Nominations Sought for 2016 Youth In Action Award

Do you know an outstanding young community leader?

Liberty Bank is seeking nominations from the public for its sixth annual Youth In Action Award. The award is designed to recognize a young person in a town served by Liberty Bank who has distinguished him/herself through volunteer service, philanthropy, and/or advocacy for community organizations. The award will be presented to a student in grades 6-12 who must live or have performed their community service activities in Liberty Bank's service area. Candidates for the award must be nominated by a school, business, nonprofit organization, government agency, or faith-based organization. Nomination forms with program guidelines are available HERE. The award recipient will be selected by members of the Liberty Bank Volunteer Hall of Fame and will be able to direct a $1,000 donation to the nonprofit organization or project of his/her choice. Nominations for the Liberty Bank Youth In Action Award must be postmarked no later than March 25, 2016.

For a copy of the nomination form, click HERE.

The 2015 Liberty Bank Youth In Action Awards were presented to Cheyenne Shannon of Willimantic and Sanford Bruce of Meriden. Shannon currently is a youth representative in the Windham Community Food Network, and continues to be a leader in GROW Windham's Windham Youth CORE, which engages high school students in promoting access to healthy food in their community. Bruce is involved with helping younger athletes hone their soccer skills at the Connecticut Football Club, and with the Meriden YMCA, working the Community Holiday Dinners on Christmas and Thanksgiving.

For more information, call (860) 658-2961.