The Northshore Community Foundation is seeking nominations for their Fifth Annual Dick Knight Award, in honor of the late Richard F. “Dick” Knight and the winner will be announced in conjunction with Covington’s Annual Dick Knight Day on March 21st.
The $5,000 Award recognizes individuals for their commitment and service to the charitable, nonprofit sector in the four parish Northshore region.
The spirit of the award is to recognize nonprofit staff who have significant tenure in service-based work and have a body of accomplishments that reflect success through diligence, resiliency, vision, and excellence.
Previous winners include (in order) Dianne Baham of STARC, Myrna Jordan of Our Daily Bread Food Bank, Ola Magee of Regina Coeli Child Development Center and last year, the Rev. Stephen Holzhalb, II of Christwood Community Center.
The awardee will receive $5,000 as recognition of their commitment, service, and contribution to the nonprofit sector.
The Foundation would like to thank Resource Bank, the Gia Maione Prima Foundation and the Fund for Bogalusa for the contributions to making this years’ award possible. To be eligible, the nominee must be a current staff member of a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization operating in St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington and St. Helena Parishes.
Community members can submit nominations of qualified candidates, as names of the nominators are not disclosed. Nominations must be submitted by March 4, 2022.
To learn more or to nominate an individual visit northshorefoundation.org/knight-award.
