 NAHC Awards
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Below are the award descriptions.
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The Cooperative Star Award
The Cooperative Star
program recognizes
housing cooperatives that demonstrate sound leadership, management, and housing
value for their members and have systems in place to assure prudent preservation
of their members’ interests. Eligible candidates are
housing cooperatives that honor the basic principles of cooperative housing,
certify that systems are in place to provide safe, sound, and valuable housing
for their members, and certify that systems are in place to protect the
interests of their members. This is a competitive
award, and only one applicant will be selected by an appointed NAHC
sub-committee to receive the Cooperative Star award from the applications
that are submitted. You will receive a wall plaque suitable for display, one
free registration to the NAHC Annual Conference for a representative from your
cooperative, and your community will be recognized during the awards luncheon at
the annual conference of the National Association of Housing Cooperatives.
Applications must be postmarked no later than June 30 of each year.
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The
Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award is given to recognize outstanding service
to cooperative housing. It recognizes the achievement and contribution of a
person through whose efforts a cooperative or association of cooperatives was
able to better serve its members.
Nominees may be an individual cooperator, director, agent, attorney, or other
individual who deserves recognition from the National Association of Housing
Cooperatives for their commitment to cooperative housing and their efforts on
behalf of a housing cooperative or association of cooperatives.
This is a competitive award, and only one applicant will be selected by an
appointed NAHC sub-committee to receive the Distinguished Service award
from the applications that are submitted. You will receive a wall plaque
suitable for display, one free registration to the Annual Conference, and will
be recognized during the awards luncheon at the annual conference of the
National Association of Housing Cooperatives.
Applications must be postmarked no later than June 30 of each year.
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The Jerry Voorhis Award
It’s no surprise that
NAHC’s most prestigious award is named after Jerry Voorhis. Jerry
felt that a national cooperative housing association could really
make a difference. As the executive director of the Cooperative
League of the USA (CLUSA, now the National Cooperative Business
Association), his vision and leadership led to the founding of the
National Association of Housing Cooperatives. He brought together
diverse organizations and provided the support needed to formally
establish NAHC. As NAHC’s president in 1967 and 1968, he provided
NAHC with its first really committed executive leadership.
Continuing into his retirement, he did all he could to contribute to
NAHC’s success. After his death in 1984, NAHC created the
Jerry Voorhis Memorial Award to recognize those who, in Jerry’s footsteps,
have made substantial lifelong contributions to cooperative housing.
Applications must be postmarked no later than April 1 of each year.
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