STILL TIME TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS FOR 11TH ANNUAL "WINDSOR BRIDGE-BUILDERS AWARDS"

Deadline is Saturday, July 30

WINDSOR, CONN., July 15, 2005 There still is time to nominate an individual, organization or business for the 11th annual "Windsor Bridge-Builders Awards." Anyone, of any age, may fill out an official nomination form for the awards. The deadline for submitting nominations is Saturday, July 30, 2005.

The Windsor Bridge-Builders Awards is sponsored by the Town of Windsor's Human Relations Commission and by Citizens for a United Windsor (CUW), a grass-roots organization that works to foster greater trust, understanding, and solidarity across the full spectrum of Windsor's racial, ethnic, and religious diversity. The annual initiative showcases true community role models in human relations. This can include students who have worked toward greater understanding of others in their school or neighborhood.

Since its creation in 1995, the Windsor Bridge-Builders Awards has honored people like Florence Barlow, John F. Berky, William H. Best, Laura and Paul Broxterman, John C. Carmon, Tim Curtis, Anthony (Joe) Cymerys, Sharon Dillon-Rispoli, Mary Ann Doyle, Rita Fiero, Marcia Hinckley, Fidelia (Fidie) Lane, Tom Lerario, Thomas G. Martin, Jr., James Mason, Nellie Holmes Mason, Kate and Hugh McLean, Feyla McNamara, Peggy and the late William Newport, Gaye Rizzo, Paul Sorbo, Len Swade, Bill Warner-Prouty, Elizabeth Waters, Cori-Lynn Webber, and groups such as Archer Memorial AME Zion Church of Windsor, First Church in Windsor-United Church of Christ, Friends of Northwest Park, Grace Episcopal Church's "Fun-in-Learning" program, The National Conference for Community & Justice (NCCJ) Conversations on Race program in Windsor, The Windsor Independent Living Association, the partnership of Wilson Congregational and Imani Fellowship Community Churches, and Windsor Federal Savings & Loan Association. Awards have been presented in memory of Stanley Cicero and William L. Perkins, III.

A panel of judges will review all entries. Three individuals, organizations, or businesses will be honored as Windsor Bridge-Builders at a ceremony and reception to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005 at the main branch of the Windsor Public Library. The event will be open to the community and will be sponsored by Citizens for a United Windsor and the Town of Windsor's Human Relations Commission.

All nominees must live or work in Windsor. To be eligible, an individual, organization, or business must meet one or more of the following criteria:

• Has promoted or promotes the elimination of racism and discriminatory attitudes and practices in Windsor;


• Has worked or works to establish cooperative relationships with groups concerned with human relations;


• Has promoted or promotes equal opportunities for all people in Windsor;


• Has worked or works to further an understanding of a multicultural society in Windsor; and


• Has worked or works to further communications and understanding between racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Windsor.

• Innovative contributions to individuals or the community;


• Leadership;


• Quantity of volunteer time; and


• Philanthropic gifts or other types of contributions.

The deadline for submitting nominations is Saturday, July 30, 2005.

Official nominations forms for the Windsor Bridge-Builders Awards are available at the Town Clerk's office in Town Hall, at the Main branch and the Wilson branches of the Windsor Public Library, and at L P. Wilson Community Center, outside of the Recreation Dept. For the first time, forms also may be downloaded at
www.townofwindsorct.com

For more information about this awards program, call Diane McDougald at 285-1984 or Richard Armstrong at 285-0803.