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NVFC National Junior Firefighter Program Receives ASAE Power of A Gold Award

Published Date: 07.19.2011

ASAE, the Center for Association Leadership, has honored the National Volunteer Fire Council’s (NVFC) National Junior Firefighter Program with a 2011 Power of A Gold Award. The NVFC is one of only nine associations nationwide that received this award.

The Power of A Awards are the premier program honoring associations that exemplify how the association industry and its professionals are essential to a stronger America and world. The Awards recognize and celebrate the extraordinary contributions associations make to society by enriching lives, creating a competitive workforce, preparing society for the future, driving innovation and making a better world.

The National Junior Firefighter Program was given the award for “The Power to Create a Competitive Workforce” category. The Program provides fire departments and youth with the resources, tools, and information they need to help develop, grow, enhance, promote, and participate in their local junior firefighter program. The Program is a powerful recruitment tool for the next generation of firefighters.

“The NVFC is honored to receive the Power of A Award in recognition of the important work of the National Junior Firefighter Program,” said NVFC Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg. “The youth of today are the future of the fire and emergency services, and their training as junior firefighters will help them become confident leaders and dedicated first responders tomorrow. They also learn valuable life skills such as teamwork, responsibility, and commitment.”

The Power of A Gold Award is the highest recognition that a program can receive within one of the five Power of A Award categories. ASAE received nearly 100 entries for this year’s Awards. In addition to the Power of A Gold Award winners, the selection committee recognized six entries with The Power of A Summit Award, the highest recognition, and 16 with The Power of A Silver Award.

For more information, including a list of all of the 2011 Power of A Award recipients, visit www.thepowerofa.org/awards. Find out more about the National Junior Firefighter Program at www.nvfc.org/juniors. The National Junior Firefighter Program is sponsored by Tyco International, Spartan Motors, Inc., and California Casualty Management Group.
 

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