Nominations are open for Keep Westchester Thriving 

Award winners from Keep Westchester Thriving 2022. From left: Steve Myrthil, vice president of IT at Westhab and a KWT individual changemaker award winner; Karin Anderson Ponzer, Ph.D., director of Neighbors Link Community Law Practice and a KWT individual changemaker award winner; Jan Fisher, executive director, Nonprofit Westchester; Margaret Käufer, president of The STEM Alliance, accepting the KWT organization changemaker award on behalf of the agency; and Nasiem Lopez, accepting the KWT organization changemaker award on behalf of The Youth Shelter Program of Westchester. Courtesy Nonprofit Westchester.

Nonprofit Westchester(NPW) has announced that the nomination process for the 2023 Keep Westchester Thriving Awards is open.”¯”¯The awards ceremony”¯is Westchester County”™s only celebration that honors professional changemakers in the nonprofit sector.”¯ To be eligible, individuals must be employed by a 501c3 NPW member organization for at least five years, and organizations must be recognized as a 501c3 and have been an NPW member for at least five years. All nominations for the Nov. 29 awards ceremony at the Sonesta Hotel in White Plains are due Sept. 22.”¯ 

Nonprofit changemakers, an organization spokesperson said, are professionals or organizations that have vision and have delivered concrete actions to further improvement; have helped to develop and raise awareness on key challenges within their communities; have collaborated with stakeholders to recognize shared goals; and have helped shift community culture, mindsets and behaviors.”¯  

As a celebration of the nonprofit sector, this program is a chance to honor organizations and individual changemakers who have gone above and beyond in their work to address the needs of the county”™s most vulnerable members and to recognize the work of the sector that furthers the social, physical, emotional and economic well-being of all residents.”¯ 

“Keep Westchester Thriving is not only an act of celebration but also an important acknowledgment of the positive impact that nonprofit sector has, representing nearly 20% of our workforce,” said”¯Jan Fisher, executive director of NPW.”¯”Every year, I find myself moved by the submissions we receive that showcase the remarkable contributions being made within the nonprofit sector in Westchester County.””¯ 

The Keep Westchester Thriving Awards nomination guidelines can be found”¯here. For more, contact Jan Fisher at”¯jfisher@npwestchester.org”¯or 914-332-6679.”¯