City Fitness Leadership Award
What is the award?
This year the Oregon Governor’s Counsel on Physical Fitness and Sports will be presenting a City Fitness Leadership Award to a small, medium and large city as special recognition to the three cities for each city’s contribution to the physical fitness of its citizens.
Criteria for city award
- success in the development of a group or community program affecting the physical fitness of its citizens,
- promotion of health, fitness, or sports through projects and/or publications,
- sponsorship of a community health, fitness, or sports project influencing the attitudes toward a healthful lifestyle,
- scientific or technological contributions in health/fitness-related areas,
- positive influence in the educational system related to service or curricular efforts toward increasing the physical fitness of students.
- positive influence in the parks and recreation area positively affecting the physical fitness of its citizens.
What do I need to do?
1) Complete the enclosed nomination form describing the city you wish to nominate.
Download the form in PDF
Download the form in Word
2) Provide additional information that will be included in the program for the reception (e.g. a brief description of the city’s significant achievements; reasons why the city deserves the award). Remember, this information is intended to be included in the printed program; if you have questions about what to write, please contact Brad Anderson.
3) Nominations should be mailed to the address below. Nominations must be RECEIVED by August 31, 2008. If you need an extension, please contact Brad Anderson.
Oregon Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
4840 SW Western Avenue, Suite 35
Beaverton, Oregon 97005
Then what?
The Council will review and evaluate all nominations and city applications. Upon completion and selection of awardees, we will notify the individual awardees’ mayors, and present the individual and city awards to the awardees’ mayors at the 2008 League of Oregon Cities Annual Meeting in Salem. A member of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports may be available, upon request, to assist in the presentation of awards to recipients at a local city council meeting.
(Please note that nominations do not automatically qualify individuals for an award. The Mayor’s Award Selection Committee evaluates all nominations, and each year there are nominees that are not selected.)