Nominate Blacktown City’s Citizen of the Year
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
2009 Australia Day Awards are now open for nominations
Blacktown City Council is calling for nominations from the community for the 2009 Australia Day Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year.
Nominations are open for those people who have provided outstanding community service or have attained outstanding achievement in education, sport, the arts or a community group that has organised a major event in Blacktown City.
The Citizen of the Year Award is open to all ages whilst the Young Citizen of the Year is for people 18 years and under. The 2009 Community Event of the Year is open to community groups who have organised an event within Blacktown City during 2008.
"The Awards are an opportunity for the community to recognise those who have provided remarkable service and achieved at a high level, this could be through the development of a service or program, for their long term commitment to a charity or organisation, and many more commendable community activities", Mayor of Blacktown City, Councillor Leo Kelly, OAM said.
The winners will be announced at Council' s 2009 Australia Day Council Luncheon on Australia Day, Monday, January 26, 2009, in the Nirimba Room, Campbell Street, Blacktown.
Application forms for the awards are available from Council's Information Desk, Civic Centre, Flushcombe Road, Blacktown, by visiting www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au or by calling 9839 6000.
Australia Day Nomination Form.pdf
Applications close Sunday, November 30, 2008.