We Celebrate Museum Volunteers with Annual Awards

Awards are a joint collaboration between the CFFM and the Canadian Museum Association (CMA).

Eligibility

The nominee for this award is an individual or a group that has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to a public, non-profit museum or related heritage/ cultural institution in a volunteer capacity. This contribution can be made as a member of a volunteer committee, a board of trustees or in another volunteer organization. The nominee must:

  • have made a significant impact through their volunteer work/activities;
  • not have received payment for their volunteer work;
  • not have performed the services as part of their regular business or professional duties.

Criteria

Each nominee will be assessed against the following:

  • Value:  Nominee exercised an important service to the museum and the community.
  • Innovation:  Nominee initiated new programs or activities and used new methods to solve problems.
  • Achievement:  Nominee accomplished desired results.
  • Impact: The activity or service produced positive changes and provides examples for other groups.
  • Dedication: Nominee demonstrates ongoing enthusiasm and commitment to volunteerism and to the cultural and heritage field.

Nomination instructions

The nomination must be supported by someone with individual or institutional membership in CMA or CFFM.

You simply have to complete and submit the nomination form.
The form requires the following information:

  • Nominator’s contact information: telephone number, mailing address and email
  • Nominee’s contact information: citizenship, date of birth, sex, telephone number, mailing address and email address
  • Nomination statement from the institution (that employed the volunteer) clearly describing the volunteer’s activities and accomplishments (max. 300 words). The nomination statement should answer the following questions:
    • How do you know the candidate?
    • What type of volunteer work has the candidate accomplished?
    • What is it about this person’s volunteer work that sets him/her apart from others doing similar work?
    • How has their contribution improved or impacted the community?
  • 1-2 letter(s) of support (along with the supporter’s language preference, organization, telephone number, mailing address and email address), one from a volunteer and one from a volunteer organization or the community who has benefited from the volunteer’s commitment.

Meet Our 2023 Museum Volunteer Award Recipients

Individual Award: Joan Goldfarb

Group Award Recipients: Missisquoi Historical Society & Museum Apple Pie Festival Committee

 

For nearly four decades the Society and Museum's Apple Pie Festival Committee volunteers have promoted and preserved local history through the annual Apple Pie Festival in Stanbridge East, Quebec. The volunteer group consists of core members: Pamela Realffe, Nicole Blinn, Robert Deschamps, Natalie Ingalls, Suzanne Dubé and Mona Beaulac. The committee grows to eighty additional volunteers annually to facilitate this living history event each Autumn. Over the years, volunteers have contributed an extraordinary 10,000 hours to organizing and hosting the festival, and welcomed over 30,000 museum visitors.
Founded in 1899, the Society's mission is to conserve, promote and share the history and heritage of the area.

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