ADA Golden Apple entries due June 1
The ADA’s Golden Apple Awards present a unique opportunity for constituent and component societies to gain valuable recognition for their leaders, members and staff.
Entries for the 21st Golden Apple Awards Program are now being accepted. The deadline is June 1.
The program offers 10 different categories鈥攕ome with subcategories鈥攆or dental society participation:
- Legislative Achievement;
- Excellence in Membership Recruitment and Retention Activity;
- Excellence in Dental Health Promotion to the Public;
- Excellence in Member-Related Services/Benefits;
- Outstanding Achievement in the Promotion of Dental Ethics;
- Achievement in Dental School/Student Involvement in Organized Dentistry;
- Excellence in Science Fair Program Support and Promotion;
- Excellence in Dentist Well-Being Activities;
- Open Category鈥擣or an innovative, successful program that does not fit in any other existing category;
- Inspiring Careers in Dental Education鈥擭ow open to nominations from not only constituent and component dental societies but also other dental organizations and members at large. (Entries for this category were due March 2.)
Programs and activities represented in entries must have been produced between June 1, 2008, and May 31, 2009.
Entries must be postmarked or sent by e-mail by end of the day, June 1. Participants are encouraged to submit entries electronically. Forms and instructions are available at www.adadentalsociety.org and once completed can be sent to ddss@ada.org.
Looking ahead, nominations for the New Dentist Leadership Award, New Dentist Legislative Leadership Award and Outstanding Leadership in Mentoring Award (judged by the ADA Committee on the New Dentist) are due Dec. 1, 2009, to enable these awards to be presented at the ADA New Dentist Conference.
Entry forms and materials can be sent to ADA Dental Society Services, 211 East Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611-2637.
For more information, contact Ron Polaniecki in Dental Society Services at Ext. 2599 or polanieckir@ada.org.