[Nfb-fundraising] Awards Honoring Florida Advocates for Citizens With Disabilities

[Everett Gavel]

Hello,

Here's one for those in Florida, with multiple
possibilities for awards and cash prizes for things
many NFB chapters and people do anyway.

Strive On!
Everett
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Able Trust Accepting Nominations for Awards Honoring
Florida
Advocates for Citizens With Disabilities

Deadline: August 17, 2007

The Tallahassee-based Able Trust (
http://www.abletrust.org/ ) is
 accepting nominations for the 2007 Ability Awards,
which
 recognize exceptional individuals and organizations
from across
 Florida for their contribution to the employment and
advocacy of
 Floridians with disabilities. Award recipients will be
recognized
 for going beyond satisfying Americans With
Disabilities Act
 ( http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ ) laws and making a
genuine
 effort to support the employment of people with
disabilities.
 Award winners will be recognized at the Ability Awards
ceremony
 on September 25, 2007, in Orlando.

The Ability Awards include the following: the Dr.
George L.
 Spelios Leadership Award, which recognizes the
outstanding
 leadership and advocacy efforts of an executive
director or
 president of a Florida nonprofit disability
organization; the
 Youth Leader Award, which recognizes a young adult
with a dis-
 ability who has demonstrated leadership, advocacy, and
community
 service (the winner receives a $200 savings bond); the
Able Trust
 Award for Outstanding Entrepreneur, which honors a
business owner
 with a disability for his or her leadership and
contribution to
 the community; the Beverly Chapman Award for
Outstanding Employ-
 ment Placement Program, which seeks to recognize
nonprofit
 organizations with excellent job placement programs
(the award
 recipient receives a $500 donation); the Employer of
the Year
 Award, which recognizes small, medium, and large
businesses for
 their hiring practices and accommodation efforts that
go above
 and beyond ADA laws; and the Media Representative
Award, which
 honors a member of the media who reinforces the value
of people
 with disabilities through his or her reporting
practices.

The nomination packet is available at the Able Trust
Web site.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007786/abletrust

For additional RFPs in Disabilities, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_disabled.jhtml