Nominations are open for FYD Awards
The list of FYD awards shall include: County Chapter of the Year; High School Chapter of the Year; Young Democrat Event of the Year; Jeffrey Mattison Wershow Service Award; Young Democrat of the Year; and Democrat of the Year.
To be considered this year nominations must be received by May 15, 2009. Please email nomination to Jford@flyoungdems.org. You may submit up to 1,000 words on why you are nominating this person or chapter, and provide internet links for reference. The awards will be presented at the FYD Convention May 30, 2009.
More Information as stated in the FYD Bylaws:
a. County Chapter of the Year: to recognize a chapter that has shown either a dramatic increase in membership or whose members represent a large portion of elected or appointed city/county offices.
b. High School Chapter of the Year: to recognize a chapter that has shown either a dramatic increase in membership or whose members have assisted in public awareness campaigns.
c. FYD Event of Distinction: to recognize one or more chapters that created state-wide attention for positively promoting the Democratic ideals.
d. Jeffrey Mattison Wershow Service Award: this award was named after an Alachua County Young Democrat and Army National Guardsman who was killed in the line of duty while serving in Iraq in 2003; the award is to recognize an outstanding FYD member who serves in the armed forces, in any of the CitizenCorps programs, with their local police department, or with their local fire department.
e. Young Democrat of the Year: to recognize an outstanding Democrat not older than forty (40) years of age.
f. Democrat of the Year: to recognize an outstanding Democrat elected official who has supported the FYD and its goals.
Please address questions to Jford@flyoungdems.org
