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Touchstone Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize and celebrate an organization or program for its leadership in transforming problems into opportunities and service into action. Each year, the award has a specific focus such as a particular area of interest, type of project, or targeted population.


2007 - "Celebrating Creativity Within"

GOLD:
Organization: Lake Superior Writers
Program: Great Northern Festival of Words

SILVER:
Organization: Lake Superior Youth Chorus
Program: Opera Collaboration

BRONZE:
Organization: ISD #709 - Duluth Public Schools
Program: Scott D. Anderson Leadership Forum


Previous Touchstone Winners



2006 - "Empowering Change"

GOLD:
Organization: Udac
Program: Health, Wellness & Fitness

SILVER:
Organization: KOOTASCA Community Action, Inc.
Program: Circles of Support

BRONZE:
Organization: Damiano of Duluth, Inc.
Program: Clothes That Work


2005 - "Above & Beyond"
GOLD:
AccountAbility Minnesota - Duluth Volunteer Tax Assistance Program

SILVER:
Northern Communities Land Trust - Building Materials Recovery Project

BRONZE(in alphabetical order):
Arrowhead Regional Corrections - Duluth Drug Court
Center Against Sexual & Domestic Assault (CASDA) - Court Watch
Duluth-Superior Symphony Association - Seven Deadly Sins Concert Series
Grant Community School Collaborative - Program Salary Support


2004 - "Volunteerism"
Men As Peacemakers
Kids Closet


2003 - “Excellence in These Times”
ISD#704 - Proctor Public Schools - Proctor Area Community Center
Harbor House Crisis Shelter


2002 - “Expanding the Circle”
North Shore community School
R.E.A.C.H.


2001 - “Strengthening Community Involvement”
Superior, A Community for Youth
The Darland Connection


2000 - "...For the Public Good"
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School


1999 - Building Bridges
Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation/WDSE-TV
YWCA of Duluth


1998 - Promoting Responsibility
Life House, Inc. - Teen Parent Center
Kids Voting Minnesota - Duluth
Volunteer Attorney Program


1997 - Volunteer Involvement
Duluth Art Institute
Lutheran Social Service - Young Parent Program


1996 - Youth Involvement
Woodland Hills - Neighborhood Youth Services
Twin Ports D.A.R.E.
YMCA of Duluth - Youth Mentoring Program


1995 - Community Building
Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center

 

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