Les Tupper Nomination Information 

Each year since 1969 the La Cañada Flintridge Coordination Council has presented the Les Tupper Community Service Award to individuals, organizations, and businesses which have given outstanding service to the community.  A student Service Award was later added.  These awards are named in honor of Les Tupper, a civic leader who cared deeply about education, youth and enhancing the quality of life in the La Cañada Flintridge community.

You are invited to nominate candidates for the 2012 Les Tupper Community Service Award.  Former recipients have been individuals, couples, students in grades 11 or 12, La Cañada Flintridge organizations and businesses.  Award criteria and instructions for nominations are provided in this web page.

This year's award recipients will be recognized at a public ceremony at 7:00 PM on May 14th, 2012 at the Von Karman Auditorium at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, our hosts.  Names of the recipients will be published prior to the event and the community will be invited to attend.

You may fill out a form on line or you may send your nominations to the Nominations Committee at P. O. Box 264, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91012-0264.  Nominations must be received by March 15, 2012.

If you have any questions, please telephone Sheree Butts, President, at (818) 248-9661  or by e-mail at sbutts228@gmail.com

CRITERIA FOR LES TUPPER COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS

Les Tupper Service Award nominees will be judged on their long-term and broad-based volunteer service to La Cañada Flintridge. Volunteerism, beyond job related duties, may be in areas of education, youth activities, cultural pursuits, religious, business, civic or social service.  Nominees should demonstrate leadership qualities and service which bring positive recognition to themselves and to the community of La Cañada Flintridge.  Nominees may be adult individuals, couples, organizations or businesses. 

Les Tupper Student Service Award nominees shall possess outstanding personal attributes and be students in grade 11 or 12.  The nominees should be actively participating in service-related activities that benefit both the school and the community of La Cañada Flintridge.  Descriptions should include the youth’s initiative, commitment and follow-through.  Offices and positions held in both school and community projects should be listed as well. 

Les Tupper Special Service Award:  On occasion, the Coordinating Council Board of Directors may choose to honor individuals, organizations, or businesses who are found to be worthy of recognition for their contributions to La Cañada Flintridge, but who do not meet the broad based volunteer requirements set forth in the Les Tupper Service Award Criteria, but rather have shown service in one special area of interest.   Nominations for Special Service Awards should also be explicit in their description of service to the community of La Cañada Flintridge.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOMINATIONS

To assist the Coordinating Council Board of Directors in selecting the outstanding award recipients, your nominations should be specific.  Conclusions should be supported by how, when, where, what, why, how long, who, number of hours, and should identify the people benefited.  Conclusions such as “he/she is conscientious and dependable”, “very active” and “volunteers a lot” are too general.  Describe specifics rather than generalities.  More than one nomination by an organization or individual is acceptable. 

Completed nomination forms must be received by midnight of the posted deadline. You may view and print a form by clicking on the following button

You can complete the Nomination Form and mail it to

      La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council
      P.O. Box 264
      La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91012

 or you can nominate a candidate on-line by clicking the following button and filling out the on-line form:

Shortly after the deadline for nominations, usually within two weeks, new Les Tupper Award Recipients and their Nominators will receive a personal congratulatory telephone call from the President of the La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council or his or her designee. Local newspaper publicity will follow, along with details of the annual Les Tupper Awards Ceremony that is traditionally held at JPL on Monday, May 14th, 2012 at 7:00PM