Schaumburg to honor volunteers
The village of Schaumburg is again soliciting nominations for its 2009 Volunteer of the Year awards.
Once more, there are three categories: adult individual, youth individual and organization.
Finalists will be invited to and winners announced at the Volunteer of the Year Awards Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. April 14 at Chandler's, 401 N. Roselle Road.
Featured speaker will be local businessman and international explorer John Rippinger.
In addition to running the Schaumburg-based Rippinger Financial Group of Companies, he's one of the pilots in the Lima Lima Flight Team and a member of MIA Hunters, Inc. who's made several expeditions to Papua New Guinea in search of the remains of World War II aviators still listed as missing in action.
He also co-piloted the balloon named Chicago that won the U.S. National Gas Balloon Championship in 1981.
The nomination deadline for the Volunteer of the Year awards is April 1.
Nominators should send their name, address, phone and e-mail along with the equivalent information for their nominee to Volunteer of the Year, Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg, IL 60193.
Also indicate which category the nominee or nominee organization falls in.
For more information, call (847) 923-3605.