Annually since 1969, the La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council has presented the Les Tupper Community Service Award to individuals and organizations that have given outstanding service to the community. A Student Service Award was later added. These awards are named in honor of Les Tupper, a civic leader who cared deeply about education, youth and service enhancing the quality of life in the La Cañada Flintridge (LCF) community.
You are invited to nominate candidates for the 2025 Les Tupper Service Awards. Former recipients have been individuals, couples, students (grades 11/12), and/or LCF organizations and businesses. The award recipients will be recognized at a public ceremony at Flintridge Preparatory School at Norris Auditorium on Monday, April 7, 2025. Nominations must be received by March 7, 2025. Names of recipients will be announced and published through local media prior to the event, and the community is encouraged to attend.
To see a list of prior Les Tupper award recipients, please go to our website at www.lcfcc.net
CRITERIA FOR THE LES TUPPER COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS
Les Tupper Individual Service Award nominees will be judged on their long-term and broad-based volunteer service to La Cañada Flintridge. Volunteerism, beyond job-related duties, may be in the areas of education, youth activities, cultural pursuits, religious, civic or social service. Nominees should demonstrate leadership and service that strengthens the LCF community. Nominees must be adults (individual or couple). To complete and submit a Les Tupper Individual Service Award Form, click on the following: Nominate Individual for Les Tupper Individual Service Award
Les Tupper Organization Service Award nominees will be judged on their long-term and broad-based volunteer service to La Cañada Flintridge. Volunteerism may be in areas of education, youth activities, cultural pursuits, religious, civic or social service. Nominees shall strengthen the LCF community. Nominees must be an organization located in LCF. To complete and submit a Les Tupper Organization Service Award Form, click on the following: Nominate Organization for Les Tupper Organization Service Award
Les Tupper Student Service Award nominees shall possess outstanding personal attributes and be students in grades 11 or 12. The nominees should be actively participating in leadership and service-related activities that benefit both their school and the LCF community. Nominees must be a resident. To complete and submit a Les Tupper Student Service Award Form, click on the following: Nominate Student for Les Tupper Student Service Award
Les Tupper Focus Service Award. This award honors individuals, organizations, or businesses found to be worthy of recognition for their service to the civic and social betterment of the LCF community, but do not meet the broad-based volunteer requirements set forth in the other Les Tupper Community Service Awards Criteria, and instead have focused their volunteerism in only one or two areas of service. To complete and submit a Les Tupper Focus Service Award Form, click on the following: Nominate Candidate(s) for Les Tupper Focus Service Award
INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOMINATIONS
To assist the Coordinating Council Board of Directors in selecting the outstanding award recipients, your nomination should be specific, not general in nature. Nominations should be supported by how, when, where, what, why, how long, number of hours, and should describe the people who benefited from the service. Conclusions such as ‘She/He is conscientious and dependable’, ‘very active’ and ‘volunteers a lot’ are too general. Provide specific details to support nominations rather than generalities.
You can submit online by clicking on the link above or download and print a nomination form, fill it out, and either submit by email or USPS mail.
Download Les Tupper Individual Service Award Nomination Form
Download Les Tupper Organization Service Award Nomination Form
Download Les Tupper Student Service Award Nomination Form
Download Les Tupper Focus Service Award Nomination Form
Website* Nomination Form and Narrative in Support of Nomination to:
http://www.lcfcc.net
*Submitted by: March 7, 2025 (no exceptions)
Email* Nomination Form and Narrative in Support of Nomination to:
LesTupper@lcfcc.net
*Emailed by: March 7, 2025 (no exceptions)
USPS Mail* Nomination Form and Narrative in Support of Nomination to:
La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council Nominations Committee
P.O. Box 264
La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91012-0264
*Received by: March 7, 2025 (no exceptions)
If you have any questions, please contact Becky Gelhaar, President, LCF Coordinating Council at (818) 790-2686 or e-mail her at bgelhaar@charter.net