VanCity Award | Voting Underway

If you're a member of the VanCity Credit Union, you can help decide the 2006 recipient of the $1,000,000.00 VanCity Award.

Eligible VanCity members can vote either online, in branch or by calling 604-877-7000 or 1-888-Vancity. Voting ends on Friday, October 13. You can only vote once.

VanCity has a comprehensive set of criteria for submissions to be considered for the VanCity Award.

To qualify for the Vancity Award, your project should:

be bold, innovative and exciting

be self-sustaining in the long term

use a single gift of $1 million

create a lasting legacy in our community

support the social, economic or environmental well-being of the community in which our members live and work

Your project may also:

be developmental in nature, taking up to five years to complete involve partnerships with other organizations

be a combination of operating, capital and endowment spending
Application process

The Vancity Award involves a two-stage process:

Stage one: a letter of intent to determine basic suitability

Stage two: a formal proposal for final evaluation

VanCity members have four organizations to consider. They are:

AIDS Vancouver Island and Cool Aid Society

Atira Women’s Resource Society

Crisis Centre

Quest Outreach Society

Remember ... voting is open until Friday, October 13, 2006. The results will be announced Thursday, November 23, 2006.

If you're interested in some of the other submissions ... take a look here.
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