TIPS FOR APPLICATION

Tips for Completing Your Celebrate Clay Application

GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SUBMISSION

Below are our top 10 tips for completing your Celebrate Clay application.

1

Fill in every blank or designate n/a if a section is not applicable.

2

This is an awards program to recognize outstanding projects completed or started in 2023. Please tell us about your 2023 accomplishments.

3

Use descriptive examples in your narrative
(section III) such as a story of an individual, family, senior,
youth, veteran, animal, resource, etc. whom
your organization impacted.

4

Explain any deficits in your 2023 operating results.

5

If you are applying for a Volunteer of the Year Award
only one volunteer per organization may be
nominated (multiple volunteer nominations from the
same organization will not be accepted).

6

Type your application if possible. Otherwise, please
print legibly in black or blue ink.

7

Remember to complete your project impact on
Clay County and 1-2 page narrative in section III.
We recommend a combination of data and anecdotal stories.

8

If you email your completed application,
please call Amy at 269-5857 ext. 404 to confirm
she received your application.

9

Make sure you provide us with the correct
information on your 501(c) 3 IRS exempt status.
Please see proof of your 501 (c) 3
for details.

10

Submit your application by the deadline,
Tuesday, January 30, 2024.