From Maura Stephens: Gay Nicholson's efforts on behalf of our community -- and the planet -- have just been recognized. She'll receive the Debra S. Newman '02 Community Recognition Award.
Congratulations to the hard-working, fiercely intelligent, deeply caring, wonderful woman who has been the guiding light of ST. Nobody deserves this award more! Let's all turn out and show our support for Gay and the tradition of recognizing community volunteers. It's at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26 at the Women's Community Building. See the press release below. We love you, Gay! Bravo! Maura ----------------- FOR RELEASE: April 7, 2008 Contact: Joe Schwartz Phone: (607) 254-6235 Cell: (607) 351-4221 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cornell Tradition recognizes efforts of Ithaca volunteer Gay Nicholson Nicholson earns award for outstanding community service ITHACA, N.Y. — Gay Nicholson of Ithaca will be the recipient of The Cornell Tradition’s seventh annual Debra S. Newman ’02 Community Recognition Award for her volunteer efforts. Nicholson will receive her award at the National Volunteer Week Day of Service, a collaboration between The Cornell Tradition and OnSite Volunteer Services. The event will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26 at the Women’s Community Building, and is designed to be community-wide celebration of volunteerism in the greater Ithaca community. For more information about the Day of Service and to get involved, contact Kirsten Gabriel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) . The Newman award is presented by The Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed fellowship program for outstanding undergraduates who are dedicated to work, service and scholarship, and one of the three programs that constitute The Cornell Commitment. Nicholson received the Newman award as a result of her strong commitment to community service and leadership, including her work with Sustainable Tompkins, a coalition she helped create in 2004. Nicholson has served as program coordinator for the organization at its founding, and continues to further the organization’s mission by facilitating workshops and study circles, convening the Cayuga Sustainability Council, and much more. More information about Sustainable Tompkins can be found at _www.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) . The Cornell Tradition Community Recognition Award was renamed in 2002 in honor of the late Debra Newman ’02, a graduate of The Cornell Tradition, who was killed in a tragic automobile accident the year she graduated. For more information about The Cornell Tradition, visit: _http://www.commitment.cornell.edu/tradition_ (http://www.commitment.cornell.edu/tradition) . SUBJECT LINE: Gay Nicholson of Ithaca earns Debra S. Newman ’02 Award. KEYWORDS: Cornell Tradition, volunteer, community service, Gay Nicholson, Debra Newman, Sustainable Tompkins WRITER: Joe SchwartzCONTACT: Kirsten Gabriel, program coordinator for The Cornell Tradition, 255-8595 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) . This list-serve is intended as a forum for free exchange of ideas and information related to sustainability, including notices of upcoming educational opportunities, on-campus or off-campus, that might be of interest to the members of this group. Members of this list are expected to be respectful of the opinions of others and able to disagree without being disagreeable. To unsubscribe, go to Computing @ Ithaca to the MajorCool site, and follow the directions. **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
