Dear Friends,

Your submissions are invited! On behalf of the 2009 National Philanthropy Day committee and the honorary chairs, we invite you to honor individuals, businesses, and support groups close to your non-profit organization by submitting entries in one or more of the philanthropic categories below.

• Lifetime Achievement
• Outstanding Philanthropist
• Outstanding Founder
• Outstanding Corporation or Business (30 or more employees)
• Outstanding Corporation or Business (Fewer than 30 employees)
• Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser
• Outstanding Philanthropic Group
• Outstanding Youth / Youth Group

Click here for more information on the Award Categories

The annual National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon presents a great opportunity to recognize and honor those whose giving hearts call them to contribute treasure, talent, and time to making your mission possible. These are the people and organizations that consistently make decisions to contribute to the health, well-being, vibrancy, and spirit of our community and people.

Now more than ever, we encourage you to take advantage of this day and the awards luncheon it brings to provide stewardship. Please take time to submit your entries and be sure to ask your Honorees to “save the date” so they can be recognized at a heart-warming and celebratory luncheon to be held Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the Anaheim Marriott.

The timeline follows:

New this year, each person or organization submitted will receive a congratulatory letter indicating the organization that has submitted them for recognition. As always, one outstanding Honoree is selected in each category to represent their peers on stage at the luncheon.

We look forward to acknowledging with you the many and diverse ways in which giving hearts find expression and change our world – right here in Orange County.  Thank you for your work and for taking the time to honor your supporters at the 2009 Orange County National Philanthropy Day celebration!

Yours sincerely,