The Heartland Partnership family of companies focuses on growth, prosperity and community wealth. Community wealth is not simply the cumulative wealth of the businesses and citizens of our area, but also the quality of life and human capital that exists to make our region an enriching and rewarding place to live, work and play. This award recognizes the segment of our community that works every day to enhance community wealth.

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This award will be presented at The Heartland Partnership Annual Meeting on October 6, 2010 at the Peoria Civic Center. The Community Wealth Award is sponsored by: CEFCU

General Criteria for Award

• Nominee shall be a non-profit charitable, cultural, religious, health or recreation organization or an association of individuals working collaboratively to improve the community.

• Nominee shall be an organization that is visionary within the non-profit sector, has identified the future trends in service, program delivery and innovation, and has taken action to meet these trends.

• Nominee provides significant service to both their constituents and the larger community. Service should reflect one or more of the following: a significant increase in service level, the addition of a new service and/or a service delivery breakthrough.

• Nominee should include the use of volunteer time, in-kind support from the business community and client involvement as appropriate.

• Nominee is an organization that recognizes or creates the opportunity for change and takes action accordingly, thus resulting in improvement for constituents and the community.

Organizations are encouraged to self nominate.

Please limit your nomination to no more than three pages and do not submit separate documents of support.

1. Please state the mission of the organization.

2. Briefly describe this years’ contribution to the welfare of the community.

3. Indicate the percentage of increase in service level and/or the addition of a  new service or service delivery.

4. Give examples of the organization’s impact on local quality of life and/or local  community wealth.


Deadline for submission is  August 13, 2010.

Submit nominations to:

The Heartland Partnership

Attn: Community Wealth Award

100 SW Water St.

Peoria, IL 61602

Fax to: 309-495-5966

Email to:  jomoroz@edc.h-p.org

Community Wealth Award:  Recognizing excellence in community service

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