NBC-Lima, United Way of Greater Lima and The Lima News work cooperatively to bring the Jefferson Awards to Lima/Allen County and its contiguous counties.

From all nominations submitted, eight volunteers will be selected by a panel of area leaders as the Jefferson Awards winners. Each will receive a Jefferson Awards bronze medallion at an event in March, 2010.

Alberta M. Lee, a civic leader who believes in volunteerism and public service, is sponsoring monetary awards to accompany the Jefferson Award medallions. Eight local winners will each receive $350 for the non-profit organizations for which they volunteer. One of the eight local winners will advance to the national competition and will receive an additional $700 for the organization for which they volunteer. A national committee will select our local winner to attend the National Ceremony in Washington, DC in June and that person will be announced at the local banquet in March.

Our local representative will be honored, along with other local winners from across America, at the national program in Washington DC. Five gold medallion Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Awards for greatest public service benefiting local communities will be awarded at the national event.