The Italian American Community Center in Rochester is pleased to announce the 11^th Annual Women of the Year Awards. The purpose of the award program is to identify the positive contributions of women in our community and for the encouragement of others. We invite you to nominate exceptional women you may know from your business, church, school, or other professional or personal affiliation. The Women of the Year Awards will be presented at an Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at the Italian American Community Center. This packet includes the nomination form with instructions and eligibility information.

This year we will present one award in each of the following categories:

The Arts        

Honors outstanding contribution to the performing and visual arts including music,

dance, theater, sculpture, drawing, painting and architecture.

Business        

Honors entrepreneurial achievements in business in the private sector, including

involvement in community affairs.

Civic Affairs  

Honors service to the community through elected or non-elected public office or through

sustained work as a community volunteer.

Education

Honors instructional leadership as a faculty member or

administrator in public and private Pre-K – 12 schools or the

college/university setting.

  Science          

Honors service in medicine, psychology, social work, counseling and/or other allied

fields in health care. The award may be presented for achievement in the natural or hard

sciences within medicine or industry including non-traditional fields of work for women

such as engineering.

A completed nomination form must be postmarked by February 21, 2008.

Nominees and nominators will be notified of the results by mail on or about

            February 28, 2008.

The Women of the Year Award recipients will be selected from all of the eligible nominees.

The nominee must be present at the awards celebration. Therefore, the nominator must ensure that the nominee’s calendar is free of any other scheduled event on the date of the awards.

We encourage you to forward this Call for Nominations to others in your company, agency or organizations. Previous award recipients are not eligible for nomination. To be eligible a candidate must:

be a resident of the Greater Rochester Area (including Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Ontario and Orleans counties)

have some Italian ancestry

 

Complete the nomination forms on the following pages.

Please type, hand written forms will not be accepted.

Individuals, organizations, or groups may nominate an individual. You may submit an application for more than one candidate for an award.

Any other materials to supplement the application will not be considered in the review process.

Additional forms can be obtained by calling the IACC office at (585) 594-8882 or on the web at: www.iaccrochester.org.

All completed application forms must be postmarked by February 16, 2008 and received by February 25, 2008. Forms received or postmarked after this date will not be considered. Mail completed application forms to the following address:

 

Italian American Community Center

Women of the Year Awards

150 Frank DiMino Way

Rochester, NY 14624

Award Candidate

Name

Job Title

Business

Mailing Address

City State Zip

Telephone Fax

E-mail Address

Heritage: Italian American heritage through Mother’s family Father’s family

both

Nominator

Name

Mailing Address

City State Zip

Telephone Fax

E-mail Address

Relationship to Candidate

I am nominating the candidate in the following award category: (Check one)

The Arts Education Civic Affairs Health Care/Science

Answer both of the following questions. Please limit your response to three typewritten pages. Use the following examples as a guideline for identifying and documenting your candidate’s exceptional achievements.

Guidelines for Documenting Exceptional Achievement

Use the following examples of award criteria as a guideline for identifying your candidate’s contributions. Exceptional achievement can be demonstrated by:

mobilizing a segment of the community for worthy cause,

producing high quality of work over an extended period of time,

giving extra effort to compete a job or project,

being so helpful that others write letters of appreciation,

chairing committees and contributing to the success of projects,

developing new work methods that reduce waste or stretch resources,

doing things for others that are beyond expectations,

performing in an exceptionally courteous and cooperative manner,

increasing awareness of need in the community,

creating opportunities for others to learn and be rewarded.

 

 

 

Experience

Please include an updated resume that highlights your candidate’s accomplishments and experiences.

Outstanding Achievements

Please list three to five accomplishments of your candidate, which, in your opinion, are exceptional and exceed expected standards.

2. Measurable Impact on the Community

Please describe how each achievement cited in the above question makes a noticeable difference in the candidate’s family, community, workplace, or organization. Describe how she demonstrates exceptional motivation, initiative, integrity, creativity or judgment.