ChooseWell Healthy Community Awards:
Community Wellness Leadership Award
What are the ChooseWell Healthy Community Awards?
The ChooseWell Healthy Community Awards celebrate the efforts and achievements of communities and wellness champions across Alberta in promoting healthy eating and active living and creating conditions where the healthy choice is the easy choice, through recreation and parks.
The ChooseWell Healthy Community Awards recognize communities that are currently participating in the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association’s Communities ChooseWell initiative. A list of registered communities is posted at
What is the Community Wellness Leadership Award?
The Community Wellness Leadership Award recognizes the efforts of elected community leaders to champion and support community wellness, with a focus on healthy eating and active living. This award will be presented as a part of the ChooseWell Healthy Community Awards.
Purpose
The purpose of the Community Wellness Leadership Award is to promote awareness of how local government leaders can influence community wellness, recognize those who champion wellness and health and foster dialogue about approaches to building community wellness.
Elected leaders have an important role to play to create community wellness. Many decisions and policies made by local governments directly and indirectly affect the health and wellbeing of community members. Local government leaders can influence the values and priorities that affect decisions, and they can be role models for healthy living, champions for healthy public policies, and directly support community-driven initiatives to improve wellness.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this award, the individual being nominated must be an elected official in an Alberta community that is registered for Communities ChooseWell in 2017. All municipalities, including First Nations and Métis councils, are eligible. A full list of registered communities, as well as a registration form, is available at your community is not currently participating in Communities ChooseWell, it’s easy (and free!) to sign up. Visit the website above to register your community!
Other Information
Please note that no documentation other than this nomination form will be considered in the award selection process.
The Community Wellness Leadership Award will be presented at the ChooseWell Healthy Community Award Ceremony on Thursday, October 26, 2017andthe President`s Awards Banquet on Saturday, October 28, 2016 at the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association’s Annual Conference and Energize Workshop at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. The recipient of this award will be offered a subsidy for three nights accommodation and mileage, as well as a complimentary registration for the Communities ChooseWell Pre-Conference Session and the full ARPA Conference.
Send completed nominations to:
Email:
Fax:
(780) 451-7915
Mail:
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association
Attention: Communities ChooseWell
11759 Groat Road NW
Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6
Nomination Deadline: 11:59 PM MST, July 14, 2017
2017Community Wellness Leadership Award – Nomination Form
- Nominator Contact Information:
Community Name:
Name of individual or group:
If a group, contact name:
Job Title or Role:
Organization:
Phone:
Email:
- Nominee Information:
Name:
Community:
Position Title or Role:
Phone:
Email:
- How isthe person you are nominating a wellness champion in your community? (Word limit: 400)
- How does this person support demonstrate support for your Communities ChooseWell initiatives?(Word limit: 300)
- In general, how does this person contribute toenhancing healthy eating and active living in your community? (Word limit: 300)
Send completed applications to:
Email:
Fax:
(780) 451-7915
Mail:
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association
Attention: Communities ChooseWell
11759 Groat Road NW
Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6
Nomination Deadline: 11:59 PM MST, July 14, 2017
Thank you for your participation in Communities ChooseWell and all your efforts to create a healthier community that supports residents to eat well and be active!
Applicants will be notified by August15, 2017 regarding award decisions.
Awards will be presented at the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association’s Conference & Energize Workshop, October 26-28, 2017 at the FairmontChateau Lake Louise in Lake Louise, AB.