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AWARD CATEGORIES
Arts:A person who enriches the arts by spreading enthusiasm for, promoting awareness of, and helping to create a rich cultural environment in our community.
Business:An owner or manager of a Sammamish enterprise who generously uses their business resources to help support community causes.
Courage:Someone who overcomes great obstacles to live life to the fullest and inspires others to meet challenges.
Environmental: A person or persons who advocate for environmental awareness through the use of their time, talent, and resources to help better our natural environment by reducing the carbon foot print, or restoring lands, rivers, & trails in our community.(Business and environmental organizations are excluded)
Learning Promotion:A person whose enriching and inspiring contributions create a positive environment for students, that stimulates creativity, imagination and enthusiasm for learning.
Teen Spirit:A Sammamish teenager who shows a passion for helping others, for giving service to our community, and for being a shining example inspiring his or her peers and younger generations to follow suit.
Trevor Price Award:A Sammamish youth who outwardly displays compassion, respect and kindness, setting a positive example for his/her peers.
Youth Advocate:A person who values and supports Sammamish youth, advocating for their needs and interests in the community
Unsung Hero:A person who goes beyond expectations in an inspirational and positive manner.
Spirit of Sammamish:A person who embodies the highest level of commitment to the community, selflessly giving of their time and talents.
Founder's Award: First awarded in 2009, the SAMMI Board felt compelled to recognize an individual who has served and inspired the community for an extended period of time. Unlike the 9 other awards, whose awardees go through an extensive public nomination, interview, and independent judging process, the Founder’s Award recipient is chosen by the Board of Directors as someone who epitomizes the term “being of service”.
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