The Arc's SPARC Awards
Click here to learn about our 2020 SPARC Award Winners!
We all know someone whose dedication to supporting individuals with I/DD and their families leaves us feeling inspired. Maybe they're a teacher, caregiver, or supervisor in the workplace. Who comes to your mind? Do they live in Jefferson, Clear Creek or Gilpin Counties?
If so, honor them with a nomination for a SPARC Award!
The Arc's SPARC Awards are a way to recognize exceptional people in our community who make a difference in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), and/or assist the families and organizations that serve them. By recognizing these stand-out individuals, we honor their commitment to inclusion, compassion and leadership. SPARC Award nominees teach us all how to walk the walk.
So, who has helped you? Who has SPARC-ed change in your life or community? Scroll down to our online nomination form below and submit your nominees by February 20, 2020. You may also click here to download a form to complete your nominations and submit them to valerie@arcjc.org via email, or by mail to 13949 W. Colfax Ave, #150, Lakewood, CO 80401 by February 20, 2020 .
The SPARC Awards Ceremony will be held on April 22, 2020. Click this link to learn more about the SPARC Awards Ceremony.
The categories for recipients of the SPARC awards are as follows:
- Advocacy: Family, Friends, Caregiver
- Community Champion*: Recreation, Church, Volunteer, Partner/Collaborator
- Education*: Local Educator, Administrator
- Employer*: Local Business
- Policy/Legislator: Local Policymaker
- Self-Determination: Self-Advocate
*May be an individual/group/organization
Eligibility:
- Nominees must live, work or volunteer in Jefferson, Gilpin or Clear Creek Counties.
- Nominations must meet the spirit and purpose of the SPARC Awards as described above.
- Nominations must be made in one of the categories listed above.
- Current staff members of The Arc- JGCC and their immediate family members (parents, spouses, siblings, grandparents, children) are not eligible.
- Current board members of The Arc- JGCC and their immediate family members (parents, spouses, siblings, grandparents, children) are not eligible.
Criteria: These are the criteria for selecting winners, rated on a scale of 1-5.
- Innovation: Has the nominee introduced a new method/idea/device and successfully implemented it within the community?
- Systemic Change: Has the nominee been successful in promoting change to community-wide systems in areas like education, public policy, employment, criminal justice or others?
- Full Inclusion: Has the nominee been instrumental in fighting for full inclusion in community/work/education?
- Raise Public Awareness: Has the nominee influenced our community in an effort to raise awareness?
SPARC Nomination Form
Nominations due by February 20, 2020
