 August.
Nomination forms for the 2009 North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards are available from either Mr Dunne’s Johnsonville electorate office, the Johnsonville Police station, or the Awards committee secretary, Ray Good, phone 971 3686. Nominations close on Friday 24 July.
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