Outstanding Community Service

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding contributions of religious institutions, service agencies and organizations, civic clubs, governmental departments that have made positive contributions to the lives of older people.

Selection of Recipient(s):

1. Each state may have one community service agency honored per year with this award.
2. The following criteria will be used to rank nominations.


20 percent - the level of importance of the issue the program is designed to address
15 percent - creativity
15 percent - level of resources devoted to program
30 percent - effectiveness in meeting objectives
20 percent - extent to which experience can provide guidance to other organizations


3. The Awards/Elections Committee will make the decision and notify AAA submitting nomination.

The following is a list of previous OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Recipients

YEAR	OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
2000	AL	Huntsville Alabama Police Department
	KY	Commonwealth Attorney General's Office of Senior Protection
	NC	Upper Coastal Plain COG/AAA and AARP
	SC	Providence Presbytery, Tina Manley
	TN	District I AARP Chapter
2001	GA	Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church
	KY	"Senior Connections" AmeriCorps
	NC	C.A.R.E. Partnership through the North Carolina Baptist Men/North Carolina Baptist State Convention
	SC	South Carolina Association of Councils on Aging Directors
2002	KY	First Baptist Church
	NC	Chowan Baptist Association
	SC	Clemson University, Department of Consumer Affairs, Office of Senior and Long Term Care Services and Central Midlands AAA
	TN	William L. Gibbons/Shelby County District Attorney
	MS	Heart and Hand, Inc.
2003	SC	Care South Carolina, Inc.
	TN	Tennessee Health Care Foundation
	KY	Warren County Sheriff Department/Bowling Green Police Dept.
	NC	Greater East Arcadia Senior Citizens Association
2004	GA	Middle Gerogia GeorgiaCares and Westside High School
	KY	Highlands Community Ministries CARE Club
	NC	Love, Inc.
	TN	Colonia View Baptist Church
2005	GA	Albany first United Methodist Church
	KY	Long Term Care Ombudsman Program/KIPDA
	NC	Junior League of Durham and Orange Counties
	SC	Newberry County Sheriff's Department
	TN	Knox County Government
2006	SC	South Carolina Student Loan Corporation/Charitable Giving Committee
	AL	Heritage Baptist Church
	KY	Linda H. Fountain – Louisville Metro Solid Waste Management
	NC	Mayor Allen Joines and the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
	TN	Saint Mary’s Primelife for Seniors
2007	AI	Food Bank of North Alabama
	GA	Phoebe Putney memorial Hospital
	KY	Transit Authority of River City
	NC	North Carolina Justice Academy
	SC	Lowcountry Senior Network
2008	GA	Walton Options for Independent Living (WOIL)
	KY	Louisville Metro Elder Abuse Coordinating Committee
	NC	North Carolina's Silver Alert Program
	SC	CareSouth Carolina Community Pharcacy
	TN	Christ in Youth

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