DON CARLOS HUMANITARIAN AWARD SELECTION PROCESS

The selection process for the humanitarian award is unique and upholds the integrity of the award. 

The awardee is selected by an extensive and fair process; involving numerous community members.  The Don Carlos humanitarian award process consists of two separate committees – one for screening and one for final selection. 

Membership of each committee are drawn by lottery from three separate pools of community members which include past Don Carlos award recipients, past TCC board members and current TCC board members after all known conflicts of interests (based on the nomination) have been removed.   

The screening committee reads and scores all the nominations.  Based on final scores, three to five finalists are then reviewed and scored by the selection committee. 

Members of the selection committee meet for a final review of all scores, discuss the candidates and, by consensus, make a final recommendation of the humanitarian award recipient. 

Final approval of the recommendation is made by the TCC Board of Directors. 

Contact nominee about nomination and is aware should they be selected.

Meet with nominee for a conversation to obtain information about all their community work.

Compile info to show the commitment of the individual’s work to write a compelling narrative for the nomination.

Obtain strong support letters from leaders, associates, and organizations related to the nominee’s work (preferably one page).

• • One letter is only required, but minimum average is eight to 10 letters. 
  • Request letters from more people than you’d like to receive letters for.
  • Ensure letters indicate an emphasis on humanitarian work, details and examples are important.

Prepare your narrative in Word and cut and paste into nomination form.

Copy your final nomination and support letters as a back-up.