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The Cameron Award for

Outstanding Community Collaboration

Cameron Award History

The Cameron Award is presented annually to organizations and individuals that embrace collaboration and epitomize a commitment to working across multiple sectors of the community.  Established in 2005, the Award is named after Charlie Cameron to honor his leadership and to inspire others to embrace the collaborative vision he repeatedly demonstrated.  Mr. Cameron was Washington County Administrator from 1986 to 2005 and was a founding Board member of the Vision Action Network.

Award Eligibility Criteria
  • Nominee shows outstanding commitment to cross-sector collaboration (e.g., business, faith, non-profit, government).
  • Nominee champions creative approaches to address our community’s most pressing needs.
Categories:

1. Individual must live and/or work in Washington County.

2. Organization must be located or have significant investment in Washington County.

3. Emerging Leader must live and/or work in Washington County and be 40 years of age or under.

4. Current VAN Board members are not eligible.

Nomination Process

1) Deadline for Nomination Submission is Friday, April 2, 2010 5:00pm.

2) Nominations must be received by email at the Vision Action Network office by the submission deadline.  Emails received after the deadline will not be accepted.

3) Submit your completed nomination using these three steps:

a. Save your completed nomination form using the nominees name in the file name (example: Jane Smith_2010 Cameron Award.doc)

b. Attach the saved document to your email.  Be sure your narrative essay text is included within the document.  Do not send separate documents of narrative. Supporting materials may be sent as separate attachments. All supporting documents must be submitted by the deadline.

c. Send completed nominations to:  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

4) Winners and Nominators will be notified Friday, May 14, 2010.

5) Presentation of the 2010 Cameron Awards will take place during the Vision Action Network Annual Celebration on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 3:00pm at PCC Rock Creek Event Center.


L-R: Adele Hughes, Annette Evans, Joe Christy, Sheila Greenlaw-Fink for CPAH, Walt Peck

 

Past Cameron Award Winners


2009: Annette Evans, Washington County Housing Services (Individual); Community Partners for Affordable Housing (Organization); Adele Hughes, Providence Health & Services (Emerging Leader); Dr. Joseph Christy, Retired Director Juvenile Services.
  
2008:  Dave Nutt, Clean Water Services (Individual); Intel - 4H Tech Wizards, (Organization), Lifeworks NW/Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Clinic (Organization); Kim Marshall, Good Neighbor Center (Emerging Leader).


2007:  Linda Moholt (Individual); Good Neighbor Center (Organization); Linda Nilsen-Solares (Emerging Leader)


2006:  Sabino Sardineta (Individual); Jackson Bottoms Wetlands Preserve (Organization); Wendy Dorival, (Emerging Leader)


2005 (inaugural awards):  Charlie Cameron (Individual); Washington County Board of Commissioners (Organization)