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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County

Community Safety Awards

 

May 15, 2009

 

8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

 

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2009 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Safety Awards

2009 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County

Community Safety Awards

 

 

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Safety Awards are sponsored by the Center for Community Safety (CCS) of Winston-Salem State University and are given biennially to individuals, businesses, government agencies, or community groups whose initiative and commitment has made a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County community a safer and better place to live.

 

 

 


Resident Award

To an individual 18 and over

who lives in a Weed and Seed neighborhood,

or other area where

CCS and its partners work, and through

actions and leadership

efforts is making his or her neighborhood

a safer and better place to live.

 

Law Enforcement Service Award

For law enforcement officer

who exhibits leadership qualities

and best exemplifies community policing in a

Weed and Seed neighborhood

or other area where CCS and its partners work.

 

Sylvia Oberle Advocate Award

For an individual who works or volunteers

 in a Weed and Seed neighborhood,

or other area where CCS and its partners work,

and has exemplified leadership

and support of community safety initiatives.

 

Organizational Leadership Award

For a business, government agency,

or community organization that has distinguished

itself from others in crime prevention

and community development

in order to make our neighborhoods safer

 and a better place to live and learn.

 

Youth Leadership Award

To an individual, age 11-17,

who has demonstrated exceptional leadership

 through vision, courage, commitment, and inspiration

and who has made a positive impact

 in a Weed and Seed neighborhood

or  other area where CCS and its partners work.

 

 

 

 

2009 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Safety Awards

 

Nomination Procedures

 

1.    To nominate an individual or organization, please complete a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Safety Awards nomination application (see pages 3 and 4) and provide the supporting information.   The deadline for nomination submission is Friday, April 17, 2009.  Entries postmarked after this date will not be considered.

 

  1. You may nominate more than one person or organization for an award.  However, a separate nomination form must be completed for each nomination.

 

  1. An awards committee that will consist of members of the Center for Community Safety’s Advisory Council and staff from the Center for Community Safety will choose the winners.

 

4.    Entries submitted outside the guidelines as listed above in items 1 and 2 will not be considered during the selection process.  All entries are subject to approval at the discretion of the awards committee.

 

Mail completed nominations to:

 

Community Safety Awards

Center for Community Safety

301 N. Main St., Ste. 900

Winston-Salem, NC  27101

 

Or e-mail completed nominations to ingrammf@wssu.edu

Award recipients will be announced on May 15, 2009 at the

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Safety Awards Ceremony.

 

If you have questions please call 336-779-7300 or contact ingrammf@wssu.edu         

 

 

Past Community Safety Award Recipients:

 

Resident Award

2003 Mattie Young

2005 Tyrone Timberlake

2007 Stan Hill

Advocate Award

2003 James Blackburn

2005 Sharon Glover

 

Sylvia Oberle Advocate Award

2007 Tracey Maxwell 

 

Business/Community Organization Award

2003 The Connecting Greenway Neighborhood Alliance

2005 Alpha & Omega Metaphysical Church of Faith

2007 HAWS Youth Crime Watch

 

Law Enforcement Service/Leadership Award

2003 Corporal Mike Adams and Corporal John Leone

2003 Captain Terry Jones

2005 Assistant Chief Ronnie Abernathy

2007 Lt. Robert Twitty


 

               


 

 

 

Center for Community Safety Mission: To engage communities in using research strategically

 to shape action and response to community safety issues.




 

Nominate online now:

2009 Community Safety Awards Nomination Form