NYLC and its partners present a number of awards honoring youth and adults for their commitment to education, service, community, and service-learning. Each year the attendees honor award recipients by planting a tree at a park or playground in the host city. Please join us for this longstanding tradition.
Award winners will be honored at the 2010 State Farm Awards Celebration, Friday, March 26, 6:00 p.m.
State Farm® Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership Award and Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Award
The State Farm Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership Award recognizes those who have equipped young people to lead and serve, both through their direct work with youth and by nurturing other practitioners. Nominations are accepted from the general public, and a committee of leaders from the service-learning field selects the winners.
The State Farm Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Award recognizes K-12 service-learning programs and projects that demonstrate outstanding youth leadership. The award focuses on projects showing a high level of youth initiative in all areas including identifying the authentic need, planning the service, and putting that plan into action. Teams of young people participating in K-12 service-learning projects can apply.
The State Farm Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership and Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Awards are programs of NYLC.
Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2010 award.
William James National Service Lifetime Achievement Award
This award honors individuals who have demonstrated leadership, professionalism, and integrity and made significant contributions to the advancement of service-learning and national service over the majority of their professional lives. It is named after the philosopher and pacifist William James who described the foundation for nonmilitary service in the United States in a 1906 speech and subsequently in an essay entitled "The Moral Equivalent of War" (1910).
Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award
NYLC's Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award honors exemplary leaders who, by example, have inspired the service-learning field, had a positive impact on the lives of young people, and motivated others to take up the banner of service. The annual award is named for British humanitarian Alec Dickson (1914-94), whose vision, innovation, and commitment inspired so many individuals to lead lives of service. His legacy continues to influence young people, teachers, agencies, schools, and communities.
Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2010 award.
G. Bernard Gill Urban Service-Learning Leadership Award
This award honors individuals who, by example, have played a leadership role in urban schools, communities, and the lives of young people. Bernard Gill, a beloved NYLC staff member, was a pioneering leader in the urban service-learning movement. He organized the first and successive National Urban Service-Learning Institutes and was passionate about the engagement of African-American males and the impact service-learning could make on their lives.
Stellar Award
The Stellar Award honors the late Stella Raudenbush, who was a spirited pioneer in the service-learning field. Her 30-year career as a community activist, teacher, and spiritual seeker incorporated her passions for children, social justice, community, diversity, urban education, and elders.
Seventh Annual Harris Wofford Awards
State Farm Companies Foundation and Youth Service America offer the Harris Wofford Awards. A recognition program for the youth service movement honoring Harris Wofford's life work of making service and service-learning the common expectation and common experience of every young person in America. Wofford — Co-Chair of America's Promise, a former U.S. Senator, and the former CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service — has been a driving force in mobilizing young people to change the world.
Awards are given annually to individuals, organizations, and media outlets that have demonstrated a commitment to youth service, youth voice, service-learning, and civic engagement.
State Farm Service-Learning Champion Award
The State Farm Service-Learning Champion Award recognizes a non-traditional advocate of service-learning. It is given to a community member, business leader, or public official who has partnered with youth to advance service-learning; contributed to the success of a youth-led service-learning project; and had a meaningful impact on the growth of service-learning through a commitment of time, training, materials, personal involvement, and passion.
Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2010 award.
