The CSHEMA Excellence in Volunteerism Award seeks to honor individual CSHEMA members who go above and beyond in their communities of practice and/or committees, the board, or any special task force.
Judges will be evaluating:
- Issues solved by the nominee or major contributions to CSHEMA (impact to CSHEMA)
- Examples of volunteerism within CSHEMA
- What committees, communities, board, or task forces served on
- How long the nominee has volunteered with CSHEMA
- Organization and presentation of material for evaluation
Criteria
The person should be an active volunteer in the CSHEMA community. The person should have made a positive change for CHSEMA membership or the CHSEMA organization or was able to help other institutions with a safety related problem or volunteered to help other institutions in times of need.
Eligibility
To be eligible to receive the award, the following requirements must be met:
- The nominee's institution must be a CSHEMA institutional member in good standing
- The complete application must accompany a narrative
- Application must include the name of the nominee, the committees served on, and examples of volunteerism
- Submit a short narrative that can be read at the award ceremony if contacted about being the awarded nominee