COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

• Ready. Set. Learn: The Starting Point Matters
• Culture of Giving
• Early Childhood Initiative
• Expanding Leadership Initiative
• Boulder County TRENDS Report
• Health Information Exchange
• 15 Forever Fund
• Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado
• Leadership Fellows
• Nova Award
• Pat on the Back Award
• Stan Black Award
• Giving Impact

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The Pat on the Back Award is named to honor Pat Shoemaker and to recognize other individuals who have given extraordinary, but often unsung volunteer time in caring for the community. A “pink lady” volunteer for the Boulder Community Hospital for 28 years, Pat also produced monthly original craft displays for the hospital. Pat was the Boulder Community Hospital Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in 1983 and was honored as the Colorado Auxilian of the year in 1984. She was a homemaker and the mother of two daughters, Linda Shoemaker of Boulder and Judi Miller of Tucson, Arizona.

Potential nominees should embody Pat’s dedication and caring. A $1,000 award will be presented to the honoree to be directed to the nonprofit of his or her choice.

The 2011 Pat on the Back Honorees:
Norm and Carol Cail

Norm and Carol Cail have dependably led and grown the Friends of the Longmont Library Book Sale and Board of Directors since the mid-1970’s.  Their nominator James England commented about Norm and Carol’s attention to detail, calming affect on other volunteers, wisdom about how to grow the sale, and what a huge gift their joint dedication has been to the whole community.  With Norm and Carol’s help, the Friends of the Longmont Library Book Sale now handles more than 200,000 books per year and has annual revenues of $70,000.