NAHC Awards

The NAHC bestows three awards at its Annual Conference.

2010 Award application and nomination deadline extended to July 15. Apply today!

The Cooperative Star Award

This award 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 July 15, 2010.

The Distinguished Service Award

This 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 July 15, for 2010.

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.

Nominations for the Voorhis award are made by submitting a 250 word essay detailing why the nominee should receive the award. Nominations must be submitted by July 15 and should be directed to Ms. Linda Brockway, Committee Chair of Member Service Committee via email: LJBECHO<@>aol.com

Recipients of the Jerry Voorhis Award