SPIRITED WOMAN AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Spirited Woman awards were created to recognize everyday women who are making extraordinary contributions to their community and those around them.  Awardees will be honored at a Power Luncheon at Morton’s The Steakhouse on Thursday, August 14, 2008 where a portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross of Central Maryland.

Nominate The Spirited Woman In Your Circle

Spirited Woman On The Rise

This award will honor an up and coming, young woman who is starting to make her powerful mark on the Baltimore community and/or the business world.  Nominations should focus on women who are giving of themselves, active in their careers and communities, and having an influence on society already.
Nominees should be ages 21-35 and from the greater Baltimore area.

Spirited Woman Balancing Life

This award will honor a working mother who is successfully juggling all that life brings her – family, career, all the while engaging in spirited endeavors such as community service, mentorship and philanthropy.
Nominees should be employed full-time and from the greater Baltimore area.

The Spirited Woman of Baltimore 2008

This award will honor an accomplished, spirited woman who acts as an example, leader and mentor in her community and profession and has done so for some time.  This woman encompasses a variety of ideals including volunteerism, generosity, sacrifice, preparation, compassion, sensitivity and humility.
Nominees should be women in the prime of life and from the greater Baltimore area.

Nomination guidelines:

• All nominations should be no more than 500 words in length.
• Nominations must be submitted no later than Wednesday, July 23, 2008 via fax: 410-585-9903 or email: M@MyCity4Her.com
• Self nominations and nominations from friends, family and colleagues are all welcome.
• Nominations must include:
• Nominator name, address, email address, phone and note the relationship to nominee.
• Nominee name, address, email address and phone.

 Nomination Form

The Tiffany Circle is a society of women leaders and philanthropists who, by investing $10,000 annually in their local American Red Cross chapter, are following in the footsteps of a long line of women leaders who have helped the Red Cross serve the American public through times of war and peace with disaster assistance, blood collection, safety training, and countless other community assistance services. The name Tiffany and the $10,000 amount have historical precedent in the beautiful Tiffany windows in the Board of Governors Hall in the Red Cross national headquarters in Washington, D.C.

These windows, produced by the Tiffany Studios, were commissioned by Red Cross President Mabel Boardman in 1917. As an act of reconciliation and hope, they were paid for with a $5,000 gift by the Women’s Relief Corps of the North and $5,000 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy of the South. The symbols in these windows represent virtues of the Red Cross movement: hope, mercy, faith, charity, truth and fortitude. Members of the Tiffany Circle provide living examples of these virtues in their local communities, by ensuring that the Red Cross has the ability to help people prevent, prepared for and respond to life’s emergencies.

The Tiffany Circle of the American Red Cross creates a powerful leadership network of women who want to change lives, save lives and strengthen their communities through a focused investment of their Time, Talent and Treasure.