Awards

WASC Achievement Awards

WASC Awards

WASC offers five Achievement Awards to it's members. Here is where we can show off our talents and share our rock star ideas. These awards are presented at the annual fall conference.

You can nominate yourself or another center for an award.

Please email your nominations to

Chris Nye at CNye@fortatkinsonwi.gov

WASC Awards

Rising Star Award

This award is given to a director that is a new director, of three years or less at a senior center, and has made several professional strides forward. Notable accomplishments since taking the command at a center, should be seen for this award winner.

Edison, Bell, Einstein Invention Award

The Inventor Award recognizes a new way of doing something, new program, or great idea that has been brought to life in the past year. The award recognizes someone for creating that invention, and making a positive impact for older adults in their community, and possibly throughout the state.

Bob (Power) the Builder Award

This award recognizes the director that has accomplished building success during the last year. It can be from building an entire new senior center to remodeling a bathroom. Across the state each year are construction projects at various senior centers. This award will recognize one (1) of those projects that has helped make a difference in the lives of older adults who come to that center. This award is named after a past President and Colonial Club Director Bob Power (who did a remodel on the bathrooms).

Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is presented to Senior Center Directors that are within one year of retirement or recently retired that were members of WASC for ten (10) years or more. The individual receiving the award has made many contributions to older adults and has left a legacy, and a benchmark, for future directors to strive towards.

*Note – More than one lifetime achievement award may be given out in a year

Professional Excellence Award

This award is the highest yearly award given out by the Wisconsin Association of Senior Centers (WASC). The Professional Excellence award recognizes achievements by a Director of a Senior Center that are above and beyond the ordinary. Those achievements can be a combination of WASC related duties and performances and exceptional accomplishments within the director’s center.

· Recipient must be a member of WASC.

· The Professional Excellence award winner can also be the winner of the Bob the Builder Award or Edison, Bell, Einstein Inventions Award, but not all three.

· And is not eligible to be the winner of the Rising Star Award.