Youth Spirit Award Recognises Tararua’s Young Volunteers

Celebrate and thank youthful volunteers in your community by nominating them for the TrustPower Tararua Youth Community Spirit Award.

The TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award aims to recognise secondary school students’ service to the school and the community. The award is part of the existing TrustPower Community Awards programme and is jointly run by TrustPower and the Tararua District Council.

Nominations are now being accepted for the TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award, which is open to all year 13 students at Tararua College and Dannevirke High School.

Each school is being asked to recommend one year 13 student for the Award, with students, teachers and school staff eligible to nominate a student for recommendation. The recommended students from the local High Schools will then speak to a judging panel consisting of representatives from the Tararua District Council, the community and TrustPower. That panel will then decide on the Award recipient.

To be considered for the TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award students must have contributed widely as a student to their college/school; developed good relationships, treating others with respect and care; given service to school or community projects; and been a good ambassador for the college/school and the region.

Tararua Mayor Maureen Reynolds says that in Tararua there are many young people who contribute to their college and community.

“The TrustPower Tararua Youth Spirit Award is indeed a way of acknowledging their work on a district wide basis,” says Mayor Maureen.

The winner of the Award will receive a framed certificate and $500 prize money, with $250 going to the student personally and $250 being given to a community group or organisation of the student’s choice.

TrustPower Community Relations Representative Teresa Partridge says the Youth Spirit Award acknowledges the enormous role young people have in developing a spirit of compassion and selflessness in the community.

“Many young people are committed volunteers – be it within their sports clubs, music groups or community projects. The work these young people do positively enriches their community and this Award aims to recognise and celebrate that,” says Mrs Partridge.

The winner of the TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award will be named in May 2010 with the Award presented at the TrustPower Community Awards, being held on Monday 10 May.

For more than five years the TrustPower Tararua District Community Awards have recognised voluntary groups and organisations in the Tararua district.

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