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From Kris Bowen, Outreach Coordinator for Beaufort-Hyde Partnership for Children

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Beaufort and Hyde counties and must be submitted by February 18, 2025.

The awards program, created by the office of the governor in 1979, recognizes North Carolina’s most dedicated volunteers. 

Through the years the award has been bestowed on thousands of North Carolinians who have shown concern and compassion for their neighbors by volunteering in their local community.

Each county selects up to 10 individuals, businesses, groups or teams and one paid director of volunteers to be recognized for their outstanding contributions to their communities. 

One of the nominees will be nominated for the Governor’s Medallion Award for Volunteer Service, which is awarded to the top 20 volunteers in the state. A local committee evaluates the nominations.

Nomination forms for Beaufort and Hyde counties are available online at this link: https://www.nc.gov/working/volunteer-opportunities/volunteernc/governors-volunteer-service-awards

 The nomination form can be completed electronically or can be printed and mailed/emailed to the Beaufort-Hyde Partnership for Children. Nominations can be made online or by downloading the nomination form in pdf or MS Word. The online nomination forms are available in español in pdf or MS Word. If using the nomination form, send the form to the county award coordinator. Online nominations will be sent to the county award coordinators.

Please return the completed forms to Jessica Burnham, Beaufort and Hyde County Award Coordinator, at jburnham@bhckids.org or mail to Jessica Burnham at Beaufort-Hyde Partnership for Children, 979 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889 no later than February 18, 2025. For more information, please call 252-975-4647.