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The Town of Rocky Mountain House is accepting nominations for the Citizen of the Year Awards.
Each year, the awards honour recipients for achievements in athletics, arts and culture, citizenship, and other areas of excellence.
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Nomination criteria includes:
Athletics and Sports Excellence
To recognize an individual or group who have excelled in their particular sport and have achieved one or more of the following:
- Placed first, second, or third in a national championship
- Placed first, second, or third in a provincial championship
- Been chosen to represent Alberta in a national competition
- Been chosen to represent Canada in an international competition
Music, Art, Culture, and Heritage
Represents the special recognition given to the Rocky Mountain House citizen judged to have made the most positive impact in the community by literary, visual, or performing arts, culture, or heritage contribution over the past year.
Rocky Mountain House citizen who:
- is an artist of any medium, including literary, visual, film and video arts, performing arts, culture, culinary, or heritage;
- made a positive impact on the music, arts, and culture community.
Distinguished Voluntary Service
Represents the special recognition given to the Rocky Mountain House citizen judged to best exemplify the attributes of a great volunteer in Rocky Mountain House.
Rocky Mountain House citizen that best meets the following criteria:
- volunteered in Rocky Mountain House to benefit the community; or
- inspired others to become volunteers in Rocky Mountain House.
Youth Civic Award
Rocky Mountain House youth (elementary, high school, and post-secondary youth up to age 24) that best meets the following criteria:
- volunteered in Rocky Mountain House to benefit the community; or
- who demonstrates leadership, care, and compassion and/or the ability to overcome personal challenges, motivate others, or use special skills to improve the community’s quality of life.
Special Achievement Award
Represents an award to an individual, group, or business that has completed an achievement worthy of special recognition.
Rocky Mountain House citizen or someone with strong ties to the Town of Rocky Mountain House; or Rocky Mountain House-based group or business that has achieved:
- a significant honour at the provincial, national, or international level;
- an act of bravery worthy of an award; or
- a noteworthy act that benefitted the Town of Rocky Mountain House.
Martha Kostuch Memorial Award – Environmental Stewardship
Represents the special recognition given to a Rocky Mountain House citizen, business, or community group judged to have best demonstrated environmental leadership in Rocky Mountain House.
Rocky Mountain House citizen, business, or community group that best meets the following criteria:
- positive environmental action benefiting the community;
- leader of a project that positively addresses climate change;
- proven commitment to the education, preservation, protection, and enhancement of the environment impacting the quality of air, water, or land.
Nominations must be filled out online, and submitted by Feb. 7.
The awards will be presented at the Community Business Awards on March 7.
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