The McKnight Foundation invites nominations for the 2011 Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service. McKnight will recognize up to six Minnesotans who have demonstrated an exceptional personal commitment to helping others in their communities but who have received little or no public recognition.
The awards, which were first presented in 1985, are named for Virginia McKnight Binger, the foundation’s first board chair and daughter of the founders. The foundation invites nominations recognizing anyone directly involved in providing human services, and those working to make their communities more responsive to the needs of poor or disadvantaged people in Minnesota.
Nominees may be volunteers or service staff working directly with people in Minnesota. Senior administrators and program managers are not eligible. A committee composed of human service professionals and volunteers from throughout Minnesota reviews nominations, checks references, and recommends candidates to the foundation’s board of directors. Award recipients will be notified in June and honored at a ceremony later this year.
Nominations are due by April 6.
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