2016 Keep America Beautiful Achievement National Awards Application

Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody, Carolyn Crayton & Young Professional Awards

Deadline: Oct. 1, 2016

Celebrate those individuals who have inspired your community!

Keep America Beautiful is the iconic national nonprofit organization that inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. We envision a country where every community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to live.

Help Keep America Beautiful honor outstanding individual volunteers for their efforts to deliver more beautiful, cleaner and improved neighborhoods and public spaces. For more than 60 years, Keep America Beautiful has been honoring the best of the best in community improvement and stewardship.

Awards:

Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Award This award is given to an outstanding female volunteer for exceptional leadership with at least 10 years in helping her local community to become cleaner, greener and more beautiful. The award originated during a "Salute to Women in Beautification" program at Keep America Beautiful’s National Conference in 1968, and commemorates the former First Lady’s many litter prevention and beautification activities. Since then, more than 50 outstanding volunteer women have received this award.

Iron Eyes Cody Award The Iron Eyes Cody Award honors outstanding male volunteers for exceptional leadership with at least 10 years in helping his local community to become cleaner, greener and more beautiful, and by raising public awareness about the need for citizens to participate in activities that preserve and enhance natural resources and public lands. Since 1988, more than 20 men have been honored with this award.

Carolyn Crayton Award: NEW FOR 2016 The Carolyn Crayton Award recognizes an individual board member or board member company or organization of a local Keep America Beautiful Affiliate for long-standing service to that affiliate. The individual or organization will have demonstrated leadership by contributing their time, talent and/or dollars to improve the quality of life in that community and contributing to the sustainability of the affiliate.

Young Professional Award The Keep America Beautiful Young Professional Award honors an outstanding volunteer under the age of 40. This outstanding individual demonstrates exceptional leadership in helping their local community to become cleaner, greener and more beautiful through their role as a volunteer separate from regular job duties.

How to Nominate an Individual: Any individual (or business for the Carolyn Crayton Award) who possesses the aforementioned leadership qualities is eligible to be nominated. Only those nominations in compliance with these guidelines will be judged. Executive Summary Guidelines:  Microsoft Word document.  Summaries must be typed and answers should highlight the number header included below, e.g., 1. Background, before answering questions in that section.  Include individual name and award category in the header of each page.  Do not exceed four pages and be sure to number the pages.  Double-space your summary.  Use no less than one-inch top, bottom, and side margins.  Use minimum 11-point font.  Please do not use clip art or colored ink in this portion of your entry.

Executive Summary Questions:

1. Background (20 points). State the Achievement Award category for which you are nominating. Provide a brief history of the nominee including how they first became involved in community or environmental projects. Include the nominee’s background, qualifications, number of years involved, and other accomplishments. Include volunteer duties conducted above and beyond regular job duties and not primarily paid duties.

2. Achievements (25 points). Describe your nominee’s major achievements and how they work with their community. Include a description of the activities that took place to obtain results.

3. Leadership (25 points). Describe your nominee’s leadership qualities. Include how civic groups, the business community, individuals or others were involved in helping your nominee realize their vision.

. Community and Environmental Action (25 points). What initiatives, programs, or activities has the nominee participated in and/or spearheaded to help their local community? Is the nominee involved with Keep America Beautiful at the national, state, or local level? What Keep America Beautiful Programs and/or resources were used? Was behavior changed, e.g., less litter, more materials recycled or recycled correctly?

. Summation (5 points). Provide two to three sentences summarizing your nominee, their background, and their efforts to make their community a cleaner, greener, more beautiful place to live.

Supplemental Materials: Include up to three pieces of supplemental material to substantiate the responses in the written executive summary.

Materials may include:  Photos (that illustrate engagement or impact). PLEASE NOTE: photo collages will not be accepted.  Press clips. Awards Submittal: Email Executive Summary and Supplemental Materials (no more than 3 pieces) to [email protected] by close of business on Oct. 1, 2016. Compress photos and supplemental materials so the total size of the email is under 20MB. Include in the Subject Line the Award Category for which you’re applying.

Judging: Winners will be selected by a volunteer panel of current and past affiliate and Keep America Beautiful leaders, and when applicable Keep America Beautiful National Staff. Judges may request additional materials. Awards winners may not be selected in every category. All winners will be notified by Dec. 1, 2016. Awards will be presented at Keep America Beautiful’s Annual National Conference January 24-26, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Keep America Beautiful reserves the right to use, reproduce, edit, or publish the submitted information. By submission of this form, you agree that Keep America Beautiful has the right to use any portion of your entry, name, and likeness.