Nominations are being solicited for area adults, high school students and organizations to be honored at the Annual Celebration of Community Peacemakers sponsored by the Men as Peacemakers organization.
The objective of this celebration is to honor and take note of those whose personal actions make our community a safer and healthier place to live.
Martin Luther King's definition of a peacemaker was: "A peacemaker is someone who has sought to teach, to transform, to make friends, to heal, to defeat injustice or to choose love instead of hate."
Based on that definition, the awards are designed to celebrate those who may be unknown to most of us but have done something special. They have gone beyond what they have to do in service to our community and its people.
Past nominees have included: a drop-center director, a youth service worker, a day care provider, a government official, a student athlete, a hospital volunteer, a student who worked with the developmentally disabled, a men's group coordinator, a mentor and a teacher.
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Consider nominating someone and helping build the history of peacemaking in our communities.
This year, Men as Peacemakers will offer a youth scholarship of $1,000, an adult award of $250 and an award to an organization of $250.
You can request a hard copy nomination form or you can submit an online nomination at http://www.menaspeacemakers.org/map_v2/nominate.asp .
Nominations must be received by Monday, April 2.
