Home Town Heroes- Nominate One Today! (Exp Apr.22)

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Nominate yourself, or recognize a neighbour!  Earth Day Canada recognizes Hometown heroes who overcome environmental obstacles,engage others in support of a sustainable community. You may know them as a neighbour, volunteer group or local business, but to Earth Day Canada, they’re Hometown Heroes working to support a healthier environment. Find out about the prizes and qualifications for the Hometown Heroes Awards.
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Help Canada recognize and celebrate environmental leaders: individuals, groups or small businesses, who foster meaningful, long-term community awareness and action.

Awards:

• Individual Hometown Heroes Award, with a $10 000 cash-prize ($5 000 to keep and $5 000 to donate to the environmental cause of their choice)
• Group Hometown Heroes Award, with a $10 000 cash-prize to support their work,
• Small Business Hometown Heroes Award, receiving an all-expenses paid* trip to attend any professional development course, workshop, summit or conference focused on environmental sustainability and/or conservation within Canada.

Nominate yourself, an individual, group, organization or small business from your community by April 22^nd, 2011.

Eligibility Criteria

Individual Hometown Heroes Award

Earth Day Canada will consider individual candidates who

• Demonstrate outstanding environmental leadership, commitment and achievements in their communities
• Carry out unpaid, not-for-profit environmental efforts, outside of the candidate’s employment activities, with notable accomplishments that have resulted in continuous, long-term and sustainable impacts within local communities
• Engage, educate and/or empower community members to support a healthier environment
• Focus their environmental efforts in Canada
• Are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada (landed immigrants)
• Are not elected officials (applicable to all levels of Government)
• Have completed and submitted the Hometown Heroes nomination package, including all forms and supporting documentation, by April 22^nd, 2011.

Group Hometown Heroes Award

Earth Day Canada will consider group candidates who:

• Operate as a registered not-for-profit or charitable organization, volunteer group or school
• Demonstrate outstanding environmental leadership, commitment and achievements in local communities
• Carry out not-for-profit environmental efforts with notable accomplishments that have resulted in continuous, long-term and sustainable impacts within local communities
• Engage, educate and/or empower community members to support a healthier environment
• Focus their environmental efforts in Canada
• Are not an agency of the Government (applicable to all levels of Government)
• Have completed and submitted the Hometown Heroes nomination package, including all forms and supporting documentation, by April 22^nd, 2011.

Small Business Hometown Heroes Award

Earth Day Canada will consider small business candidates who:

• Are Canadian-owned and operated, and have operated as a registered business for at least two years
• Have fewer than 20 employees
• Demonstrate outstanding environmental leadership, innovation and benefits beyond their products and/or services
• Prioritize long-term environmental planning and/or commitment as an integral part of their business model and/or operations that have resulted in positive sustainable impacts
• Are engaged in internal initiatives that incorporate environmental best practices, resource conservation and green living from supply chain management to employee engagement programs
• Serve as community ambassadors, influencing and engaging suppliers, customers and the general public to educate and/or empower them to support a healthier environment
• Are not government or quasi-government entities
• Have completed and submitted the Hometown Heroes nomination package, including all forms and supporting documentation, by April 22^nd, 2011.

Click Here to get the nomination forms from Earth Day Canada.