MLC's Awards Luncheon recognizes successful learners, notable partners in literacy and outstanding volunteers for their hours of high-quality service to literacy programs (for nomination forms, please see links on the right). The awards honor various achievements:

• Outstanding Volunteer Awards are for those who contribute a high quality and quantity of volunteer service that is unique, innovative, and creative.
• Oustanding Learner Awards are for learners who have made a unique, innovative or creative impact on adult literacy and have a strong dedication to service as a volunteer and a leader among peers.
• Volunteer Service Awards are for ABE volunteers who have reached the 1,000-hour tutoring milestone and shown a dedication to voluntary service to adult literacy.
• Community Partnership Awards are for organizations, funders and ad hoc committees that have positively influenced adult literacy in Minnesota. Contributions should be unique, innovative, or creative and show dedication through length of service and the depth of partnership with an ABE program.
• Essi Wiseheart Ledyard Awards are for volunteers who are sixty-plus in age and have demonstrated creativity and extra commitment in working with learners. The award honors Essi Wiseheart Ledyard (1918-2003), who was Duluth's ABE Coordinator from 1978 to 1990, and continued her involvement with the program until 2002. She retired as Minnesota's oldest active teacher at the age of 84.

The Awards Luncheon will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

Submit Award Nominations - Due Date Friday, February 26, 2010

Do you know an outstanding learner or volunteer who has significantly impacted your literacy program in innovative, creative and inspiring ways? Is there a community partner that has supported your program's work? You should plan now to prepare nominations for these conference honors!

All nominees must have been active within the past year, have contributed on a voluntary basis and have contributed strongly to service through length of involvement. If you are interested in nominating someone, please fill out our online form (see the sidebar on the right side of this page). Please note that you cannot save and return to your work to finish later, so be prepared to fill out the entire form once you start. If you have any questions, feel free to email Cathy at cgrady@theMLC.org. Award entries must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 2010.