ExcellenceNorth Alliance recently created the “Dr. Sylvio Dupuis Community Excellence Award” to recognize New Hampshire communities that reflect Dr. Dupuis’ lifelong work to improve communities for the benefit of citizens and families in New Hampshire.
The Community Excellence Award will recognize and raise awareness of communities in New Hampshire, that through ingenuity and innovation, are making improvements that benefit economic conditions, quality of life, education, and/or public health. In this award, communities are not limited by boundaries and are defined as a group of people working together with a common goal to provide these benefits to a city/town, neighborhood, or region. The goal is to not only recognize these communities but to share best practices from these successes and encourage other communities to follow suit.
This award is for communities, including the community leaders (formal and informal), that have and are committing time, energy, and resources for the long-term benefit and improvement of the community. A community is not limited by boundaries and is defined as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. This includes cities, towns, neighborhoods, and regions. Community leaders are those who guide and direct the community and its improvement efforts. The community project must be recent (within the last five years) and the community can only receive the award once.
Eligible projects or initiatives demonstrate a clear purpose with tangible benefits including economic conditions, quality of life, education, and/or public health, as well as ingenuity and innovation to support the purpose and collaboration with other individuals or groups.
There is no limit to the number of awards that can be given each year.
Nominations will be accepted from Feb. 1 to April 30. The application is available online and must be submitted to dupuisaward@execellencenorth.org with a letter of support from one or more members of the community (other than leaders) as to why the project should be considered as well as photos reflective of the project.
“From the development of arts and education to political, economic and non-profit project leadership and development, Dr. Sylvio Dupuis epitomizes the effort to bring and sustain excellence in his community,” explained Tom Raffio, chairman of ENA’s board and president and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental. “Creating a vision, purpose and values along with promoting legal and ethical behavior is a Dupuis trademark. An excellent communicator with all stakeholders he is always working to create an environment for success along with a focus on action. It’s exactly why we are so honored to name this Community Excellence Award after him.”
In addition to his city and community leadership, Dr. Dupuis is a former president of both Catholic Medical Center and Notre Dame College.
“I am deeply honored to have this award named after me. My efforts in the greater Manchester community and throughout the state are the result of deeply-instilled beliefs taught to me by my family and peers over many years,” said Dr. Dupuis. “We all play a role in the success of our community, and I hope this process develops shared best practices that benefit countless cities and towns.”
To get more information on ENA and the “Sylvio Dupuis Community Excellence Award” and how to nominate a community, visit excellencenorth.org.