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Community Action Network Call for Nominations

2011 Spirit of Collaboration Butler Award

The Spirit of Collaboration Butler Award, named in honor of former CAN Executive Director Fred Butler, is awarded to a collaboration that has worked to bring people, organizations, and groups together to collectively address community needs. Collaborations may be CAN Issue Area Groups or other collaborative initiatives in Austin and Travis County that help to further the mission and vision of Community Action Network.

Nominations may be submitted on-line at www.caction.org. The deadline for nominations is 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 28, 2011.

The top three finalist organizations will be featured at the CAN End of Celebration and announced on the CAN website. The winning collaboration will be announced at the End of Year Celebration and will be featured in the CAN website and in CANews.

About the Nominator (person making the nomination)
Name:
Street Address:
City: State: Zip Code:
Phone:
Email:

Collaboration being nominated: (Nominated entities should be a CAN Issue Area Group or another collaborative initiative in Austin and Travis County that helps to further the mission and vision of Community Action Network.)
Collaboration:
Contact Name (if different from nominator):
Phone:
Email:

The Contact for the Collaboration you are nominating will be notified that you have nominated the group for this award.

Please answer each question in 500 words or less.

How has this collaboration exhibited the Spirit of Collaboration to bring people, organizations, and groups together to collectively address community needs?
What is unique or special about what the collaboration has accomplished to improve the well-being of people in our community? Please include examples of how the community has benefited from these efforts, with clear and measurable results if applicable. Please offer specific examples of what makes this collaboration stand out among other collaborations.
List the organizations that participate in this collaboration:

Community Action Network Call for Nominations

2011 Spirit of Collaboration Butler Award

About the Nominator (person making the nomination)

Collaboration being nominated: (Nominated entities should be a CAN Issue Area Group or another collaborative initiative in Austin and Travis County that helps to further the mission and vision of Community Action Network.)

Collaboration being nominated:
(Nominated entities should be a CAN Issue Area Group or another collaborative initiative in Austin and Travis County that helps to further the mission and vision of Community Action Network.)