Dunne: volunteer awards recognise contributions
18 June 2010
The chair of the North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards committee, UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP, Peter Dunne, has announced that nominations for the 2010 North Wellington Volunteer Service Awards are now open.
Mr Dunne has used the start of Volunteer Awareness Week to announce the opening of nominations for the 2010 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 continued on an annual basis since that time. It is supported by the Johnsonville Community Centre, the Johnsonville Licensing Trust, and the Police. To date, over 80 local people have received Awards.
The award is available to those working in recognised voluntary agencies or community groups and clubs working in the Northern Suburbs from Crofton Downs to Tawa, who have performed a minimum of five years voluntary service for the organisation concerned and must be nominated by that organisation.
“This award is a way in which the community can thank the unsung heroes who toil constantly and quietly on our behalf.
“Too often, we patronise their work through celebratory cups of tea and little else, but this award, which is unique in New Zealand, is far more substantial, and goes 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 says.
The 2010 North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards will be presented at a special celebratory dinner for Award recipients and their families, to be held on Saturday 4 September.
Nomination forms for the 2010 North Wellington Voluntary Service Awards are available from either Mr Dunne’s Johnsonville electorate office, or the Awards committee secretary, Ray Good, phone 971 3686.
Nominations close on Friday 23 July.
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