Spaulding Family Awards
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A nominations process, contained in this document, will be used to nominate and select persons to receive the following Spaulding Family Awards: John A. Spaulding Lifetime Achievement Award; Family Spirit Award; and Achievement Awards in Agriculture; Education; Justice & Civil Rights; Community/Public Service; Youth Accomplishment; Entrepreneurship & Business; or The Arts
The Spaulding Family Awards program was first established in 2002 by the members of the reunion planning committee for that year and presented to recipients at the family’s reunion in Durham, North Carolina. The recognition of family members for their outstanding accomplishments, both in their given fields of endeavor and/or for their contributions to the Spaulding family, was so well received, the Board decided to make the family awards program a permanent part of every family reunion.
John A. Spaulding Lifetime Achievement Award |
This award has been named the John A. Spaulding Award in recognition of John’s numerous contributions to the family and the publishing of his book, “A Story of the Descendants of Benjamin Spaulding”. The award recipient should be an individual (or individuals) who has made consistent contributions to the mission, goals, and objectives of the Spaulding Family over time.
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Past Recipients of the John A. Spaulding Award:
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| 2002 – John A. Spaulding, Greensboro, North Carolina
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| 2004 – Dallas & Shirley Smith, Peachtree City, Georgia
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| 2006 – Benjamin Spaulding, Atlanta, Georgia (posthumously)
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| 2008 – Vincent & Paula Spaulding, Cary, North Carolina
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2010 – Milton Campbell, Ph.D., Durham, North Carolina |
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Family Spirit Award
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This award is reserved for the individual who has used his/her unique talents and skills that they use in their careers to provide a service to the family that has enhanced the organization’s image, increased the efficiency of its operating standards, and inspired family unity. Contributions to the family should have been made consistently over at least 2 or more years.
2010 Family Spirit Award Recipient:
Carolyn Hobson, Hyattsville, Maryland
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This category is reserved for the individual who has made consistent contributions to the Spaulding family over a period of at least two or more years, often at great personal sacrifice, and always motivated out of great love for the family.
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2010 Family Spirit Award -
Carolyn Hobson
The members of the reunion planning committee for the 2010 Reunion and the BESDA, Inc/BESDF, Inc Board of Directors voted to present the Family Spirit Award to Cousin Carolyn Hobson during the banquet for the 2010 Reunion.
Carolyn, a graphic artist by occupation, has served as the official family artist from the year 1988, when the reunion was hosted in Greensboro, NC through the year 2008, when the reunion was held in Washington, DC. The Family Spirit Award was created during the 2002 reunion to recognize service to the family by an individual who consistently volunteered the use of their talents and gifts over time towards the betterment of the overall family organization.
During her tenure, Carolyn created the family crest, which you have seen on numerous reunion booklets, tee shirts, and family stationery. She also created and produced the large wall banners that have been used at family banquets, permanent signs for the registration desk, as well as designs for tee shirts, and artwork used in the family website.
Carolyn worked tirelessly in her capacity as family artist, where she always came through with items requested, in time, without complaint, even when sometimes the final product had to be produced within a short period of time.
For these reasons, we are honored to present the Family Spirit Award to Cousin Carolyn Hobson.
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Achievement Awards
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Acheivement Awards were established to recognize family members for their outstanding accomplishments in certain fields of endeavor: Agriculture, Education, Justice & Civil Rights, Community/Public Service, Youth Accomplishment, Entrepreneurship & Business, and The Arts.
Award recipients should have already received recognition for their accomplishments in their respective fields or area of expertise by an organization or group of individuals who are qualified to evaluate their contributions.
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Nominations Process
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All nominees should be Spaulding family members, either by blood or marriage.
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Nominations for family awards will be considered and voted on only during the year of a scheduled family reunion.
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Nominations must be submitted by BESDA/BESDF active board members in good standing who are currently serving a term. Family members can, of course, recommend nominees to board members for consideration.
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Nominators must be familiar with selection criteria and must complete and submit a nomination statement to the panel that addresses all requested information within prescribed timelines.
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A Nomination statement will include the following information: name and address of nominee and how they are related to the Spaulding family (through lineage or marriage); brief background information about their nuclear family, occupation, and affiliations with community (or other) organizations; and a concise statement, not to exceed 1,000 words, about what the individual has done to deserve recognition and receipt of a Spaulding Family Award (hereinafter referred to as SFA). Nomination statement forms can be found on the family website, www.spauldingfamily.com under Family Association.
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Nomination statements should be USPS mailed or e-mailed to the Secretary of the BESDA/BESDF Board, who will make copies and forward to panel members.
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There will be an announced, specified period of time during which nominations will be accepted by the awards panel. At the Fall board meeting, prior to the year of the next scheduled reunion, an announcement will be made that the nominations process is “open” and the panel will accept nominations from that date until the end of January of the year of the reunion. The first reunion letter will identify the nominations period, along with a request for interested family members to contact their regional representative for procedural information. Regional directors will be asked to assist with disseminating information about the awards nominations process and to facilitate identification of eligible prospective awardees. At the next February board meeting during the year of the reunion, the board will bring the slate of nominee recommendations forward for board consideration and a vote.
Appointment/Selection of SFA Panel
A three person panel of judges will be appointed by the Board President. At least one of the three persons will be a currently serving BESDA/BESDF board member and the two other judges will be family members. The panel will meet prior to the February meeting to review nomination statements and determine which applicants, if any, are deserving of receiving an award in any of the aforementioned categories. In addition, the panel will recommend the most deserving candidate, from their analysis, to receive an award. Panel recommendation is still subject to a vote by the Board.
Persons who serve on the panel of judges will be ineligible to submit a name for award consideration.
The three person panel of judges will be selected by the Board President at the summer (July) board meeting of the year before the reunion and will serve for 2 election cycles.
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A nominator has the right to request a reason for non-selection if his/her nominee was not selected by the panel for an award.
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Selected SFA award recipients will be sent a letter of notification regarding their selection as a award recipient. This letter will also include any requirements about attendance and/or acceptance.
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SFA award recipients will be honored publicly during the banquet at the bi-annual family reunion. If the honoree is unable to attend, he/she will be asked to secure a representative to receive the award in his/her stead.
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There is no requirement for awards to be given in any or all categories at every reunion. If there are no suitable candidates for a particular category, no award will be given at that time.
Submitted by Paula Spaulding & Bernard “Beaver” Goins; 4/2011 |
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