Nominations Accepted for Fairfax Citizen of the Year Award

Nominations are now being accepted for the Fairfax County Citizen of the Year award.

The award is sponsored by the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations and the Fairfax County based Science Applications International Corporation.

Deadline for nominations of folks who show exemplary efforts in “enhancing the quality of life for the citizens of Fairfax County,”  is Jan. 31.

The organization’s website reports that last year’s winner was Clark Tyler, who was nominated for his leadership as chair of the Tysons Land Use Task Force from 2006 to 2010. Tyler is a McLean neighbor.

Eligibility for both the Citizen of the Year Award and the Citation of Merit:

• Nominee must be a current resident of Fairfax County.
• The Citizen of the Year is recognized for voluntary acts that are not related to employment.
• Elected officials and full-time County or Commonwealth employees are ineligible for consideration if their contributions are related to their full-time positions.

Criteria:

• Contributions and accomplishments must have countywide rather than local significance.
• The nominee's achievements can be either:
  • General, such as multi-year community service with one or more organizations or activities with cumulative impact over the years of current importance or with positive implications for the future, or
  • Specific, including intense efforts as the major promoter of a single program or project completed in a finite period of time.

To nominate someone for the award, fill out a form online or contact committee chair Jeff Parnes at fedcoy2012@fairfaxfederation.org for more information. The award is given at the organizations annual banquet.