Medfield Foundation Now Collecting Nominations for Volunteer Awards

Editor's note: The following news release was submitted by the Medfield Foundation.

Do you know Medfield residents who dedicate countless time and energy to a worthy community cause or initiative?

If so, now is your chance to nominate someone for one of three Medfield Foundation volunteer awards. This year’s nomination form, due Feb. 10, is now available on the Medfield Foundation website. In addition to the Volunteer of the Year and Youth Volunteer of the Year awards, a new Lifetime Achievement award was created as a way to recognize a Medfield resident who has dedicated many years to a community organization, cause or initiative.

To help determine award recipients, the Foundation seeks to capture information about the volunteer’s work using these general criteria:

• Action – What does the nominee actually do in his/her capacity as a volunteer?
• Need – What community need(s) does the nominee address?
• Impact – How is nominee's volunteer work making a difference?
• Inspiration – What makes the nominee unique or special?
• Verification – Who else can serve as a reference for the nominee’s volunteer work?

 Interested in submitting a nomination for one of the 2012 Medfield Foundation volunteer awards? If so, simply download the official form from http://www.medfieldfoundation.org/volunteer.html. (Detailed instructions are on the website.) Completed nomination forms should be e-mailed as Word or PDF attachments to MFIVolunteerAward@gmail.com no later than Friday, Feb. 10.

In the meantime, the Foundation’s 2012 volunteer recognition event is scheduled for 4 p.m., Sunday, March 18 at The Center at Medfield on Ice House Road. More details will be available in the months ahead.

Questions or requests for more information can be sent to the committee at MFIVolunteerAward@gmail.com. To learn more about the Medfield Foundation, go to www.medfieldfoundation.org.