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Nominations sought for rural volunteer award

February 27, 2012

West Sacramento, Calif. — RCAC seeks nominations for the 2012 Yoneo Ono Rural Volunteer Award. RCAC will accept nominations until April 13.

Many rural volunteers spend long, unpaid hours helping individuals and organizations in their communities. Yet, often their hard work results in requests for more assistance. Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) grants the Yoneo Ono award to reward and publicly recognize these outstanding rural volunteers.

The 2012 honoree will receive an award, a reception in his/her honor and $4,000 to donate to a charitable organization of her/his choice. RCAC hopes to encourage further rural volunteer activities by acknowledging the accomplishments of a select few. We need your help to identify an outstanding rural volunteer to receive this distinguished award.

If you know individuals who have these special qualities, and would like to see their hard work recognized, please complete the Yoneo Ono Award Nomination form by April 13, 2012. To review the nomination criteria and complete the form, visit RCAC’s website at http://www.rcac.org/doc.aspx?520.

The award is the namesake of Yoneo Ono, one of RCAC’s founding fathers. During his lifetime, Ono worked tirelessly for rural development. For his lifelong commitment, RCAC honored Ono with an award when he retired from the RCAC board in 1984. Since then, the RCAC Board of Directors has presented the award to 28 other outstanding volunteers from 12 western states that also have made immense contributions to rural development. To read about past awardees, visit RCAC’s website at: http://www.rcac.org/doc.aspx?911.

Headquartered in West Sacramento, California, RCAC serves 13 western states, plus the Western Pacific. RCAC is a nonprofit agency that provides technical assistance and training to rural communities to develop a wide range of local services including, community facilities, affordable housing and water treatment facilities. The organization operates a loan fund with $69 million in lending capital that provides low-interest loans to further rural communities’ goals.

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