GETTING REAL YOUTH WEEK AWARD

Is being given to young people who contributed ion an outstanding way before, during or after National Youth Week in Australia.

This is an Annual Award and the young people who received in last year were recognised and honoured for their efforts.

WHY WE ARE DOING IT ?

For two reasons:
One is to recognise the valuable contribution young Australians make to their local communities.

The other is to let people know about this valuable book.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

We are looking for young people around Australia who have made a valuable contribution to Youth Week activities and live in your area. Our aim is to reward those who have made a major contribution to youth week, or community event in any given town or suburb.

This Award includes a Certificate of Recognition and a copy of the recently published book GETTING REALÉ about growing up!

THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT.

THIS GETTING REAL AWARD will be sent to those young people who stand out either because of their enthusiasm, courage, leadership, or excellent contribution during Youth Week Events.

Roxanne O'Kane was nominated by Maroochydore Library and was given the Award at a special Council Meeting. This is what Karen had to say about the event.

The Getting Real award 2003 was presented to Roxanne O'Kane at a special Youth Council meeting attended by the mayor and counselors of Maroochy Shire.

This award served to spotlight the unique contribution Roxanne had made to the successful running of Maroochy Libraries celebrations during National Youth Week 2003.

It provided an opportunity for Maroochy Shire Council to recognise how important it is for young people to be involved in the coordination of events for the youth of the shire and the importance of their voice in shaping the community's future.

Council has no formal awards of this nature and THE GETTING REAL AWARD has allowed the community to celebrate young people and their achievements.

Without it, Roxanne's dedication to her peers and community would not have been as widely recognised.

Maroochy Libraries were impressed with the high caliber of information for youth contained in Amrita Hobbs book GETTING REAL...about growing up!

To help promote this new title, a book launch was held for Amrita at Nambour Library. Attended by over 30 people and the local media the launch was a success and helped publicise this wonderful resource to the community, bookstores and other libraries in the region.

Karen Maroochydore Library. We have a number of free books to offer with the the Award. Should your organisation wish to purchase it's own copy go to Coordinators info page.

Youth Week Events Coordinators, local Council Youth Workers who wish to nominate a young person go here.

To order a copy of GETTING REAL... about growing up! for your resource centre or Library go here.

For further info email us.