By now you've seen the new National Inclusion Project website and hopefully you are exploring it.
One thing that you will come across as you are looking around is something that I am most excited about: the new Bubel/Aiken Founder's Award.
As the website states, it's an award that will be given for outstanding volunteer service to be given annually beginning with the 2009 Champions Gala on October 17, 2009. It was through grassroots volunteer efforts that the National Inclusion Project was started and it is through those efforts that we have been able to make such huge strides for inclusion nationwide.
The award will recognize a person or group who fully embraces the mission of the National Inclusion Project and makes an "above and beyond" effort to raise awareness and support year-round. The staff and Board will be choosing finalists from the nominations that YOU submit, and Diane and I will be selecting the winner personally each year from what I know will be a tremendous amount of qualified and deserving nominees.
You guys have been SOOOOO instrumental in making the organization as successful as it has been this past six years.. and we strongly feel it's important to recognize the folks who we all know have worked so hard. YOU!
Check out the new www.inclusionproject.org to learn about the nominating process and find the form to nominate yourself or other who you find deserving!
This news of the new website is very exciting for all of us.
(for those of you who were hoping for something different... sorry. Just be excited for this, and I promise we'll get you something else "soon"!)
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