2017 Les Tupper Nomination Information 

 Annually since 1969, the La Cañada Flintridge Coordination Council has presented the Les Tupper Community Service Award to individuals and organizations that 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 service enhancing the quality of life in the La Cañada Flintridge (LCF) community.

You are invited to nominate candidates for the 2017 Les Tupper Service Awards.  Former recipients have been individuals, couples, students (grades 11/12), and/or LCF organizations and businesses.

This year's award recipients will be recognized at a public ceremony on April 10, 2017 (7 pm) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Von Karman Auditorium.  Names of recipients will be announced and published through local media prior to the event and the community is encouraged to attend.

CRITERIA FOR THE LES TUPPER COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS

Les Tupper Individual 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 the areas of education, youth activities, cultural pursuits, religious, civic or social service.  Nominees should demonstrate leadership and service that strengthens the LCF community.  Nominees must be adult (individual or couple) residents of LCF. To download a Les Tupper Special Individual Award Form, click on the following button:

Les Tupper Organization Service Award nominees will be judged on their long-term and broad-based volunteer service to La Cañada Flintridge. Volunteerism may be in areas of education, youth activities, cultural pursuits, religious, civic or social service.  Nominees shall strengthen the LCF community. Nominees must be an organization located in LCF. To download a Les Tupper Organization Service Award Form, click on the following button:

Les Tupper Student Service Award nominees shall possess outstanding personal attributes and be students in grades 11 or 12. The nominees should be actively participating in leadership and service-related activities that benefit both their school and the LCF community. Nominees must be residents of LCF. To download a Les Tupper Student Service Award Form, click on the following button:

Les Tupper Special Service Award. On occasion, the Coordinating Council Board of Directors may honor individuals, organizations, or businesses found to be worthy of recognition for their service to the civic and social betterment of the LCF  community, but do not meet the broad-based volunteer requirements set forth in the Les Tupper Community Service Awards Criteria, as defined above. To download a Les Tupper Special Service Award Form, click on the following button:

INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOMINATIONS

To assist the Coordinating Council Board of Directors in selecting the outstanding award recipients, your nomination should be specific, not general in nature.  Nominations should be supported by how, when, where, what, why, how long, number of hours, and should describe the people who benefited from the service.

Conclusions such as 'She/He is conscientious and dependable', 'very active' and 'volunteers a lot' are too general.  Provide specific details to support nominations rather than generalities.

USPS Mail* Nomination Form and Narrative in Support of Nomination to:

                                          La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council

                                          Nominations Committee

                                          P. O. Box 264

                                          La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91012-0264

                                          *Postmarked on or before: February 10, 2017 (no exceptions)

Email* Nomination Form and Narrative in Support of Nomination to:

                                          Becky Gelhaar, Vice-President

                                          bgelhaar@charter.net

                                          *Emailed on or before: February 10, 2017 (no exceptions)

If you have any questions, please telephone Becky Gelhaar, Vice-President, La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council at (818)790-2686 or e-mail her at bgelhaar@charter.net .

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 in the spring.