
Writing a winning Generosity of Spirit Award Nomination
March 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm MDT

Nominating a donor or volunteer for an AFP Calgary & Area Generosity of Spirit (GOS) Award is a high form of respect and acknowledgement. It speaks to the importance of the nominee’s role in our community and in your organization. It also provides a platform to tell the community more about the wonderful people and organizations who are doing great things for all of us.
It is also a ton of work!
Preparing an award-winning nomination will involve a number of people from inside and outside of your organization and may take weeks of planning time. Writing a nomination can take anywhere from an afternoon to a few days.
And in the end, while the act of nominating and of being nominated is high praise in itself, your hope really is that your nominee will be the one that receives the award.
To increase the likelihood of this occurring, you will want your nomination to be the best it can be.
AFP Calgary & Area’s Generosity of Spirit Committee wants this as well. To support you work in preparing a GOS nomination for 2025, we are putting on an Award Nomination Workshop on March 19 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. We recommend this workshop for anyone who is interested in how to prepare a strong award nomination whether this is for a GOS award or for any award.
Workshop Topics:
– Deciding on who to nominate
– Understanding nomination criteria
– Informing the nominee
– Planning a nomination timeline
– Resources required
– Writing tips
-Support letters
-Follow up
Each year we celebrate philanthropy in our community at the National Philanthropy Day Luncheon – this year on November 12, 2025 – by honouring philanthropists with a Generosity of Spirit Award. Nominations open March 1st for this year’s awards and this session will help with your nomination. Join Vincent Duckworth in this lunch & learn event to find out the tips and tricks to help your nominee be this year’s award recipient. Join us for this free event!
There is no charge to attend this event, but you must RSVP to attend. Details on location will be provided upon