2017 KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL YOUTH AND EDUCATOR AWARDS APPLICATION

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Submission Guidelines:

Application must be fully completed.
Answers must cover the May 30, 2016 - May 1, 2017 time period.
Upload or include a minimum of 2 supporting documents and a maximum of 5. Some examples of supplemental materials are: letters of support, pictures from an event, flyers promoting an event, scanned page of a notebook, etc.
Application and fee must be received by May 2, 2017.
Only online copies of application and supplemental materials will be accepted.
$5.00 for each application entry.

*Previous first place winners in the following sub categories are not eligible: Youth Individual, School Employee/Volunteer, and Educator.

**All responses will be counted for compliance. A point will be taken off for each response over 500 words. Judges will not read responses beyond 500 words.

Questions?

Please visit www.ktb.org or 1.800.CLEAN-TX (253.2689).

NOMINEE INFORMATION

Nominee Name:

First Name

Last Name

Award Recognition Name:

Name exactly as it should appear on the award or certificate.

Organization Name:

Address:

City

State

Zip

Phone:

Email:

Can KTB contact the nominee?:

YesNo

Is the nominee and nominator information the same?

YesNo

NOMINATOR INFORMATION:

First Name

Last Name

Address:

City

State

Zip

Phone:

Email:

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AWARD CATEGORIES

Youth Leadership - Ruthe Jackson Awards*
Recognizing the efforts and leadership of young people and youth-oriented organizations to beautify the community and create cleaner, greener campuses, parks and neighborhoods.

Educators and Educational Institutions - Sadie Ray Graff Awards*
Recognizing the efforts of educators and educational institutions to encourage youth involvement and promote the KTB mission through environmental education.

Please select award category:

Youth Leadership - Ruthe Jackson AwardsEducators and Educational Institutions - Sadie Ray Graff AwardsPlease select only one category.

Select the Ruthe Jackson Award sub-category:

Select the Sadie Ray Graff Award sub-category:

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APPLICATION QUESTIONS
500 words maximum per question

Background/History: Brief history or background of the nominee as it pertains to the application. Responses must cover May 30, 2016 - May 1, 2017 time frame.

Leadership: Ruthe Jackson applicants must explain how youth leadership impacted the success of a project or program. Sadie Ray Graff applicants should explain how adult support and leadership impacted the success of a project or program.

Impact: List how activities improved, beautified and preserved the visual aspects of your community, helped to positively change people's attitudes and behaviors, or minimized the impact of waste and promoted responsible waste handling. Add any statistical information, if applicable.

Innovation: Describe unique and/or creative ways the nominee went above and beyond the call of duty.

KTB Mission: Describe how the nominee supports the KTB mission, “to educate and engage Texans to take responsibility for improving their community environment.”

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SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Upload or include a minimum of 2 supporting documents/photos and a maximum of 5. Examples include letters of support, pictures from events, flyers promoting an event, scanned page of a notebook, etc.

Supplemental File 1

Supplemental File 2

Supplemental File 3

Supplemental File 4

Supplemental File 5

*Maximum value of 20 MB for all supplemental files. Amount of MB can be split up between several files, but you can't upload more than 20 MB total.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Award Guidelines

Completed Application2-5 Supplemental Materials500 Words/Narrative Response (Questions)Fee paid/mailed (must be received by May 2, 2017)

Please carefully review the guidelines and your application before submitting; we strongly encourage you to save a copy of your application for your records.

A separate application is required for each entry, however you may submit one check or payment for multiple application fees. If you would like to pay fees online, you will receive a link in the email confirming receipt of your application. You may also send checks to:

Keep Texas Beautiful
Attn: Youth Awards
8850 Business Park Dr. #200
Austin, TX 78759

Application and fees must be received by KTB by May 2, 2017.

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