Call for Art Submissions for Excellence in Action Awards
Do you know someone receiving services from Christian Horizons who may be interested in submitting their visual art (e.g. painting, photography) for consideration for this year’s Excellence in Action award? Christian Horizons is now accepting art submissions to be selected for our 2020-2021 Excellence in Action recipients! To learn more about Excellence in Action click here.
Guidelines:
- Selected artwork will be professionally reproduced and framed.
- The artist of the selected art will receive an honorarium for the right to reproduce their artwork and the original will be returned to the artist.
- Artists can submit up to five pieces of art.
- Artwork submissions do not need to be new.
Send a quality digital picture of the art to Margaret Bain at excellence@christian-horizons.org. Please include: artist’s name, address/contact info, title of the artwork, and a description of the piece by March 12th, 2021.
Click here to download a copy of the Request for Art Submission poster to print and display at your location.
Call for Excellence in Action Nominations
Excellence in Action nominations are now being accepted for the Annual Community Meetings in October 2021. Nominees can be donors, employees, family members, community partners, people who use our services, stakeholders, vendors, volunteers. The deadline to submit a nomination form is April 30th, 2021.
Nomination forms can be found on CH Connect Excellence in Action. Completed nomination forms are to be sent to excellence@christian-horizons.org.
Click here to download a copy of the nomination form.
Click here to download a copy of the Call for Nominations poster to print and display at your location.
2020 Scholarship Award Winners
Christian Horizons partners with community colleges to build relationships and support students in the Developmental Services Worker (DSW) program. Christian Horizons has made a five-year commitment to sponsor two scholarships for DSW students. The recipients receive a scholarship of $1,000 as they enter 2nd year of the DSW program. The students are selected by the college and the scholarships are awarded to the students with the highest overall grade at the end of 1st year.
The Rev. James and Adrienne Reese Scholarship at Fleming College was given out for the first time in 2020. The recipient was Joanne Durocher, the top student in the 1st year DSW program at Fleming College.
The Michael Alemu Scholarship was given out for the second consecutive year in 2020. The recipient was Angela Seabrook, the top student in the 1st year DSW program at Fanshawe College.
Congratulations to Joanne and Angela!