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•T h e IF P • H al to n H ill s • D ec em be r 2 4- 26 , 2 01 3 20 Do You Know Someone? Arts Aliveis BAck Nominations Deadline is FAst approaching Dec. 31, 2013 thank You to our generous community sponsors The Arts Alive Awards are awarded every three years to recognize significant contributions to the Halton Hills Community in the areas of arts, culture, heritage and volunteerism. Nominations are open now. The winners will be announced on the Friday evening of the annual Halton Hills Cultural Symposium being held on January 24 2014. More information on the Symposium and Pre-Registration is available at this website myhaltonhills.ca 1. The Arts Alive Award for visual, Performing and/or literary Arts is for an individual who has displayed excellence in their artistic field. 2. The Arts Alive Award for culture is for an individual who has displayed excellence in the field of cultural development within the Halton Hills community. 3. The Arts Alive/Heritage Halton Hills Award for Heritage is for an individual who has displayed excellence in the field of heritage development within the Halton Hills community. 4. The Arts Alive ralph Ursel Award for volunteerism recognizes an individual who has volunteered extensively in arts, culture and/or heritage activities. This award is named after the late Ralph Ursel who was an active volunteer in our community for many years. 5. The Arts Alive kenneth r. Harrison Award for Youth Mentorship is named after this former Georgetownmusic teacher and choir leader. The recipient of this award works extensively with Halton Hills youth acting as a mentor for artistic, cultural and/or heritage endeavours. 6. TheArtsAliveAward forPatron/sof theArts,cultureand/orHeritage recognizes an individual or family who privately supports artistic, cultural and/or heritage activities through their continued financial support. 7. The Arts Alive Award for local Business Partner recognizes a Halton Hills business that has contributed in a significantway to the development of arts, culture and/or heritage within our community. 8. The Arts Alive Award for New Arts, culture and/or Heritage event, Group or Program recognizes a Halton Hills non-profit event, group or program established within the past three years that has contributed in a significant way to developing the cultural fabric of our community. 9. The Arts Alive Award for established Arts, culture and/ or Heritage event, Group or Program recognizes an ongoing Halton Hills non-profit event, group or program that has contributed in a significant way to developing the cultural fabric of our community. 10.The Arts Alive Award/Heritage Halton Hills for Youth leadership recognizes a youth under the age of 21 who has contributed in a significant way to developing the arts and/or culture and/or preservation of local heritage. Awards list: Do you know someone who fits the criteria listed above? If you do and want to nominate that person please contact Beatrice Sharkey at 416-575-1232 or email sharkey@look.ca for information on submitting a nomination. ...at your service ...at your doorstep My Georgetown Market Place Finn Poulstrup Dianne Penrice i'm loving' it® A $50,000 pledge was made by the Rowntree Family recently to the Georgetown Hos- pital Foundation (GHF). On hand for the donation were, from left, Laurent Thibault, Past Chair, GHF, Don Rowntree, Robin Rowntree, Myrtle Rowntree, and Ken McDer- mot, Chair, GHF. The Rowntree Family Airborne Isolation Unit in the new Emergency Department will be named in recognition of their generous support. Photo by KC Carruthers Foundation gets $50K donation Like many schools George Ken- nedy Public School was busy cele- brating the season in artistic fash- ion. (Left) The school's rendition of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, saw Michael Caissie play the Grin- ch, donning his Santa suit to fool the people of Whoville. (Below) The George Kennedy Singers pre- sented a concert at Maple Avenue Baptist Church recently as Mia Tal- bot and Tristyn Roach sang Angels We Have Heard on High. Photos by Ted Brown Kennedy P.S. celebrates the season Little takes over as Halton Red Cross chair The Halton Area Branch Council (HABC) of the Canadian Red Cross has a new chair. Andrew Little took on the position Dec. 1 after serving as a council member for two years. Little joined the Red Cross as a disas- ter management volunteer in 2010. He became a disaster management supervi- sor and instructor in November 2011 and helped develop and supervise the Red Cross youth group, the Halton Youth Ac- tion Council. He is a disaster management human resources lead and continues as a personal disaster assistance volunteer.