[SustainableTompkins] Gay Nicholson earns award for outstanding community service

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>From Maura Stephens:
 
Gay Nicholson's efforts on behalf of our community -- and the planet --  have 
just been recognized. She'll receive the Debra S. Newman '02 Community  
Recognition Award.

Congratulations to the hard-working, fiercely  intelligent, deeply caring, 
wonderful woman who has been the guiding light of  ST. Nobody deserves this 
award more!

Let's all turn out and show our  support for Gay and the tradition of 
recognizing community volunteers. It's at  10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26 at the 
Women's Community Building. See the  press release below.

We love you, Gay!  Bravo!

Maura
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FOR RELEASE:  April 7, 2008  
Contact: Joe Schwartz
Phone:  (607) 254-6235
Cell: (607) 351-4221
_bjs54 at cornell.edu_ (mailto:bjs54 at cornell.edu)  

Cornell  Tradition recognizes efforts of Ithaca volunteer Gay Nicholson   
Nicholson  earns award for outstanding community service 

ITHACA, N.Y. —  Gay Nicholson of Ithaca will be the recipient of The Cornell  
Tradition’s seventh annual Debra S. Newman ’02 Community Recognition Award 
for  her volunteer efforts.  Nicholson will receive her award at  the National 
Volunteer Week Day of Service, a collaboration between The Cornell  Tradition 
and OnSite Volunteer Services.  The event will begin  at 10 a.m. on Saturday, 
April 26 at the Women’s Community Building, and is designed to be 
community-wide  celebration of volunteerism in the greater Ithaca community.  For more  
information about the Day of Service and to get involved, contact Kirsten  
Gabriel at _tradition at cornell.edu_ (mailto:tradition at cornell.edu) . 
The Newman award is presented by The  Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed 
fellowship program for outstanding  undergraduates who are dedicated to work, 
service and scholarship, and one of  the three programs that constitute The 
Cornell Commitment.   
Nicholson received the Newman award as a  result of her strong commitment to 
community service and leadership, including her work with Sustainable 
Tompkins, a  coalition she helped create in 2004.  Nicholson has served as program  
coordinator for the organization at its founding, and continues to further the  
organization’s mission by facilitating workshops and study circles, convening  
the Cayuga Sustainability Council, and much more.   More  information about 
Sustainable Tompkins can be found at _www.sustainabletompkins.org_ 
(http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) .  
The Cornell Tradition Community  Recognition Award was renamed in 2002 in 
honor of the late Debra Newman ’02, a  graduate of The Cornell Tradition, who was 
killed in a tragic automobile  accident the year she graduated. For more 
information about The Cornell  Tradition, visit: 
_http://www.commitment.cornell.edu/tradition_ (http://www.commitment.cornell.edu/tradition) . 
SUBJECT LINE: Gay  Nicholson of Ithaca earns Debra S. Newman ’02  Award. 
KEYWORDS: Cornell  Tradition, volunteer, community service, Gay Nicholson, 
Debra Newman,  Sustainable Tompkins 
WRITER: Joe  SchwartzCONTACT: Kirsten  Gabriel, program coordinator for The 
Cornell Tradition, 255-8595 or email: _tradition at cornell.edu_ 
(mailto:tradition at cornell.edu) .
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