Eligibility Guidelines for the Fairfax County Volunteer Service Awards
To more information on the 2013 Fairfax County Volunteer Service Awards, please select one of the following areas:
- Nominations must be received via online application to Volunteer Fairfax.
- Nominators must obtain approval from the person or group being nominated prior to submission.
- The nominee must be a resident of Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, the City of Herndon, the City of Vienna or the City of Falls Church.
- The volunteer service must benefit the Fairfax County community.
- Nominated volunteers must have provided service during the 2012 calendar year; however, service provided prior to this year can also be included.
- Service provided may not include hours served as part of an academic requirement.
- Volunteers may nominate themselves.
- Nominations are subject to verification.
- Staff members compensated by salary or any other compensatory means are not eligible.
- Nominees (individuals or groups) may only be nominated for one competitive Service Award and one Benchmark Award.
- All decisions made by the independent panel of judges are final.
- ADULT VOLUNTEER GROUP: Nominees should be a group of three or more adults, over 18 years of age, whose combined efforts contributed outstanding service to the community in 2012.
- YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP: Nominees should be a group of three or more youth, 18 years of age or younger (as of December 31, 2012), whose combined volunteer efforts contributed outstanding service to the community in 2012.
- SENIOR VOLUNTEER: Nominee should be an individual, 60 years of age or older (as of December 31, 2012), who demonstrated outstanding volunteer service in 2012.
- CORPORATE VOLUNTEER: Nominee should be a private, non-charitable business or employee volunteer group thereof that has demonstrated exceptional service to Fairfax County and the Washington, D.C., Metro region community in 2012.
- VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: Nominee should be a charitable, private nonprofit or public organization that demonstrated effective volunteer management practices though its creative, innovative and/or greatly increased use of volunteers in 2012.
- ADULT VOLUNTEER 250 AND MORE: Nominee should be an individual over 18 years of age (as of December 21, 2012) who demonstrated outstanding volunteer service and completed 250 hours of service or more.
- ADULT VOLUNTEER 250 AND LESS: Nominee should be an individual over 18 years of age (as of December 21, 2012) who demonstrated outstanding volunteer service and completed 250 hours of service or less.
- YOUTH VOLUNTEER: Nominee should be an individual, 18 years of age or younger (as of December 31, 2012) who demonstrated outstanding volunteer service in 2012.
- FAMILY VOLUNTEER: Nominee should be a family unit whose combined volunteer efforts demonstrated exceptional community service in 2012.
- COUNTY VOLUNTEER - New!: Nominee should be an individual who demonstrated outstanding volunteer service through a Fairfax County Government agency in 2012.
- FAIRFAX COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM - New!: Nominee should be a Fairfax County Government Volunteer Program that demonstrated effective volunteer management practices though its creative, innovative and/or greatly increased use of volunteers in 2012.
- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Honors an individual who, over the course of at least 15 years, has made significant contributions to Fairfax County through volunteer efforts.
- RISING STAR: Nominee should be a new volunteer who has been with the same organization for at least two years, acquiring more than 350 hours of service.
- INTÉGRATE INDIVIDUAL: This award represents the efforts of the Intégrate Campaign partners and supporters to recognize the invaluable contributions of a bilingual Hispanic volunteer. Individual nominees must be over the age of 18 and have demonstrated outstanding service to the community in the 2012 calendar year.
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INTÉGRATE GROUP: This award represents the efforts of the Intégrate Campaign partners and supporters to recognize the invaluable contributions of bilingual Hispanic volunteers in the Northern Virginia area. The group category is available for groups of three or more adult Hispanics (including a bilingual leader-representative) whose combined efforts have contributed outstanding service to the community in the calendar year of 2012.
IMPORTANT: For Benchmark Awards ONLY, Nominator / Organization may nominate up to THREE volunteers for this award. Any additional Benchmark nominations will incur a $35.00 fee. An invoice will be sent upon receiving completed nomination forms for additional applications.
EXCEPTION: Organizations that have numerous locations or branches, such as the Fairfax County libraries, parks and schools, may nominate volunteers on a per branch basis, therefore eliminating this additional fee.
- YOUTH 100: Nominee should be an individual, 18 years of age or younger (as of December 31, 2012), who has given at least 100 hours of service to a particular agency in calendar year 2012.
- 250: Adult Nominee who has given 250 hours of service to a particular agency in calendar year 2012.
- 500: Adult Nominee who has given 500 hours of service to a particular agency in calendar year 2012.
- 1,000: Adult Nominee who has given 1,000 hours of service to a particular agency in calendar year 2012.
Please direct questions about the nomination process or the Volunteer Service Awards to Kelsey Haynes, 703-246-3825.
