Do you know a young volunteer deserving of a Spirit of Community Award?

Pramerica’s Spirit of Community Awards are calling on students across Donegal to “get out there” and apply for 2019 honours. 

To mark its 12^th annual call for applications, the Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards launched #GetOutThere2019, a  campaign calling on students, teachers and principals to acknowledge and honour young volunteers. The launch event took place in Pramerica’s state-of-the-art new ‘Rock’ campus in Letterkenny, Co Donegal.

The closing date for nominations is 25 October, and the awards ceremony will take place in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin in March 2019. Click here to nominate spirit.pramerica.ie

Rosemary Russell, Pramerica Spirit of Community Lead, with Niall Gosson current 2018 Honouree of Spirit of Community at the launch of the 2019 Spirit of Community Awards.

The Spirit of Community awards are the only all-Ireland initiative seeking to celebrate and honour second level students for volunteer work. The awards have elicited praise from educators, parents and elected officials for communicating to young people the importance of volunteer contribution in society.

Students are eligible for the 2019 awards if they are under the age of 16 on the 1st of January 2019, for the Junior Category or under the age of 19 on the 1st of January 2019 for the Senior category. A principal can then nominate 2 students maximum per school.

According to Andrea McBride, VP of Systems at Pramerica Systems Ireland, “The Spirit of Community Awards programme was designed not only to identify great youth volunteers, but also to give schools an effective way to commend deserving young volunteers and to hold them up as role models for other young people.”

“At Pramerica we believe an interest in volunteering must be fostered from a young age. That is why we continue to engage with schools across the island of Ireland to encourage them to realise its value to society and praise their students who are already going above and beyond.”