AHVRP Highlights

• 2012 AHVRP Annual Conference
  Omni Dallas Hotel
  Dallas, TX
  Dates: Sept. 19 - 22, 2012

All AHVRP members are encouraged to submit a nomination for one of your programs.Two awards will be presented at the Extraordinary Program Awards Luncheon during the annual conference. This luncheon celebrates the award-winning programs and highlights each program's success and benefit to the service recipients, the healthcare organizations, and the volunteers providing the service. The AHVRP members submitting the selected programs will give a brief presentation during the luncheon.

Programs submitted for review by the selection committee must meet the following criteria:

Submission Criteria

• The program is a volunteer program/service that has functioned successfully for at least three years within a healthcare organization or a community the organization serves.
  
• The program needs to be a unique and original idea.
  
• The AHVRP member submitting it must have been substantially involved in planning, implementing and coordinating the program.
  
• The program must demonstrate substantial benefit to the service recipients, the healthcare organization, and the volunteer(s) providing the service.

Programs may be submitted in any one of seven categories:

1. Promoting a Caring Environment
2. Change Management
3. Health Promotion
4. Volunteerism
5. Recruitment/Recognition
6. Fundraising
7. Special

Please note the category descriptions are included with the application.

Application Guidelines:

1. Applicants must be members of AHVRP.
2. Provide up to five pages of supplemental material such as volunteer service descriptions, press releases, brochures or letters of support may be submitted to the committee chair in support of the application. All materials will become the property of the AHVRP and will not be returned.
3. Applications must be submitted by the deadline. (2012 deadline TBA.)
4. Questions and supplemental material may be directed to the committee chair: (2012 chair TBA).

Resubmission
Applicants who were not selected in previous years may re-apply. To re-apply, applicants must follow the steps for submission as described above.

Selection Process
The committee reviews all programs submitted and selects the program or programs to be designated as an AHVRP Extraordinary Program. Members of the committee, working independently, rank each entry in order according to the selection criteria - uniqueness, originality, broad appeal, benefit to the service recipients, the healthcare organization and the volunteer(s) providing the service. The selected entries are presented at the national conference. Applicants will be informed about the status of their submissions prior to the conference.