If your driver’s license can prove you’re under the age of 40 and volunteering is your blood, you just might make the cut for the Good Works Under 40 award program sponsored by The Dallas Foundation “in partnership with The Dallas Morning News.”
The four-year-old program is to encourage the younger folks to get involved by recognizing their efforts. The winner will have a $8,000 check donated to his/her fav nonprofit and the four finalists will receive a $2,500 donation to the charity of their choice.
According to The Dallas Foundation President Mary M. Jalonick, “Our board members care deeply about the future of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in Dallas. We feel that the Good Works Under 40 award can encourage the next generation of philanthropists by recognizing their early achievements. We all strongly encourage nonprofit agencies to reward a dedicated volunteer by nominating him or her for this award.”
There are various ways to have your name thrown into the selection process. You can be nominated by:
- a board or staff member of the charity where you volunteer
- your peer(s) or
- you yourself.
The selection panel will be made up of “a group of emerging civic leaders, each under the age of 40, with the winner announced at a November 7th reception at Old Parkland.
Nominations must be made by Thursday, August 22, at 5 p.m. with the finalists being announced Thursday, September 26.